Turbo's Racing Photos - Vintage Stock Cars

Darrell Waltrip

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Riverside Raceway 1978

Chevrolet Monte Carlo

Photography by Mike Smith

HERE'S A SERIES OF DARRELL WORKING AT THE NAPA RIVERSIDE 400 IN JULY 1978. DARRELL FINISHED 16TH IN THE RACE HAVING COOLING SYSTEM PROBLEMS. THE RACE WAS WON BY BENNY PARSONS. DARRELL WON 26 RACES WITH GATORADE AND OWNER BILL GARDNER.

DARRELL FINISHED 3RD IN POINTS BEHIND CALE YARBOROUGH, WHO WON HIS 3RD STRAIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP.
 
 
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DW BATTLING WITH DAVID PEARSON

Riverside Raceway 1988

Tide Chevrolet Monte Carlo

Photography by Mike Smith

HERE'S A COUPLE OF DARRELL ENTERING TURN 6 AT RIVERSIDE RACEWAY IN A MONTE CARLO AERO COUPE. THESE WERE TAKEN IN JUNE 1988 AT THE LAST RIVERSIDE STOCK CAR RACE. DARRELL MUST HAVE HAD A TOUGH DAY AS HE FINISHED 28TH. THIS WAS THE SECOND YEAR THAT DARRELL DROVE FOR RICK HENDRICK. DARRELL WON THE COCA COLA 600 AT CHARLOTTE AND THE GOODY'S 500 AT MARTINSVILLE IN 1988.

THE RACE WAS WON BY RUSTY WALLACE IN THE KODIAK PONTIAC. BILL ELLIOTT TOOK HOME THE CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY IN 1988.
  
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Sears Point Raceway 1989

Tide Chevrolet Lumina

Photography by Pat Smith

HERE'S A COUPLE OF SHOTS OF DARRELL MAKING HIS WAY DOWN TO THE OLD HAIRPIN AT SEARS POINT RACEWAY IN 1989. DARRELL HAD A TOUGH DAY AND FINISHED 38TH.

THE RACE WAS WON BY RICKY RUDD AND THE CHAMPIONSHIP BY RUSTY WALLACE.

  
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DW BATTLING WITH MORGAN SHEPHERD