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Michael Waltrip Biography
Birth Name:
Michael Curtis Waltrip
Birth Place:
Owensboro, Kentucky, United States
Profession
Race car driver, racing team co-owner
Fast Facts
- A long-distance runner, Waltrip competed in the 2000 Boston and Tampa marathons
- After 463 starts, got his first NASCAR win in the 2001 Daytona 500, the race in which his boss, Dale Earnhardt, was killed in a crash
- Primary car was confiscated at the 2007 Daytona 500 after Waltrip was caught with an unidentified illegal substance in the engine
- Was charged for reckless driving and failure to report an accident after a 2007 off-track crash
- Qualified in the front row for the 2008 Daytona 500
- Works for the Speed Channel as a commentator and panelist
Relationships
- Clarice Trodglen -- Aunt
- Edna Hardesty -- Aunt
- Emma Trodglen -- Aunt
- Robert Lynn Waltrip -- Brother
- Caitlin Marie Waltrip -- Daughter
- Margaret Carol Waltrip -- Daughter
- Leroy Waltrip -- Father
- Charles H. Waltrip -- Grandfather
- Mable Bandy Waltrip -- Grandmother
- Margaret Jean Evans Waltrip -- Mother
- Carolyn Jean Waltrip -- Sister
- Connie Mae Brinkley -- Sister
- Robert Waltrip -- Uncle