Michael Waltrip #55 NAPA Auto Parts Toyota
Michael Waltrip Racing
44th in driver points (1149)
S: 14 ||| W: 0 ||| T5: 0 ||| T10: 2 ||| DNF: 3 ||| LL: 8
Ah Michael Waltrip.
Waltrip bit off way more than he could chew in 2007, trying to start a brand new team with three cars and unproven Toyota powerplants. The foreign manufacturer figured they would walk into Nextel Cup racing and tear it up like they did in the Craftsman Truck Series, but unfortunately for them, they didn't even come close, and Waltrip's team was the poster child of their failures.
Trying to be a team owner and a driver didn't work out for Waltrip, as his two teams fared better than his #55 car, which was simply terrible all year.
After a huge cheating scandal at Daytona where his team was found with some sort of illegal fuel on his #55 Toyota, Waltrip promptly missed every race from California to Dover (a span of 12 races), and only managed to squeeze out two top tens and a pole in the 14 races he did make all season.
2008 prediction: 31st in points (I'm feeling generous today, plus JGR running Toyotas will help the whole camp).
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