When I won my first championship in 1981, I was given the champion's ring," Waltrip reflected. "Well, it looked like a little high school ring with two small diamonds in it -- I was really disappointed. There was a champion's party after the banquet so I went up to Bill France Jr. and said, 'You know, for everything I went through for this and as much money that goes into this sport, I'd think you could get a better ring. This is a big deal. We need something like a Super Bowl ring.' Bill told me that if I won the championship the following year I could pick out any ring I wanted. When I won it again in '82, I chose the ring that every Winston Cup champion has"

Winston Cup Career

	Season	Team	Owner
	1972-mid 1975	#95 Terminal Transport Special Mercury	Owner
Image	mid 1975-1980	#88 Gatorade Buick	Bill Gardner
Image	1981-1982	#11 Mountain Dew Buick	Junior Johnson
Image	1983	#11 Pepsi Chevrolet	Junior Johnson
Image	1984-1986	#11 Budweiser Chevrolet	Junior Johnson
Image	1987-1990	#17 Tide Chevrolet	Rick Hendrick
Image	1991-1995	#17 Western Auto Chevrolet	Darrell Waltrip
	1996-1997	#17 Western Auto Parts America Chevrolet	Darrell Waltrip
	February 1998-March 22nd,1998	#17 Speedblock/Hechinger Chevrolet	Darrell Waltrip
	March 29th,1998-July 26th,1998	#1 Pennzoil Chevrolet	Dale Earnhardt
	August 1st,1998-August 9th,1998	#35 Tabasco Chevrolet	Tim Beverly
	August 16th,1998-November,1998	#35 Tabasco Pontiac	Tim Beverly
Image	February 1999-2000	#66 Big Kmart Ford	Travis Carter & Carl Haas

Winston Cup Career Highlights

3 Time Winston Cup Champion:1981,1982,1985

84 Career Wins-Tied with Bobby Allison for third on all time win list

1989 Daytona 500 Winner

First Winston Cup driver to earn 10 million(February 18th,1990)

