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Owner(s) | Darrell Waltrip |
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Base | Mooresville, North Carolina |
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Manufacturer | Chevrolet, Toyota |
Opened | 1972 |
Closed | 2007 |
Career | |
Debut | Cup Series: 1972 Winston 500 (Talladega) Busch Series: 1982 Mello Yello 300 (Charlotte) Truck Series: 1995 Winston 500 (Richmond) |
Latest race | Cup Series: 1998 TranSouth Financial 400 (Darlington) Busch Series: 2005 Ford 300 (Homestead–Miami) Truck Series: 2007 Easy Care Vehicle Service Contracts 200 (Atlanta) |
Races competed | Total: 573 Cup Series: 270 Busch Series: 103 Truck Series: 200 |
Drivers' Championships | Total: 0 Cup Series: 0 Busch Series: 0 Truck Series: 0 |
Race victories | Total: 25 Cup Series: 6 Busch Series: 15 Truck Series: 4 |
Pole positions | Total: 19 Cup Series: 5 Busch Series: 4 Truck Series: 10 |
Darrell Waltrip Motorsports was a NASCAR team owned by three-time Winston Cup champion Darrell Waltrip. It was formed in 1991 when Waltrip resigned from Hendrick Motorsports to start his own team, and was originally named DarWal, Inc.. During the 1970s, Waltrip, like many drivers of the time, formed their own teams for racing, in lower levels, originally DarWal, Inc, was his personal licensing agent and operator for many short-track cars he would race at many circuits on non-Cup weekends or special events, and eventually went to Busch Series racing. In 1991, the racing team moved up to the Cup level, with Hendrick support, but he divested himself of Busch operations at the end of the 1993 season. Sold the Busch team to Hank Parker in 1994.
Waltrip has also run part-time with his team, with his final NASCAR Truck Series race coming at Martinsville Speedway, where he finished 12th.
DWM debuted at the 1991 Daytona 500 as car No. 17 with sponsorship from Western Auto. (The car number and numbering style were a carryover from Waltrip's days as a driver for Hendrick Motorsports.) Waltrip led at one point during the event, but finished 24th following an accident late in the race. Waltrip won five races over the next two years, with his final top-10 points finish coming in 1994. After that, the pressure of being an owner/driver started to crash down on Waltrip, and his performance declined. After Western Auto was renamed to Parts America, they planned on leaving the team, but stayed on for another year before leaving after 1997. That same year, Waltrip failed to qualify for his first race in 23 years since the 1974 Winston 500 at the fall race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. In addition, DWM briefly expanded to two cars, when Rich Bickle finished 34th at that year's Brickyard 400 the No. 26 Kentucky Fried Chicken Chevy also fielded by DWM, as well as Waltrip running special paint schemes to commemorate his 25th year in the sport.
For 1998, Waltrip agreed to terms with concrete company Speedblock to replace Western Auto as his primary sponsor. However, Speedblock never paid Waltrip and he was not getting enough money from secondary sponsors Builders Square and Hechinger to justify keeping his team open. After the spring Darlington race, where he ran an unsponsored car with a paint scheme honoring terminally ill NASCAR legend Tim Flock, Waltrip agreed to sell his team to Tim Beverley and became an injury substitute for Steve Park for Dale Earnhardt, Inc.. Beverley would put the team on hiatus after buying it; after he later purchased the assets of ISM Racing's NASCAR operation that same season, he merged his two acquisitions into one and brought Waltrip back to drive for what was now Tyler Jet Motorsports, in what had originally been ISM Racing's #35 Pontiac sponsored by Tabasco. Waltrip finished out the season in the #35.
