289K views · 3.3K reactions | His engine blew as he took the checkered flag. Darrell Waltrip remembers winning the very first All-Star Race in 1985. | NASCAR on FOX | Facebook

Such a cool moment! | FanBuzz Racing

Darrell Waltrip is the first NASCAR driver I remember knowing about. Even before I learned the names Richard Petty, Bobby Allison, Cale Yarbourough and David Pearson, a 3-year-old me had a plastic DW 88 Gatorade car that I carried, pushed and tossed around like any toddler would. I followed DW as a fan and journalist all the way through his career and into broadcasting where he's always been fun to follow. I've met him in person a handful of times, once when he came to Bowman Gray Stadium to see

During practice for the Pepsi 400 on July 6, 1990, Darrell Waltrip was involved in one of the most violent crashes of his career at Daytona International Speedway. Waltrip hit oil left on the racing surface during a multi-car incident and was then struck driver-side by Dave Marcis. The impact left Waltrip with a fractured femur, broken elbow, and a concussion, requiring more than three hours of surgery and an 18-inch metal plate in his leg. The injuries forced him out of the Pepsi 400 and severa

47K views · 780 reactions | In 1990, Darrell Waltrip suffered one of...