Video Inside. Formula 1 Formula 1. Prime Video Inside. Listen to this article. Subscribe to our newsletter. The Motorsport. Motorsport Network Motorsport. Contact us Advertise with Motorsport. Robert Lynn 'Bobby' Waltrip passed away today.
My brother Bobby was a sweet man and will be dearly missed. Found out this afternoon that our brother Bobby went to be with The Lord, please pray for our family, go rest high on that mountain brother. Bobby Waltrip grew up in Owensboro, Ky. While he never followed his brothers into NASCAR as a race car driver — although he did work for Darrell in the late s and early s when the latter formed his own Winston Cup team — Bobby became a major force in the world of go-kart racing, first as a successful kart racer himself and later as an announcer and promoter in the sport in both the World Karting Association WKA and the American Karting Association AKRA.
Reutimann in the No. After the first round of qualifying for the Daytona , NASCAR inspectors found evidence in the engine intake manifold that Waltrip, Reutimann and Jarrett's teams had used an illegal unspecified oxygenate fuel additive to increase performance.
Waltrip, Reutimann and Jarrett was docked driver points and Waltrip and Buffy were docked owner points each. Waltrip, Reutimann and Jarrett's initial qualifying times were disallowed, but Waltrip and Reutimann were permitted to qualify by racing a backup car in their Gatorade Duel's qualifying race for the Daytona , while Jarrett qualified by Past Champions provisional from his title but was also permitted to race a backup car in his Gatorade Duel.
Waltrip's interim crew chief was announced as Scott Eggleston, who was Waltrip's former crew chief in Waltrip failed to qualify for the next eleven races following the Daytona , so he maintained his negative point total for almost 4 months.
He qualified for the thirteenth race of the season at Dover and finished 28th, moving his point total above zero to 52 points.
On Saturday, April 7, he fell asleep behind the wheel of his Toyota Land Cruiser which overturned and hit a utility pole. Waltrip crawled out from the car suffering only minor cuts. There was no Nextel Cup race held that weekend. He was charged with reckless driving and failing to report an accident.
After failing to qualify for the Pocono in June, Waltrip bounced back the following week by finishing 10th at the Citizens Bank in Michigan. Waltrip decided make changes to the No. Jones took over David Reutimann's No. In October , prior to the Bank of America Jarrett's final race was the All-Star race in May He finished 25th after a wreck, but bounced back the next week at Charlotte Motor Speedway with his second top finish of the season.
In , Michael Waltrip Racing underwent a change following the disappointing campaign. Allmendinger and Mike Bliss No. On February 10, , Michael qualified second for the 50th running of the Daytona , which guaranteed him a second place start in the race.
Waltrip started the race with "gold wheels" on his car in tribute to the golden anniversary of the Daytona ; after the race the wheels were signed and sold to benefit NASCAR charities. After leading the first two laps, he was not a factor in the race and finished 26th. However, Michael McDowell struggled to keep the car in the Top 35 in owner points, which is necessary for automatic qualification into each race, and Waltrip replaced him with Mike Skinner, Kenny Wallace, A. Allmendinger and Mike Bliss in an effort to reclaim a Top 35 spot.
At the end of MWR sold the No. Waltrip entered two full-time cars for David Reutimann No. In early , Waltrip announced that he would be sharing the No.
In the season, Waltrip garnered two top ten finishes Daytona and Talladega He came within a few laps of winning his third Daytona as he was moving forward when the race was called for rain. He ended up seventh. On July 7, Waltrip announced he would be driving part-time in the season starting with the Daytona Waltrip also announced Martin Truex Jr.
In , Waltrip announced that he would only be racing at the Daytona unless more sponsorship was found; Waltrip drove the No. Waltrip entered two full-time cars for No. Sour Cream Dips No. Waltrip qualified 21st on Daytona Pole qualifying day. This was not fast enough to get in the race on speed, however. He then wrecked out of the first qualifying race. Waltrip was able to gain a spot in the starting grid when driver Scott Speed raced to make the using his qualifying time in the second qualifying race, giving Waltrip the 43rd place starting position.
He finished in a respectable 18th place. Since then, Michael has started the No. Waltrip qualified for the Aaron's at Talladega Superspeedway and raced his way to the lead early, but wound up finishing 39th after "The Big One" on lap 84 of the race. Waltrip, Kaufmann, and the AF Corse team finished 5th overall and 3rd in class at Spa, clinching a podium spot. In , Waltrip announced that he would attempt to make his 25th consecutive Daytona start driving the No.
Waltrip retained his drivers for No. He captured an emotional win in the NextEra Energy Resources , which came 10 years to the day of the death of Dale Earnhardt and his first Sprint Cup Series victory.
He followed up his Friday night win with a solid 9th-place finish in the Nationwide Series race the next day. On Sunday afternoon, as part of the commemoration of the tenth anniversary of Dale Earnhardt's death in the Daytona , which Waltrip won Waltrip drove a replica of the No. However, Waltrip finished 40th in the race after getting caught up in an early wreck that eliminated 14 cars.
At the end of , Waltrip hired Clint Bowyer to drive the No. But that hug never came. That empowered me. That sounds hard to say, but it was a moment when a man was doing just what he wanted to do. He was taken from us, but he was racing with a purpose He was right where he wanted to be. The result for us on Earth was still tragic, but for him, it might have been majestic Car Life. Type keyword s to search.
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