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Waltrip's career may not be storied, but there are some good stories

By Ed Hinton
ESPN.com

Saturday, October 25, 2008

HAMPTON, Ga. -- If this were Michael Waltrip's 1,000th TV commercial, I could understand. Nobody's better at making those. But his 1,000th NASCAR race? I just can't see how the poor guy has stood it, as many times as he's been put down, knocked down and brought down … and as many races as he's lost. NASCAR's singular study in perseverance makes his 1,000th NASCAR start in Sunday's Pep Boys 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway (1 p.m. ET, ABC). That's the most of any driver other than Richard ...

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