Michael Waltrip Charged with Reckless Driving

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#55-Michael Waltrip is charged with reckless driving and failure to report an accident after a crash on Molly's Backbone Road in Catawba County. The Highway Patrol says Waltrip was driving about 70 miles per hour in the 55 mile-per-hour zone when he went off the right side of the road in a curve around 1:50 a.m. Saturday. His car then traveled back across the pavement and off the left side of the roadway, sliding sideways and striking a utility pole as it overturned. The car then rolled over and came to a rest on its side. Troopers said a witness saw Waltrip crawl out of the vehicle and leave the scene. When a trooper went to his home around 2:30 a.m. no one was there, but when he went back at 8 p.m. he found Waltrip, who admitted he'd fallen asleep at the wheel. Waltrip, with scratches on his face and some deep cuts on his finger, spoke with Eyewitness News about the crash. He said he was on his way home to Sherill's Ford from Charlotte. "I was almost home. I relaxed a little bit and ran off the road," he explained. "I woke up with gravel hitting the car and I tried to correct but it was too late. The seasoned driver says he instinctively got out of his car, and then decided to walk home because he often runs the route and was only a mile away. Waltrip will be in court in Newton on May 14
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When a trooper went to his home around 2:30 a.m. no one was there, but when he went back at 8 p.m. he found Waltrip
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What's up with that? Why did they give him time to sober up?
 
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Hey, at least he wasn't hurt too bad! Just a little shook up. At least he'll slow up some on the normal roads, plus he should have had some caffeine.
Maybe he should have taken the sobriety test too!
I can just imagine what his brother said.
 
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TennFan said:
Hey, at least he wasn't hurt too bad! Just a little shook up. At least he'll slow up some on the normal roads, plus he should have had some caffeine.
Maybe he should have taken the sobriety test too!
I can just imagine what his brother said.
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'don't worry Michael, i'm an idiot too.'
 
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JOEY'S ALL VOL !!! said:
10 to 1 says he was hammered
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If you invested who knows how many millions in Waltrip Raceworld, left the company you were at (that only employed you because it's late owner did a favor to your big brother, and the fact that some component of the NASCAR fanbase finds your commercials funny, not sure what one yet), and failed miserably.....wouldn't you be in the bag most of the time?
 
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JTrainDavis said:
If you invested who knows how many millions in Waltrip Raceworld, left the company you were at (that only employed you because it's late owner did a favor to your big brother, and the fact that some component of the NASCAR fanbase finds your commercials funny, not sure what one yet), and failed miserably.....wouldn't you be in the bag most of the time?
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brutal but true, i use to like ole mikey back n the old dei days when he was good at talladega and daytona
 
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I guess this means Mike will be faced with more tough questions from his daughter... "Daddy, were you drunk when you wrecked our car?"
 
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Just like when he inevitibly (sp?) craches during a race, this will wind up being someone elses fault!!!
 
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"I Still dunno what really happened out there, but the (Napa, Dominoes etc etc etc) Car was really good, we coulda won i believe. These guardrails and White Oaks really need to learn to give and take, that was just bush league racin' "
 
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ahhhh nevermind that last question, i guess hes gotten good at gettin out of wrecked cars over the years
 
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