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"Waltrip came back to racing in NASCAR, making his first start in the Busch Series at Martinsville Speedway on July 22, 2006, after six years out of the NASCAR circuit. He drove the #99 Aaron's Dream Machine owned by his brother Michael and finished 28th." IIRC DW ran (or attempted to qualify for) a couple of CTS races over the past 6 years? That would make the current statement false. Andrew Grigg 05:38, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You are correct. I changed to a more general statement. Every occasional start need not be listed - too trivial. Royalbroil 13:44, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Expansion

This page needs wikifying, espeically in the part about his final years. --D-Day ^{My fan mail. Click to view my evil userboxes} 21:42, 1 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

DEI

Is the info about how he "built" DEI really necessary? It could be borderline POV. --D-Day^{(Wouldn't you like to be a pepper too?}) 20:55, 20 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The worst part about the article in my opinion is the POV headings, especially "Struggles"! I agree the DEI part of the article does sound somewhat like a fan page. Royalbroil 21:04, 20 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"Datgum it"

This is definitely older than Larry the Cable Guy. My grandmother and other family have been saying it since before I can remember. Just a southern (Tennesee at least) thing. Euphamistic for "God damn it", though I would spell it "Dadgumit" ;) Daniel Hooper 00:43, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cleanup tag? Why?

I really don't see anything wrong with the article, so what is the justification for that tag? I don't know anything about the subject, maybe it's just there as part of Wikiproject NASCAR? I'll leave it for now, but I think it should be removed. Spalding 20:50, 2 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The cleanup page specified the section on DW's later years. I didn't think there was much of a problem with it. Mustang6172

- The article was in sad shape in April 2006. It looks better now, and I did some touchup before removing the tag. Royalbroil 14:26, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Does anyone know how DW was able to avoid military service in the 60s? What was his draft status?

Does his draft status really fucking matter? He is the same age and from the same area of the state as my dad and he didn't get drafted. He may have had a higher lottery number or never got called. Could have failed medical like my dad. He didn't go to college so he didn't have a deferment. Lot's of people didn't get drafted, it didn't have anything to do with his status in society, so what does it really matter?

Gee, getting a bit defensive here? For those of us who faced the draft during Vietnam, it's a HUGE issue. The fact is that DW had the opportunity to serve his country in the late '60s and chose not to. The first draft lottery was in 1969. DW was 22 years old and should already have been called up. His lottery number was 214 and the Selective Service ended up taking guys with numbers as high as 267. The suggestion that he may have been medically unfit is ridiculous. He could probably pass an Army induction physical today at age 60. It's a very legitimate question as to how DW avoided getting drafted, while thousands of other guys answered the call and ended up getting killed. But you're probably too young to understand how us Vietnam vets feel about war wimps. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.254.250.13 (talk) 18:45, 4 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I served in Iraq, so yea, I do have a keene understanding of what you in Vietnam went through. I just don't think it really matters. I have never seen any evidence of him recieving a deferment, in fact he wasn't even a big enough name to have inside help until after the war. Failing a physical, shit, my dad failed the physical and has never figured out why. In fact any other time my father would have passed.76.177.41.142 (talk) 04:29, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Waltripisms

This section is way too long and should be trimmed up. I'd actually be in favor of deleting the whole section if there's no opposition. --D-Day 13:37, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I like it, actually. I vote against deletion. --Mlvezie 23:48, 21 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Non-notable section that really offers nothing to the article. I've deleted it. Caster23 ^{talk contribs} 01:54, 12 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Birthplace

I thought that he was born in Nashville, then they moved to Kentucky where his brother was born. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.49.3.61 (talk) 20:36, 30 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No, he was born in Owensboro, Ky. He only moved to the Nashville area, to race the weekly races at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds. He has lived in Franklin, Tennessee, a Nashville suburb, since the 70's.

Bill Ferguson Billferguson422 (talk) 00:18, 3 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Pole positions won

Waltrip is third in Cup Poles behind Richard Petty's 123 and David Pearson's 105 69.207.136.189 (talk) 19:06, 17 May 2011 (UTC)G.H. Soehner ebayghs@rochester.rr.com[reply]

Correction: Most NASCAR Pole wins, career

Richard Petty 123 - David Pearson 113 - Jeff Gordon 70 - Cale Yarborough 69 - Darrell Waltrip 59 (one more than Bobby Allison's 58) 69.207.136.189 (talk) 20:27, 17 May 2011 (UTC)G.H.Soehner ebayghs@rochester.rr.com[reply]

Sun Glasses

Hello DW To me it is very DISRESEPCTFUL that drivers do not remove the sun glasses while being interviewed by the press. I feel that they should remove the glasses!

 Rick 
Anderson SC  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:BCC3:A200:1192:3F32:ACFF:E94F (talk) 17:34, 13 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Interview

How are you, sir? My name is Justin. I am contacting you today to see if you would do a sit down interview with me in my front deck for our program scoring for motor sport we have interview people like Larry mcWilliams auto having a big party other people like Bob Pappas you can let me know 173.27.192.102 (talk) 19:16, 26 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]