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Early in his career, his aggressive driving and outspoken style earned him the nickname " Jaws", a reference to the 1975Events January January 1 Watergate scandal: John N. Mitchell, H. Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman are found guilty of the Watergate cover-up and are sentenced to 30 months to 8 years in jail on February 21 January 5 The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania, Australia, i film about a killer sharksee text Sharks are a group (superorder Selachimorpha of fish, with a full cartilaginous skeleton, a streamlined body plan with between 5 and 7 gill slits along the sides (most often) or side of the head (the first modified slit is behind the eye and call. The nickname was given to Waltrip by rival Cale YarboroughWilliam Caleb "Cale" Yarborough (born March 27, 1940) is a former NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver. He is a three-time NASCAR Winston Cup Champion, winning the series in 1976, 1977 and 1978. He is the only driver to ever win three consecutive titles. in an interview after Waltrip crashed Yarborough out of a race. Waltrip responded by displaying an inflatable toy shark in his pit at the next race. (Waltrip himself preferred the nicknames "D.W." or "D-Dubya".)
At the heights of his NASCAR success in the early 1980sMillennia: 1st millennium 2nd millennium 3rd millennium Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s Years: 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 Events and trends fans often booed Waltrip, but his wit and endearing silliness gradually won over the hearts of most of his critics. Once, as a crowd booed him in Victory Lane , Waltrip silenced the hostile audience by challenging them to "Boo if you love D.W."
By the time he won the 1989 Daytona 500, fans loudly cheered the child-like exuberance of his post-victory celebration: shouting "I won the Daytona 500! I won the Daytona 500!" accompanied by a now-infamous dance in Victory Lane. Of all of Waltrip's 84 victories, it was his only victory in the Daytona 500, NASCAR's premier event.
He is now a race commentator for the Fox Network. As the cars take the green flag to start each race, Waltrip shouts "Boogity Boogity", a meaningless phrase that has become his trademark in recent years. (The phrase appears in the 1960 doo wop parody "Who Put The Bomp" by Barry Mann.) Waltrip also owns a Honda and Volvo dealership in Franklin, Tennessee
His younger brother Michael Waltrip is currently a top NASCAR driver, and winner of the Daytona 500 in 2001 (the race in which Dale Earnhardt was killed in a crash) and 2003.
He will be inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2005.
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