In The Spotlight: Darrell Waltrip - Bump, Dump and Win

Darrell Waltrip is in the spotlight for his bump, dump and win during the 1987 season. How does a driver in 3rd place win a race on the final lap? Simple, just bump 2nd place into 1st place, and pass them both.
The Goody's 500 was held September 27th, 1987, at Martinsville Speedway.
Geoff Bodine won the pole.
Top Ten Results
17-Darrell Waltrip
3-Dale Earnhardt
11-Terry Labonte
75-Neil Bonnett -2
26-Morgan Shepherd -3
7-Alan Kulwicki -3
44-Sterling Marlin -4
22-Bobby Allison -5
21-Kyle Petty -8
18-Dale Jarrett -8
A late race caution set up an intense 3-lap sprint among Dale Earnhardt, Terry Labonte and Darrell Waltrip. On the final lap, going into turn 3, Labonte hooked Earnhardt's left rear quarter-panel, sending Earnhardt sideways and Labonte spinning towards the outside wall in turn 4. The contact enabled Waltrip to sneak underneath and grab the win.
Waltrip became a father just ten days prior to the race with the birth of his oldest daughter Jessica.
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[@headbrown5629]

You're making great vids man! I remember this race. I was about 10. Watching with my Papaw. The good Ole days.

[@adampatterson5475]

That #11 was a sharp looking car

[@turbo1438]

I have raced for several decades and from my experience the "wreck" happened off from turn two between Terry and Dale and continued all the way down the back straight until the two spun/slid up in turn three. Darrell was going for the win and those two had already all but wrecked, so to any racer coming along and "helped" them continue to wreck was and is considered, in many if not all short track racers handbooks, fair game. Darrell did not initiate the incident but damn sure did end it to benefit himself.

[@tnwhiskey68]

I don't think anybody argues that everyone loved it when Earnhardt did it. I think it's more like "look how great Dale Earnhardt turned out and that's how he got there too". I dont believe many folks think Earnhardt was loved by all. They just know he did whatever he could to win and didn't apologize about it.

[@FloatedZeus8298]

Sounds like everyone with Ross today

[@skabals2110]

Exactly what they say about Chastain, wierd how history repeats

[@SingerDinger]

There’ll always be a man with a black hat in nascar. Even if it’s Joey Logano for a few years

[@daniellongworth7513]

15:15 you have to remember that Geoff and Dale had the absolute most heated rivalry in Nascar at this time so Geoff was going to get his shots in whenever he could.

[@jaminspeed]

Yes he was. Poor Geoff came up on the short end of the majority of his Dale Earnhardt encounters, but so did everyone else. On the Dale Jr Download, Geoff talked about how it got so bad that even Mr. H said you need to take care of this on track. Geoff was a heck of a wheel man, but had some horrible luck. Even in the Martinsville race, there he is leading, minding his own business and gets caught up in wreck not of his making.

[@brianclifton9988]

everybody sats its like ross but if you watch it Darryl wins. ross is just wrecking people. hell i could do that. he is not that good.

[@williams268]

I enjoyed this video! I still love hearing people cry about ol dale! Warms my heart 😂 nobody like the GOAT dale earnhardt!