Most Popular Driver:1989,1990

American Driver of the Year:1979,1981,1982

National Motorsports Press Association Driver of the Year:1977,1981,1982

Winston Cup Career Victories

Darrell Waltrip's Victories
Win #	Date	Location	Team
1	May 10th,1975	Nashville,TN	Waltrip Racing
2	October 12th,1975	Richmond,VA	DiGard Racing
3	April 25th,1976	Martinsville,VA	DiGard Racing
4	April 3rd,1977	Darlington,SC	DiGard Racing
5	May 1st,1977	Talladega,AL	DiGard Racing
6	July 16th,1977	Nashville,TN	DiGard Racing
7	August 22nd,1977	Brooklyn,MI	DiGard Racing
8	October 2nd,1977	North Wilkesboro,NC	DiGard Racing
9	November 6th,1977	Hampton,GA	DiGard Racing
10	April 2nd,1978	Brisol,TN	DiGard Racing
11	April 16th,1978	North Wilkesboro,NC	DiGard Racing
12	April 23rd,1978	Martinsville,VA	DiGard Racing
13	May 28th,1978	Concord,NC	DiGard Racing
14	July 30th,1978	Long Pond,PA	DiGard Racing
15	September 10th,1978	Richmond,VA	DiGard Racing
16	January 14th,1979	Riverside,CA	DiGard Racing
17	April 8th,1979	Darlington,SC	DiGard Racing
18	May 27th,1979	Concord,NC	DiGard Racing
19	June 3rd,1979	College Station,TX	DiGard Racing
20	July 14th,1979	Nashville,TN	DiGard Racing
21	August 5th,1979	Talladega,AL	DiGard Racing
22	August 25th,1979	Bristol,TN	DiGard Racing
23	January 19th,1980	Riverside,CA	DiGard Racing
24	February 24th,1980	Richmond,VA	DiGard Racing
25	April 27th,1980	Martinsville,VA	DiGard Racing
26	June 8th,1980	Riverside,CA	DiGard Racing
27	September 14th,1980	Dover,DE	DiGard Racing
28	February 22nd,1981	Richmond,VA	Junior Johnson
29	March 1st,1981	Rockingham,NC	Junior Johnson
30	March 29th,1981	Brisol,TN	Junior Johnson
31	April 12th,1981	Darlington,SC	Junior Johnson
32	June 14th,1981	Riverside,CA	Junior Johnson
33	July 11th,1981	Nashville,TN	Junior Johnson
34	July 26th,1981	Long Pond,PA	Junior Johnson
35	August 22nd,1981	Bristol,TN	Junior Johnson
36	September 27th,1981	Martinsville,VA	Junior Johnson
37	October 4th,1981	North Wilkesboro,NC	Junior Johnson
38	October 11th,1981	Concord,NC	Junior Johnson
39	November 1st,1981	Rockingham,NC	Junior Johnson
40	March 14th,1982	Bristol,TN	Junior Johnson
41	March 21st,1982	Hampton,GA	Junior Johnson
42	April 18th,1982	North Wilkesboro,NC	Junior Johnson
43	May 2nd,1982	Talladega,AL	Junior Johnson
44	May 8th,1982	Nashville,TN	Junior Johnson
45	July 10th,1982	Nashville,TN	Junior Johnson
46	August 1st,1982	Talladega,AL	Junior Johnson
47	August 28th,1982	Bristol,TN	Junior Johnson
48	September 19th,1982	Dover,DE	Junior Johnson
49	October 3rd,1982	North Wilkesboro,NC	Junior Johnson
50	October 17th,1982	Martisnville,VA	Junior Johnson
51	October 31st,1982	Rockingham,NC	Junior Johnson
52	April 17th,1983	North Wilkesboro,NC	Junior Johnson
53	April 24th,1983	Martinsville,VA	Junior Johnson
54	May 7th,1983	Nashville,TN	Junior Johnson
55	May 21st,1983	Bristol,TN	Junior Johnson
56	August 27th,1983	Bristol,TN	Junior Johnson
57	October 2nd,1983	North Wilkesboro,NC	Junior Johnson
58	April 1st,1984	Bristol,TN	Junior Johnson
59	April 15th,1984	Darlington,SC	Junior Johnson
60	May 12th,1984	Nashville,TN	Junior Johnson
61	August 12th,1984	Brooklyn,MI	Junior Johnson
62	September 9th,1984	Richmond,VA	Junior Johnson
63	September 23rd,1984	Martinsville,VA	Junior Johnson
64	October 14th,1984	North Wilkesboro,NC	Junior Johnson
65	May 26th,1985	Concord,NC	Junior Johnson
66	September 8th,1985	Richmond,VA	Junior Johnson
67	October 20th,1985	Rockingham,NC	Junior Johnson
68	June 1st,1986	Riverside,CA	Junior Johnson
69	August 23rd,1986	Bristol,TN	Junior Johnson
70	September 28th,1986	North Wilkesboro,NC	Junior Johnson
71	September 27th,1987	Martinsville,VA	Hendrick Motorsports
72	May 29th,1988	Concord,NC	Hendrick Motorsports
73	September 25th,1988	Martinsville,VA	Hendrick Motorsports
74	February 19th,1989	Daytona Beach,FL	Hendrick Motorsports
75	March 19th,1989	Hampton,GA	Hendrick Motorsports
76	April 23rd,1989	Martinsville,VA	Hendrick Motorsports
77	May 28th,1989	Concord,NC	Hendrick Motorsports
78	August 26th,1989	Bristol,TN	Hendrick Motorsports
79	September 24th,1989	Martinsville,VA	Hendrick Motorsports
80	April 21st,1991	North Wilkesboro,NC	DarWal Inc.
81	June 16th,1991	Long Pond,PA	DarWal Inc.
82	July 19th,1992	Long Pond,PA	DarWal Inc.
83	August 29th,1992	Bristol,TN	DarWal Inc.
84	September 6th,1992	Darlington,SC	DarWal Inc.