Anyone remember this? I sure do....
In 1979 Waltrip crossed the finish line in the Daytona 500 on Richard Petty’s bumper. Later that year at Darlington, a late-race duel with The King would see Waltrip coming out on top and began to signal the changing of the guard in NASCAR.
About this same time he would develop a reputation as brash, outspoken, and some would say arrogant. Cale Yarborough gave him the nickname “Jaws”, because of his knack of giving his opinion on anything and everything, to anyone who would listen. He made a comment once to a reporter prior to an autograph session at a K-Mart, that if people just had an opportunity to meet him face to face and talk, they’d think differently of him.
The next day the headline in the paper read, “Waltrip Challenges Fans To Meet Him Behind K-Mart Parking Lot”, as if he were challenging them to a bare-knuckle brawl.
In 1979 Waltrip crossed the finish line in the Daytona 500 on Richard Petty’s bumper. Later that year at Darlington, a late-race duel with The King would see Waltrip coming out on top and began to signal the changing of the guard in NASCAR.
About this same time he would develop a reputation as brash, outspoken, and some would say arrogant. Cale Yarborough gave him the nickname “Jaws”, because of his knack of giving his opinion on anything and everything, to anyone who would listen. He made a comment once to a reporter prior to an autograph session at a K-Mart, that if people just had an opportunity to meet him face to face and talk, they’d think differently of him.
The next day the headline in the paper read, “Waltrip Challenges Fans To Meet Him Behind K-Mart Parking Lot”, as if he were challenging them to a bare-knuckle brawl.