Darrell Waltrip

Darrell Lee Waltrip (born February 5, 1947) is an American former motorsports announcer, author, and former racing driver. Quotes Boogity, boogity, boogity – let’s go racing, boys! Said at the start of televised motorsport races beginning circa 2005. Waltrip borrowed the first clause from the lyric "boogity, boogity" in the song The Streak (1974), which appeared on Ray Stevens' Boogity Boogity album. Note: "Boogity, boogity" predates Stevens' use. If you don't cheat, you look like an idiot. If you cheat and don't get caught, you look like a hero. If you cheat and get caught, you look like a dope. Put me where I belong. Said after his qualifying time was disqualified for the 1976 Daytona 500.https://www.macsmotorcitygarage.com/no-laughing-matter-nascars-1976-cheating-scandal/#more-79369 Banging fenders on a short track at Wilkesboro, god, we've got expensive cars and it costs a lot of money to do that today. But it's kind of like a pay back [to the fans]. And we got to always be thinking about what we're giving back [to fans] and not what we're taking all of the time. I don't want to see us get into a situation where it's take take take from the fans, from the sponsors, from everybody. One day we'll wake up and they won't be there anymore and our old friends [sponsors] will be gone too. So we got to maintain that fan base and we've got to maintain that grass roots level of racing that we all love to make the sport continue to grow and flourish. Said during the pre-race show prior to the final NASCAR event at North Wilkesboro Speedway on September 29, 1996 References Category:1947 births Category:Living people Category:Race car drivers Category:Sportspeople from Kentucky