![]() Darrell Waltrip A three-time Cup Series champion (1981-82, '85), Waltrip won all three with the legendary Junior Johnson. Waltrip is tied with Bobby Allison for third all-time in series victories (84). He competed from 1972-2000, another highlight being his 1989 Daytona 500 victory. Waltrip's first series title came in 1981, when he finished with 12 wins and 21 top-fives in 31 races. In his second championship season, 1982, he finished with 12 wins and 20 top-10s in 30 races. In his third championship season, 1985, Waltrip finished with three wins and 21 top-10s in 28 races.
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| YEAR | RANK | RACES | POLES | WINS | TOP 5 | TOP 10 | AVG. START | AVG. FIN | LED | LAPS | LLF | RAF | DNQ | DRIVER RATING | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 59 | 5 of 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 18.6 | 16.4 | 7 | 1211 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -- | |
| 1973 | 29 | 19 of 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10.6 | 21.3 | 50 | 3783 | 0 | 8 | 0 | -- | |
| 1974 | 8 | 16 of 30 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 10.3 | 12.6 | 103 | 4649 | 1 | 11 | 0 | -- | |
| 1975 | 8 | 28 of 30 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 8.4 | 15.5 | 562 | 7240 | 4 | 13 | 0 | -- | |
| 1976 | 8 | 30 of 30 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 6.2 | 17.4 | 534 | 7780 | 4 | 14 | 0 | -- | |
| 1977 | 4 | 30 of 30 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 5.0 | 8.3 | 948 | 9301 | 12 | 23 | 0 | -- | |
| 1978 | 3 | 30 of 30 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 5.9 | 10.4 | 2173 | 9445 | 12 | 21 | 0 | -- | |
| 1979 | 2 | 31 of 31 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 4.8 | 7.0 | 2130 | 9994 | 13 | 30 | 0 | -- | |
| 1980 | 5 | 31 of 31 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 5.1 | 12.8 | 2023 | 9015 | 10 | 19 | 0 | -- | |
| 1981 | 1 | 31 of 31 | 11 | 12 | 21 | 25 | 5.3 | 7.2 | 2519 | 9575 | 22 | 27 | 0 | -- | |
| 1982 | 1 | 30 of 30 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 20 | 3.8 | 9.1 | 3026 | 9455 | 15 | 22 | 0 | -- | |
| 1983 | 2 | 30 of 30 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 25 | 7.1 | 7.7 | 2363 | 9403 | 20 | 26 | 0 | -- | |
| 1984 | 5 | 30 of 30 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 5.9 | 11.2 | 2030 | 9464 | 15 | 27 | 0 | -- | |
| 1985 | 1 | 28 of 28 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 8.3 | 7.3 | 969 | 8933 | 17 | 23 | 0 | -- | |
| 1986 | 2 | 29 of 29 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 22 | 8.6 | 10.0 | 573 | 8327 | 17 | 22 | 0 | -- | |
| 1987 | 4 | 29 of 29 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 310 | 8996 | 9 | 27 | 0 | -- | |
| 1988 | 7 | 29 of 29 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 10.1 | 13.5 | 520 | 9065 | 11 | 25 | 0 | -- | |
| 1989 | 4 | 29 of 29 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 8.4 | 11.9 | 858 | 9333 | 15 | 26 | 0 | -- | |
| 1990 | 20 | 23 of 29 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 13.5 | 12.4 | 297 | 8138 | 8 | 23 | 0 | -- | |
| 1991 | 8 | 29 of 29 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 12.8 | 13.6 | 203 | 9229 | 11 | 23 | 0 | -- | |
| 1992 | 9 | 29 of 29 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 13.7 | 14.6 | 513 | 8706 | 10 | 25 | 0 | -- | |
| 1993 | 13 | 30 of 30 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 21.6 | 16.8 | 151 | 9194 | 13 | 25 | 0 | -- | |
| 1994 | 9 | 31 of 31 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 24.2 | 15.8 | 60 | 9905 | 10 | 30 | 0 | -- | |
| 1995 | 19 | 31 of 31 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 17.0 | 22.2 | 168 | 8222 | 8 | 20 | 0 | -- | |
