Michael Waltrip

Michael Curtis Waltrip is a professional race car driver, co-owner of Michael Waltrip Racing, and a published author. He is the younger brother of three-time NASCAR champion and racing commentator Darrell Waltrip. Waltrip is a two-time winner of the Daytona 500; having won the race in 2001 and 2003. He is also a commentator for SPEED TV's coverage of the Camping World Truck Series and is an analyst on the Showtime series Inside NASCAR, along with Chris Myers, Brad Daugherty, and Randy Pemberton. He currently drives the No. 40 Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota Camry part-time and GT2 Ferrari for... AF Corse in the FIA World Endurance Championship. He also competed in the 2011 edition of 24 Hours of Le Mans. Waltrip was born in Owensboro, Kentucky. He currently lives in Sherrills Ford, North Carolina. Waltrip's stock-car career got off the ground in 1981, when he captured the Mini-Modified division track championship at Kentucky Motor Speedway. A year later, Waltrip entered the Goody's Dash Series, where he won the series championship in 1983 and was voted the circuit's most popular driver in 1983 and 1984.
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