Darrell Waltrip announced that he will retire after Fox’s 2019 NASCAR broadcast season concludes in June. His final race will be June 23 at Sonoma.
Waltrip was part of Fox’s original NASCAR broadcast crew. The first race he called was the 2001 Daytona 500. Since then he has called 330 races for the network.
“I have been blessed to work with the best team in the sport for the past 19 years, but I’m 72 and have been racing in some form for more than 50 years,” Waltrip said in a press release. “I’m still healthy, happy and now a granddad, so it’s time to spend more time at home with my family, although I will greatly miss my FOX family.”
Before joining the Fox team, Waltrip enjoyed a legendary career on the track. He is a three-time champion on NASCAR’s top circuit. He won 84 total races in his career and twice won the sport’s most popular driver award. He was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2012.
