Waltrip speaks about upcoming truck race
By TOM CHEREDAR, Staff Writer
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NASHVILLE — Veteran NASCAR driver Darrel Waltrip visited the Country Music Hall of Fame July 25 to promote the upcoming Toyota ARCA 150 and Toyota Tundra 200 races at the Nashville Superspeedway.
Josh Wise of Darrel Waltrip Motorsports will be competing in his first-career Craftsman Truck Series in Nashville.
“The Truck Series is something I’ve always been a fan of since it started,” said Waltrip, who ran his first truck race in 1995.
David Green of Red Horse Racing and Ryan Mathews of Bill Davis Racing will also compete at Nashville for their first truck series.
Waltrip had some advice for Wise: “If you’re only going to win one, win this one.”
Almost 20 teams attended a test session at the Superspeedway’s 1.33- mile track Tuesday.
The test session’s unofficially clocked fastest time was 30.6 seconds by Michael McDowell who raced in a Dodge from Eddie Sharp Racing.
McDowell’s teammate, Michael Waltrip developmental driver Ken Butler was unofficially clocked as the fifth fastest car in a Toyota Camry, according to Waltrip who has two ARCA victories in his career.
Both races are scheduled for Aug. 11 at the Superspeedway and will feature a post concert show by country music artist Josh Turner.
The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum was a fitting place for Waltrip to hold his press conference since the site will pay tribute to one of the country music’s most charismatic and well-rounded stars, Marty Robbins, himself a former Williamson County resident.
The cameo exhibition “Marty Robbins: Among My Souvenirs” will open in the museum's East Gallery on Aug. 3 and will run through June 2008.
Second only to his passion for music, was Robbins' love for racing. Robbins began racing micro-midgets in the 1950s and by the 1960s was racing modified stockcars at the Nashville Speedway. He competed on the NASCAR circuit from 1966 to 1982, finishing in the Top Ten six times in Grand National Championship races.
Posted on: 8/2/2007
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