05/07/2022 – Michael Waltrip’s long-suffering – and frequently documented – winless streak driving Pontiacs never came closer to being a non-occurrence in the annals of Pontiac stock car racing history than on April 7, 1991, at the running of the Transouth 500 at Darlington. Waltrip drove Pontiacs for Chuck Rider in 1986 and then 1988 through 1995, never winning a points race while racking up 15 top-5’s and 2 poles (note – Waltrip finished 12th in the points driving Pontiacs in 1994 and 1995; this bettered his finals points standings driving for DEI – 2001-2005 – where his best points standing was 14th in 2002 despite his 4 careers wins there – 1/2001, 1/2002, 2/2003).
Check out the great video from wfrncsu012 where he also has an outstanding write-up highlighting how Waltrip’s dominating Pontiac got derailed by bad racing luck.
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