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  • Confidence personified

    I spent the weekend in Homestead working for the Speed Channel. I just had a blast. I did practice shows, I did the truck race, I did a special edition of "Trackside" and I did the prerace show with Kyle Petty.

    What a pleasure it is to work with Kyle. He truly is a breath of fresh air. I think we complement each other. We are both outspoken and we try to tell it like it is without getting into too much trouble.

    What an incredible weekend of racing that started with an exciting truck race Friday. We got to see Kevin Harvick win his second race in a row. We saw him wrap up the owners championship. Kyle Busch had some issues so that pretty much decided the owners championship.

    I love watching the strategy in the truck series. We saw it again Friday. The races are shorter than the Cup events. If you aren't pretty close at the start of the race then you don't have a lot of time to work on it. You also have to make quick decisions about taking tires or not because you don't want to run out at the end. There's just so much pressure in the pits of what to do, when to do and how to do. It sure is fun to watch and even more fun to be doing it from the TV booth.

    I heard a guy on the radio over the weekend call in and say that Dale Earnhardt Jr. should run a few truck races to get his confidence back. You know what? That is a great idea. He could get out there in a truck with Harvick and Kyle Busch and be competitive. It might be the shot in the arm that he needs to jump start things again for him. Trust me, winning will do that, no matter what it is you are competing at.

    Saturday night saw Kyle Busch wrap up the 2009 Nationwide championship. Man, what a season he had winning nine times this year. I thought it was pretty neat how he held off Carl Edwards and won the race Saturday night. The finish of that race was exciting but to me the entire race was good all night long.

    [Read the rest of DW's latest column . . . ]

  • Danica Sue -- how will she do?
  • It starts with 'P' and rhymes with 'T' and it stands for Trouble
  • By the time I get to Phoenix
  • I think I'll have my own town hall meeting
  • Another Groundhog Day at Talladega
  • The Chase needs some Boogity, Boogity, Boogity
  • Four to go to make it four in a row
  • NASCAR fans are the best
  • It was a great week to be named Johnson
  • Charlotte marks the Chase half-way point
  • October 14, 2009 -- a red letter day in NASCAR history
  • It's about time!
  • The DW Way
  • Take it to the limit ... every time
  • The fear factor
  • Until something changes, nothing is going to change
  • What it's like to be Mark Martin
  • The Chase is on
  • How I would go about winning the championship
  • I guess you really had to be there
  • Who cares?
  • It might be Labor Day, but Atlanta's no picnic
  • Singing in the rain is OK ... racing in the rain, not so much
  • How do you like me now?
  • Going to the White House, past and present
  • If you mess with the bull, you just might get the horns
  • There's a lot on the line in 2009
  • Some guys like going the wrong way
  • The fiddlers on the roof
  • Monday's race was worth the wait
  • My long pond runneth over
  • Jimmie Johnson puts another brick in the wall
  • The rest of the story
  • Put a zero with that five
  • Rome wasn't built in a day
  • Refuse to lose
  • Here comes the judge
  • The long and winding road
  • It's Father's Day -- don't forget your Dad
  • Classical gas
  • Smoke is HOT
  • A job half done
  • Hendrick had tough call to make
  • Weekend soundtrack: Monday, Monday
  • All-Star restart rule creates excitement
  • Hey now -- You're an All-Star!
  • Lady and the champ
  • This ain't your father's Darlington
  • If I were a rich man ...
  • Standing Room Only
  • Sorry, Mark
  • A little break to fix what's broken
  • Jeff, how many times have you won at Texas?
  • Jimmie wins at Johnsonville
  • Mother Nature smiles on Jeff Gordon
  • Bristol -- the competition got stomped
  • Bristol - I just can't communicate how hard this place is
  • Remembering Jake
  • The return of the Busch series
  • Strange beginning to a new year
  • Two races in and look who is in the Chase
  • The times, they are a changing'
  • Rainy days and Mondays always get me down
  • Daytona 500 -- most anticipated race of the year
  • 8 + 9 = 17
  • It's the most wonderful time of the year
  • Boogity Boogity Boogity -- use it or lose it
  • NASCAR is like a little duck
  • Oooh baby, it's cold outside
  • For the love of the game
  • Why does it cost so much to field a race team today?
  • Petty cash, not enough
  • "Happy New Year — I hope!"
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    I was elected chairman of the board of Motor Racing Outreach, and that's something I'm very proud of. I was one of the founding fathers of MRO in 1987, and I've served in a lot of capacities, but I've never been the chairman of the board so I'm excited.

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  • Darrell Waltrip won 84 career Cup races. Check out the year-by-year list, and look at the complete results for every win.
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