The year was 1947. Stock car racing was a wild, reckless, disorganized, fledgling "outlaw" sport devoid of rules, guidance, and direction. Bill France Sr., at that time a Daytona race promoter, saw ...

The winner of seven Winston Cup championships (tied for the most with Dale Earnhardt) and a remarkable 200 NASCAR races was a man for the people, a charismatic presence the way Arnie was for golf and ...

At 1 p.m. Friday, Darrell Waltrip was celebrating what would be his 500th Winston Cup start in today's Pepsi 400. Barely 30 minutes later he was being lifted out of his wrecked car, his left leg and ...

NASCAR is ready to run its annual All-Star Race, which has no shortage of high-octane action, close finishes and meaningful moments ... and of course some fighting. With the 2025 event running at ...

Jimmy Spencer says he's already reaping benefits from working with new teammate Darrell Waltrip. Waltrip, a three-time Winston Cup champion and winner of 84 races, will drive a Ford Taurus in 1999 for ...

Darrell Waltrip did not ease his way into NASCAR folklore. He fought, talked and clawed his way there, transforming over decades from a polarizing agitator into one of stock car racing’s most trusted ...

While the 1983 Winston Western 500 may have marked the end of the season, it did mark the start of Bill Elliott NASCAR Cup Series ...

Recent converts may know Darrell Waltrip as the old man trundling at the back. But he was once atop NASCAR. Michael Waltrip got to know his brother much the same way the rest of the country did the ...