Michael Waltrip might be retired from racing in NASCAR’s highest level full-time, but that doesn’t mean the team owner can’t come back and run a few races this season.
Ten years ago Waltrip won the Daytona 500, his first career win, but he didn’t get to properly celebrate it. His team owner, Dale Earnhardt Sr., died on the last lap.
This year Waltrip will run a special paint scheme commemorating that 2001 Daytona 500. It’s a day that he’s written about in a recently released book titled In the Blink of an Eye. (I ordered the book earlier this week and I’m waiting for it to get here. SBNation’s Jeff Gluck has it and is reading it; he’ll blog about it when he’s finished I believe)
“I’ve spent much of last year writing the book. It forced me to put into words a lot of emotions from that weekend and how we and the whole NASCAR world dealt with the loss of Dale,” Waltrip said during the preseason media tour last week. “When I got my first copy the other day I told people that I felt like I had given birth. The book has become a part of me and I know fans are going to love it.”
An excerpt of the first part of the book can be found here: http://www.thepostgame.com/features/201101/victory-lane-daytona-michael-waltrip-book-excerpt
It’s a tale that all NASCAR fans remember.
I can’t wait for my copy to show up so I can begin reading. With 15 days until the green drops in Daytona, it’s only appropriate to discuss the driver of the No. 15 car.
Ten years ago Waltrip won the Daytona 500, his first career win, but he didn’t get to properly celebrate it. His team owner, Dale Earnhardt Sr., died on the last lap.
This year Waltrip will run a special paint scheme commemorating that 2001 Daytona 500. It’s a day that he’s written about in a recently released book titled In the Blink of an Eye. (I ordered the book earlier this week and I’m waiting for it to get here. SBNation’s Jeff Gluck has it and is reading it; he’ll blog about it when he’s finished I believe)
“I’ve spent much of last year writing the book. It forced me to put into words a lot of emotions from that weekend and how we and the whole NASCAR world dealt with the loss of Dale,” Waltrip said during the preseason media tour last week. “When I got my first copy the other day I told people that I felt like I had given birth. The book has become a part of me and I know fans are going to love it.”
An excerpt of the first part of the book can be found here: http://www.thepostgame.com/features/201101/victory-lane-daytona-michael-waltrip-book-excerpt
It’s a tale that all NASCAR fans remember.
I can’t wait for my copy to show up so I can begin reading. With 15 days until the green drops in Daytona, it’s only appropriate to discuss the driver of the No. 15 car.
Here's a look at the No. 15 car set to take the track in 15 days (Photo from MichaelWaltripRacing.com)
How neat would it be to see Waltrip win in that black paint scheme?
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