In 2007, Darrell Waltrip admitted that he failed as an owner-driver because he thought more like a driver and not like an owner. [ citation needed ]
Year | Driver | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | Owners | Pts |
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1972 | Darrell Waltrip | 95 | Mercury | RSD | DAY | RCH | ONT | CAR | ATL | BRI | DAR | NWS | MAR | TAL 38 | CLT | DOV | MCH | RSD | TWS | DAY | BRI | TRN | ATL 8 | TAL 27 | MCH | NSV 3 | DAR | RCH | DOV | MAR | NWS | CLT 6 | CAR | TWS | ||||
1973 | RSD | DAY 12 | RCH | CAR 6 | BRI 30 | ATL 33 | NWS | DAR 24 | MAR | TAL 31 | NSV 24 | CLT 7 | DOV | TWS 2 | RSD | MCH | DAY 25 | BRI | ATL 31 | TAL 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
Chevy | NSV 24 | DAR | RCH | DOV 20 | NWS | MAR | CLT | CAR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1974 | RSD | DAY 7 | RCH | CAR 25 | BRI | ATL 7 | DAR 9 | NWS | MAR | TAL DNQ | NSV 3 | DOV 20 | CLT 4 | RSD | MCH | DAY 24 | BRI | NSV 3 | ATL 4 | POC | TAL 44 | MCH | DAR 2 | RCH | DOV 35 | NWS | MAR | CLT 3 | CAR 5 | ONT 6 | ||||||||
1975 | 17 | RSD | DAY 26 | RCH 15 | CAR 21 | BRI 6 | ATL 5 | NWS 7 | DAR 2 | MAR 2 | TAL 4 | NSV 1 | DOV 22 | CLT 4 | RSD 21 | MCH 5 | DAY 4 | NSV 28 | POC 34 | TAL | MCH | DAR | DOV | NWS | MAR | CLT | RCH | CAR | BRI | ATL | ONT | |||||||
1991 | DAY 24 | RCH 7 | CAR 9 | ATL 9 | DAR 25 | BRI 6 | NWS 1 | MAR 3 | TAL 2 | CLT 8 | DOV 7 | SON 25 | POC 1 | MCH 7 | DAY 32 | POC 29 | TAL 15 | GLN 6 | MCH 32 | BRI 8 | DAR 24 | RCH 7 | DOV 19 | MAR 15 | NWS 20 | CLT 9 | CAR 32 | PHO 2 | ATL 10 | |||||||||
1992 | DAY 26 | CAR 10 | RCH 5 | ATL 39 | DAR 24 | BRI 25 | NWS 15 | MAR 3 | TAL 29 | CLT 38 | DOV 5* | SON 8 | POC 13 | MCH 2 | DAY 13 | POC 1 | TAL 23 | GLN 12 | MCH 2 | BRI 1* | DAR 1 | RCH 3 | DOV 20 | MAR 15 | NWS 9 | CLT 34 | CAR 22 | PHO 3 | ATL 23 | |||||||||
1993 | DAY 18 | CAR 30 | RCH 8 | ATL 35 | DAR 16 | BRI 6 | NWS 5 | MAR 4 | TAL 26 | SON 35 | CLT 11 | DOV 24 | POC 30 | MCH 19 | DAY 13 | NHA 19 | POC 10 | TAL 37 | GLN 14 | MCH 13 | BRI 29 | DAR 28 | RCH 7 | DOV 3 | MAR 18 | NWS 11 | CLT 19 | CAR 7 | PHO 7 | ATL 3 | ||||||||
1994 | DAY 28 | CAR 23 | RCH 16 | ATL 3 | DAR 26 | BRI 15 | NWS 28 | MAR 4 | TAL 14 | SON 18 | CLT 30 | DOV 6 | POC 30 | MCH 10 | DAY 25 | NHA 23 | POC 28 | TAL 24 | IND 6 | GLN 7 | MCH 9 | BRI 4 | DAR 13 | RCH 10 | DOV 3 | MAR 10 | NWS 13 | CLT 9 | CAR 23 | PHO 10 | ATL 21 | |||||||
1995 | DAY 32 | CAR 38 | RCH 7 | ATL 34 | DAR 21 | BRI 3 | NWS 10 | MAR 4 | TAL 4 | SON 35 | CLT 18 | DOV 20 | POC 42 | MCH 26 | DAY 34 | NHA 17 | POC 36 | TAL 43 | IND 17 | GLN 8 | MCH 15 | BRI 4 | DAR 40 | RCH 22 | DOV 36 | MAR 8 | NWS 14 | CLT 34 | CAR 12 | PHO 38 | ATL 16 | |||||||
1996 | DAY 29 | CAR 16 | RCH 27 | ATL 32 | DAR 34 | BRI 26 | NWS 25 | MAR 16 | TAL 21 | SON 14 | CLT 13 | DOV 39 | POC 30 | MCH 25 | DAY 26 | NHA 37 | POC 40 | TAL 9 | IND 40 | GLN 18 | MCH 22 | BRI 11 | DAR 32 | RCH 22 | DOV 39 | MAR 23 | NWS 27 | CLT 42 | CAR 21 | PHO 10 | ATL 37 | 29th | 2657 | |||||
1997 | DAY 10 | CAR 32 | RCH 16 | ATL 16 | DAR 11 | TEX 43 | BRI 25 | MAR 9 | SON 5 | TAL 32 | CLT 21 | DOV 28 | POC 7 | MCH 24 | CAL 15 | DAY 14 | NHA 33 | POC 26 | IND 14 | GLN 18 | MCH 15 | BRI 42 | DAR 26 | RCH 32 | NHA 32 | DOV 32 | MAR 24 | CLT DNQ | TAL 37 | CAR 29 | PHO 12 | ATL 40 | 25th | 2961 | ||||
1998 | DAY 33 | CAR 41 | LVS 35 | ATL 40 | DAR 30 | BRI | TEX | MAR | TAL | CAL | CLT | DOV | RCH | MCH | POC | SON | NHA | POC | IND | GLN | MCH | BRI | NHA | DAR | RCH | DOV | MAR | CLT | TAL | DAY | PHO | CAR | ATL | 50th | 278 |
Year | Driver | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | Owners | Pts |
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1997 | Rich Bickle | 26 | Chevy | DAY | CAR | RCH | ATL | DAR | TEX | BRI | MAR | SON | TAL | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | CAL | DAY | NHA | POC | IND 34 | GLN | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | NHA | DOV | MAR | CLT | TAL | CAR | PHO | ATL | 58th | 61 |
In 1996, Waltrip began his own team in the Craftsman Truck Series team, hiring Bill Sedgwick to drive his No. 17 Sears/DieHard Chevy. Sedgwick collected eight top tens and finished 14th in points. In 1997, Rich Bickle drove the truck, winning three races and finishing second in points. After the season, Bickle resigned as he had hoped to run with Waltrip in the Cup series in 1998. Waltrip was about to run Phil Parsons in the truck, but after Sears pulled out, he shut the team down until 2003.
