Talk:Darrell Waltrip

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Contents 1 Presently 2 Expansion 3 DEI 4 "Datgum it" 5 Cleanup tag? Why?

[edit] Presently

"Waltrip came back to racing in NASCAR, making his first start in the Busch Series at Martinsville Speedway on July 22, 2006, after six years out of the NASCAR circuit. He drove the #99 Aaron's Dream Machine owned by his brother Michael and finished 28th." IIRC DW ran (or attempted to qualify for) a couple of CTS races over the past 6 years? That would make the current statement false. Andrew Grigg 05:38, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

You are correct. I changed to a more general statement. Every occasional start need not be listed - too trivial. Royalbroil 13:44, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Expansion

This page needs wikifying, espeically in the part about his final years. --D-Day ^{My fan mail. Click to view my evil userboxes} 21:42, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] DEI

Is the info about how he "built" DEI really necessary? It could be borderline POV. --D-Day^{(Wouldn't you like to be a pepper too?}) 20:55, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

The worst part about the article in my opinion is the POV headings, especially "Struggles"! I agree the DEI part of the article does sound somewhat like a fan page. Royalbroil 21:04, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Datgum it"

This is definitely older than Larry the Cable Guy. My grandmother and other family have been saying it since before I can remember. Just a southern (Tennesee at least) thing. Euphamistic for "God damn it", though I would spell it "Dadgumit" ;) Daniel Hooper 00:43, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cleanup tag? Why?

I really don't see anything wrong with the article, so what is the justification for that tag? I don't know anything about the subject, maybe it's just there as part of Wikiproject NASCAR? I'll leave it for now, but I think it should be removed. Spalding 20:50, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

• The cleanup page specified the section on DW's later years. I didn't think there was much of a problem with it. Mustang6172

• • The article was in sad shape in April 2006. It looks better now, and I did some touchup before removing the tag. Royalbroil 14:26, 17 August 2006 (UTC)