Darrell Waltrip is a three time NASCAR champion. He was at Bathurst last weekend to cover the Super Cheap Auto 1000 for US television channel Speed. Jason Bright was kind enough to strap Waltrip into his Holden V8 Supercar and take his guest for a quick spin around the mountain. You can see the clip after the break and we can assure you that when a NASCAR driver turns right it’s not pretty.
The real shame of the video is the audio and visual are not in sync. More’s the pity we didn’t get to see Waltrip’s reaction the first time he started the descent at Skyline at full speed; to be fair if he’d never been around Mount Panorama before that would be quite hairy.
7 replies on “What happens when a NASCAR driver turns right?”
Thanks Liam, that brightened up my day no end!
How can Speed Channel employ a racing commentator that’s never been to Laguna Seca? That’s like Ch10 employing a motorsport commentator that’s never been to Bathurst…
Yeah, that surprised me a bit as well.
Is it just possible that this guy is the Darrell Eastlake of American comicmentary? It was a little too over the top to be entirely plausible.
Ricky Bobby didn’t know what hit him!?! You mean cars actually go right!?!
lol darrell eastlake. entertaining tho.
He didn’t say he has never been to Laguna Seca. He meant he has never raced there.