I honestly didn't know that Richard Petty won in a Chevrolet, let alone raced one. I know he was a Dodge guy for a very long time and ran Fords and Pontiacs too but never thought he ran Chevrolet
i met darrell waltrip today he is the coolest guy, we were workin at his house layin carpet and he gave all of us autographed pictures and a really good tip, he didn't have to do that but it really says a lot about him no one should have any bad words to say about darell waltrip, period. he is the truth out here on us.
Oh man I didn't remember this interview LOL! Yeah they had to red flag this race for like 45 minutes. A water main broke under the backstretch grandstands. Niagara Falls came down the track from under the outside wall.
That car was such a pile. Tabasco putting up that stupid fight about Marketing when Tyler Jet was running Chevy over Pontiacs was ridiculous. The team they made the deal with, ISM, fired Todd Bodine and and then sold to TJ, making all merch they made null and void anyhow
that was the year Tim Beverly (Tyler Jet) bought Darrell's team and "merged" it with another team (driven originally by Todd Bodine).Bodine got the boot and D.W. was put back in his own cars with Tabasco as sponsor.
@ShyteKreek46 There were total 49 starting positions in the 1953 Raleigh 300 they're referring to at the Raleigh Speedway. I think the largest field size back in that day could reach up to 75 cars depending on the track size.
@APontiacof455cubes He always did? Hmm well seems like he missed it in '05, '07, 09 and '10. So he's only made half of the Chases, that's hardly all of them. JR is just one of those drivers that have a good year and then a bad year. He's not the only one. Also a JR fan not a true fan? I've been a NASCAR fan since the early 90s (born in '85). Also who are you to tell people who to root for? Maybe if you grew up you wouldn't still be needing a pacifier.
@APontiacof455cubes JR went from not having a chance for the Chase for 2 straight years to making the Chase by points this year. He also is down to earth and will admit when he screws up. Not a lot of drivers now adays will do that. He also doesn't whine and cry like some do. I know he's a driver that can be in the Chase every year, now he has a Chase crew chief. JR might have gotten a lot of fans form his dad, but they stayed because of how JR is personality wise.
Love to hear the old man Baker..Ya'll right they don't do these type of interview rain delays any longer. Joking around, if they do it comes across as bad..ie: Tony Stewart and Kevin / Delana Harvick. I thought it was funny, press made a mess of it ...
@APontiacof455cubes How is he riding his dad's coat tails? JR had to work for everything he has. All his dad did was give him a show in his Nationwide (was Busch) Series car. He then won the Busch Championship his rookie year and the very next year. His main problem in Cup has been inconsistency. One year he could do great, next year not even finish in top 15 in points. Now with Steve LaTarte he can be. He just needed the right crew chief.
@APontiacof455cubes Lastly, you said you just got into NASCAR, so who the hell are you to say who's a true fan and who isn't? I don't think a new fan is less important, but you saying what you said would be like a new guy at a job trying to tell someone that's been there for 20 years how to do something.
@JeffGORDON2426 Well JR, Tony Stewart, Kevin Harvick and a couple others still do funny interviews sometimes. But, the reason they say all of their sponsors all of the time is because it's in their contracts. So don't blame NASCAR or the drivers for that. Lastly, that wasn't that long ago and the first thing DW said was a sponsor plug or did you not see Tobasco all over his firesuit and car.
The confidence or delusion or whatever you want to call it for Darrel is pretty interesting. He hasn't won a race at that point in close to 200 starts. And he is driving in a car that finishes around 25th every week and is talking like he has a chance at winning the race.