In 2003, Waltrip fielded his own truck, this time in partnership with brother Michael and HT Motorsports for a pair of Craftsman Truck races at Martinsville Speedway with the No. 17, the first with Tide (with the Tide with Bleach brand, intentionally reminiscent of his 1989 Daytona 500 win), and the second with the Aaron's promotion of The Three Stooges that ran in various series.
DWM became full-time in 2004 as one of the new works Toyota teams. NTN Bearings sponsored the truck for two seasons, driven by David Reutimann, who won the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Rookie of the Year award. The team expanded to a second team in 2005, purchasing the No. 12 truck piloted by Robert Huffman from Innovative Motorsports. Huffman was replaced during the season by Mike Wallace.
Joey Miller attempted to pilot the No. 12 truck full-time in 2006, but was released late in the season and the team finished with various drivers. Reutimann ended the season third in points and moved up to the NEXTEL Cup and Busch Series to drive for Waltrip's brother Michael Waltrip. The team became co-owned by Darrell and Michael Waltrip but kept the Darrell Waltrip Motorsports banner, as noted on the Waltrip Racing Web site.
As part of changes in 2007 with its move into Michael Waltrip's operations banner, the team became a one-truck team and the number was switched to No. 00 to maintain consistency with the rest of the Michael Waltrip Racing banner, and A. J. Allmendinger drove the No. 00 for a few races to help in his NASCAR experience, with Aaron's as the sponsor, along with Red Bull for a few races early in the season) and Michael Waltrip Racing putting developmental drivers Josh Wise and Ken Butler III in the truck, although Justin Labonte also drove a few races for the team. After one last race with Michael McDowell the team sold off its truck equipment in October 2007 to legendary road racing team The Racer's Group.
Year | Driver | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | Owners | Pts |
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2007 | A. J. Allmendinger | 00 | Toyota | DAY 15 | CAL 25 | ATL 27 | MAR 27 | CLT 2 | DOV 9 | MCH 32 | BRI 21 | NHA 34 | 23rd | 2021 | ||||||||||||||||
Josh Wise | KAN 17 | TEX 13 | MLW 29 | KEN 21 | NSH 19 | GTW 8 | LVS 6 | TAL 23 | ATL 35 | TEX | PHO | HOM | ||||||||||||||||||
Ken Butler III | MFD 36 | MEM 33 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Justin Labonte | IRP 27 | MAR 12 |
Year | Driver | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | Owners | Pts |
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1996 | Darrell Waltrip | 5 | Chevy | HOM | PHO | POR | EVG | TUS | CNS | HPT 11 | BRI | NZH | MLW | LVL | I70 | IRP | FLM | GLN | NSV | RCH 9 | NHA | MAR 5 | NWS 10 | SON | MMR | PHO | LVS 20 |
Year | Driver | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | Owners | Pts |
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2004 | Darrell Waltrip | 11 | Toyota | DAY | ATL | MAR 24 | MFD | CLT | DOV | TEX | MEM | MLW | KAN | KEN | GTY | MCH | IRP 28 | NSH | BRI | RCH | NHA | LVS | CAL | TEX | MAR DNQ | PHO | DAR | HOM | 58th | 134 |
2005 | DAY | CAL | ATL | MAR DNQ | GTY | MFD | CLT | DOV | TEX | 51st | 125 | |||||||||||||||||||
Ken Schrader | MCH 29 | MLW | KAN | KEN | MEM | IRP | NSH | BRI | RCH | NHA | LVS | MAR | ATL | TEX | PHO | HOM |
Year | Driver | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | Owners | Pts |
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2005 | Robert Huffman | 12 | Toyota | DAY 19 | CAL 9 | ATL 10 | MAR 19 | GTY 35 | MFD 33 | CLT 21 | DOV 35 | TEX 29 | MCH 19 | MLW 31 | KAN 18 | KEN 30 | MEM 31 | 22nd | 2586 | |||||||||||
Mike Wallace | IRP 26 | NSH 18 | BRI 9 | RCH 6 | NHA 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Joey Miller | LVS 15 | ATL 10 | TEX 25 | PHO 15 | HOM 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Darrell Waltrip | MAR 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006 | Joey Miller | DAY 33 | CAL 13 | ATL 36 | MAR 16 | GTY 29 | CLT 22 | MFD 5 | DOV 32 | TEX 30 | MCH 20 | MLW 23 | KAN 30 | KEN 13 | MEM 20 | IRP | NSH | BRI 19 | NHA | LVS | TAL | MAR | ATL | TEX | PHO | 34th | 1541 | |||
Michael Waltrip | HOM 17 |