Michael Waltrip

Birth Name:

Michael Curtis Waltrip

Birth Place:

Owensboro, Kentucky, United States

Profession

Actor

Served as an analyst for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series on SPEED-TV
Author of "In the Blink of an Eye", which spent 11 weeks on The New York Times Best-Seller list in 2011
Joined FOX Sports in 2012 as an analyst for NASCAR
Owner of Michael Waltrip Racing (MWR)
Brother is Hall-of-Famer Darrell Waltrip, who is a two-time winner of the Daytona 500
Began his career racing go-carts in Kentucky, Indiana and Tennessee and in 1981 he began stock car racing
Began his professional racing career in 1985 and earned five wins

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