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🇺🇸 Michael Waltrip

Racing driver from United States. WEC, AF Corse-Waltrip.
Driver facts
Full name
Michael Waltrip
Born
30 April 1963(b. 1963)
Nationality
United States
Current team
AF Corse-Waltrip
Series
WEC
Status
Retired
Career wins
11
Career podiums
41
Career starts
280
Career DNFs
0
Racer Rating
4,406
Michael Waltrip
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
4,406
Rank 2196 of 39,300 indexed, -331 this season
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Michael Waltrip is a racing driver from United States who last raced in WEC for AF Corse-Waltrip. Waltrip has recorded 11 wins and 41 podiums from 280 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 4,406 ranks Waltrip 2196th of 39,300 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
2012 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSA
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
2012-03-17Sebring International Raceway LM GTE AmWECP4−36
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+161Dover 1988NASCAR XfinityP1
+158Darlington 1988NASCAR XfinityP3
+147Charlotte 2006NASCAR XfinityP2
+141Darlington 1996NASCAR XfinityP2
+139Michigan 2002NASCAR XfinityP1
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Homestead6 starts+44
Chicago5 starts+35
Michigan11 starts+25
Fontana10 starts+24
Struggles
O''Reilly6 starts-45
Phoenix Raceway8 starts-32
Bristol28 starts-27
Dover19 starts-22
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2012▸WECAF Corse-Waltrip100000—−354,737
2011▸NASCAR XfinityDiamond-Waltrip Racing200000P34+174,772
2009▸NASCAR XfinityMichael Waltrip Racing700000P39−1644,755
2007▸NASCAR XfinityBraun Racing100000P44−1444,919
2006▸NASCAR XfinityMichael Waltrip Racing2101000P32+1915,063
2005▸NASCAR XfinityMichael Waltrip Racing1700000P31−4964,872
2004▸NASCAR XfinityMichael Waltrip Racing3111000P16−3555,368
2003▸NASCAR XfinityMichael Waltrip Racing2015020P8+2115,723
2002▸NASCAR XfinityMichael Waltrip Racing1915020P11+4495,512
2001▸NASCAR XfinityMichael Waltrip Racing1201000P26−1285,063
2000▸NASCAR XfinityMichael Waltrip Racing1201000P20−625,191
1999▸NASCAR XfinityMichael Waltrip Racing1512000P14+2665,253
1998▸NASCAR XfinityMichael Waltrip Racing1500000P28+2284,987
1997▸NASCAR XfinityMichael Waltrip Racing1601010P20−164,760
1996▸NASCAR XfinityMichael Waltrip Racing1301010P21−1114,776
1995▸NASCAR XfinityBahari Racing601010P25−1994,886
1994▸NASCAR XfinityDale Earnhardt, Inc.902010P23−1125,085
1993▸NASCAR XfinityBahari Racing1024000P13−385,198
1992▸NASCAR XfinityBahari Racing1113010P14+2125,236
1991▸NASCAR XfinityBahari Racing1002000P15+1305,024
1990▸NASCAR XfinityBahari Racing1324020P14−924,894
1989▸NASCAR XfinityDale Earnhardt, Inc.1415030P9+4834,986
1988▸NASCAR Xfinity512000P23+3,1534,503
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Waltrip finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇺🇸 Jason Keller4,35820610310350%
🇺🇸 Kenny Wallace4,3991959210347%
🇺🇸 David Green3,9661911019053%
🇺🇸 Randy LaJoie4,189166858151%
🇺🇸 Tim Fedewa4,219158995963%
🇺🇸 Joseph Joe Frank Nemechek III3,249158867254%
🇺🇸 Mike WallaceFIA Bronze4,111144925264%
🇺🇸 Todd Bodine3,789144707449%
🇺🇸 Mike McLaughlin4,539143845959%
🇺🇸 Steve Grissom3,6191401004071%
🇺🇸 Denny HamlinHigher-rated, 1× champion7,40039132633%
🇺🇸 Tony StewartHigher-rated6,49745172838%
🇺🇸 Joey LoganoHigher-rated6,44391811%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 39,300 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
2,186🇺🇸 Justin LoftonARCA Menards West4,411
2,187🇨🇭 Christopher ZanellaFormula V8 3.54,410
2,188🇬🇧 Dan ClarkePorsche Endurance Challenge North America4,410
2,189🇦🇺 Geoff UhrhaneFIA Formula 3 European4,409
2,190🇩🇪 Dieter SchmidtmannNürburgring 24 Hours4,408
2,191🇵🇹 Henrique Chaves Jr.GT World Challenge Europe4,407
2,192🇬🇧 Oliver JarvisIMSA WeatherTech4,407
2,193🇩🇪 Jannes FittjeNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie4,406
2,194🇩🇪 Johannes Marchewicz MarcelNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie4,406
2,195🇯🇵 Kiyoshi UmegakiSuper Formula Lights4,406
2,196🇺🇸 Michael WaltripWEC4,406
2,197🇺🇸 Patrick EmerlingNASCAR Whelen Modified Tour4,406
2,198🇬🇧 Tommy FOSTERGT World Challenge Europe4,406
2,199🇬🇧 Andy PilgrimGT World Challenge America4,405
2,200🇺🇸 Ben TuckWEC4,405
2,201🇮🇹 Mattia MichelottoGT World Challenge Europe4,405
2,202🇩🇪 Wolf HenzlerLe Mans Cup4,405
2,203🇺🇸 Jeb BurtonNASCAR Xfinity4,404
2,204🇦🇺 Jonathon WebbBathurst 12 Hour4,403
2,205🇩🇪 Dustin BlattnerGT World Challenge Europe4,402
2,206🇯🇵 Masaki MatsushitaSuper GT4,401
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Michael Waltrip is a semi-professional driver, rated 2,981; his record places him at the competitive amateur level, with racing against professionals rather than among paid full-time competitors. His documented racing history spans a single season in 2012, comprising one start in the FIA World Endurance Championship for AF Corse-Waltrip. In that outing, Waltrip finished fourth and beat several professionally graded drivers, among them the Silver-graded Markus Palttala and Joël Camathias, and the higher-rated Michele Rugolo; this result against an experienced field suggests he brought considerable skill to circuit racing despite his very limited exposure to the series.[1]

Waltrip's primary career unfolded in NASCAR stock car racing, where he won the Daytona 500 in 2001 and 2003, both victories coming while driving for Dale Earnhardt Inc. on superspeedways. He also worked as a team owner and later as a broadcast analyst for multiple NASCAR series. His 2012 WEC appearance represents his only recorded entry in international circuit racing, making the single fourth-place finish against graded professional company the sole measure of his capabilities in that discipline. He retired from active racing in 2012 and has remained involved in motorsport through media work and business ventures.[2]

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia
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