| 1996 | 29 | 31 of 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26.6 | 25.9 | 2 | 7766 | 6 | 20 | 0 | -- | |
| 1997 | 26 | 31 of 32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 25.7 | 23.2 | 18 | 8427 | 9 | 26 | 0 | -- | |
| 1998 | 24 | 33 of 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 35.0 | 24.8 | 17 | 8995 | 7 | 28 | 0 | -- | |
| 1999 | 37 | 34 of 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.9 | 27.8 | 3 | 7204 | 3 | 23 | 7 | -- | |
| 2000 | 37 | 35 of 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.5 | 31.8 | 5 | 7018 | 4 | 22 | 6 | -- | |
| TOTALS | 822 of 879 | 60 | 84 | 276 | 390 | 14.0 | 15.4 | 23135 | 237773 | 286 | 632 | 13 | -- |
| YEAR | RANK | RACES | POLES | WINS | TOP 5 | TOP 10 | AVG. START | AVG. FIN | LED | LAPS | LLF | RAF | DNQ | DRIVER RATING | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 78 | 2 of 29 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 152 | 200 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -- | |
| 1983 | 52 | 3 of 35 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7.0 | 4.7 | 1 | 519 | 2 | 3 | 0 | -- | |
| 1984 | 53 | 6 of 29 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8.5 | 8.8 | 2 | 772 | 4 | 4 | 0 | -- | |
| 1985 | 28 | 8 of 27 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 9.6 | 5.4 | 3 | 1267 | 5 | 7 | 0 | -- | |
| 1986 | 22 | 12 of 31 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 7.9 | 9.3 | 4 | 1986 | 8 | 9 | 0 | -- | |
| 1987 | 29 | 11 of 27 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 10.5 | 12.7 | 0 | 1355 | 7 | 7 | 0 | -- | |
| 1988 | 29 | 10 of 30 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11.3 | 14.1 | 1 | 1401 | 3 | 6 | 0 | -- | |
| 1989 | 36 | 9 of 29 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13.6 | 19.7 | 15 | 1106 | 3 | 4 | 0 | -- | |
| 1990 | 50 | 6 of 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14.3 | 25.0 | 0 | 629 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -- | |
| 1991 | 30 | 11 of 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 17.0 | 15.7 | 0 | 1666 | 5 | 7 | 0 | -- | |
| 1992 | 36 | 10 of 31 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 17.4 | 16.6 | 0 | 1432 | 6 | 6 | 0 | -- | |
| 1993 | 50 | 5 of 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19.4 | 20.4 | 0 | 597 | 3 | 3 | 0 | -- | |
| 1995 | 88 | 1 of 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 8.0 | 31 | 318 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -- | |
| 2006 | 122 | 1 of 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | 28.0 | 0 | 250 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 45.3 | |
| TOTALS | 95 of 419 | 4 | 13 | 40 | 52 | 12.5 | 13.8 | 209 | 13498 | 49 | 61 | 1 | -- |
| YEAR | RANK | RACES | POLES | WINS | TOP 5 | TOP 10 | AVG. START | AVG. FIN | LED | LAPS | LLF | RAF | DNQ | DRIVER RATING | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 41 | 4 of 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13.0 | 17.5 | 0 | 372 | 2 | 3 | 0 | -- | |
| 1996 | 34 | 5 of 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 14.0 | 11.0 | 0 | 880 | 4 | 5 | 0 | -- | |
| 2002 | 62 | 2 of 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16.0 | 20.0 | 0 | 286 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -- | |
| 2003 | 59 | 3 of 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14.0 | 14.3 | 0 | 597 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -- | |
| 2004 | 93 | 3 of 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 26.0 | 0 | 451 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -- | |
| 2005 | 73 | 2 of 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 13.0 | 0 | 200 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 76.3 | |
| TOTALS | 19 of 141 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 17.4 | 16.4 | 0 | 2786 | 11 | 14 | 2 | -- |