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More bad publicity for Mikey

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JohnMickish Grand Master

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When does the first sponsor drop off the MWR team? This is hot off the news press. A guy has to wonder if he wasn't hitting the bottle a little bit since he was hiding for several hours afterwords.....

Waltrip charged after rolling car in accident

April 10, 2007

SHERRILL'S FORD, N.C. (AP) -- Michael Waltrip has been charged with reckless driving and hit-and-run after hitting a telephone pole and rolling his car about a mile away from his home over the weekend.

Waltrip, who suffered scratches to his face and cuts on his finger, said he fell asleep at the wheel when he wrecked early Saturday morning.

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``I am really embarrassed about the accident, but I feel fortunate that I wasn't hurt,'' the two-time Daytona 500 winner said Tuesday.

``For 25 years I have had a great driving record. I consider myself to be a courteous and safe driver on public roads. I never expected to fall asleep behind the wheel of a car.''

Police said the accident happened shortly before 2 a.m. when Waltrip lost control of his car while driving around a curve, overcorrected and his car rolled and hit a utility pole, said Sgt. Brian Sharpe of the State Highway Patrol in Catawba County.

The vehicle, which was on its side, was abandoned and there was blood in it when police arrived. Witnesses reported seeing the driver crawl from the car and leave.

``He left the scene,'' Sharpe said. ``We got the plate number, realized it was him and tried to locate him.''

An attempt to locate him that morning was unsuccessful, but police reached him the next day. Waltrip was not arrested, but has been charged with careless and reckless driving, as well as hit and run.

Waltrip is having a horrendous first season as a car owner/driver.

He was caught cheating during Daytona 500 preparations when NASCAR found a fuel additive in his engine, and was docked 100 driver points. His crew chief was fined a record $100,000 and suspended indefinitely, as was his competition director.

Meanwhile, he has failed to qualify for the five races since the 500.

Dale Jarrett, who drives one of Waltrip's cars, has needed a provisional to make five of the six races this year and is currently 37th in the points. David Reutimann, his other driver, has failed to make two races and is 43rd in points.

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harvey lee Grand Master

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One can only guess what might have happened that night. With the press the way it is, he probably wanted to avoid all contact with them so he figured he could hide it.

I believe his sponsors will stay and that he will only be a owner next year and is done driving.

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This reeks of DWI. Nobody just goes missing for the rest of the night/morning and then turns up later the next day unless they are boozing.

On a side note, this has probably been the longest streak during a cup season that he has gone with out a crash. The LAW OF ODDS had to come into play somewhere.

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As of now, only Mikey knows exactly what happened and whether he's being truthful or not. It does seem mighty peculiar that he wrecked sometime before 2:00am, around the time when bars close in many states. It's also peculiar that he fled the crash scene when I'm sure he knows that when an accident occurs, you don't go running (or walking) away from it. It also seems peculiar that he "disappeared" until sometime the next day.

You just don't do those things if you simply fell asleep at the wheel. Typically (not always), people will run away from something like this if there are underlying issues that would get them in more trouble.

But, it could be that he simply fell asleep at the wheel and was "out of sorts" when he left the scene, etc. Maybe time will tell.

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This reeks of DWI. Nobody just goes missing for the rest of the night/morning and then turns up later the next day unless they are boozing.

Are you sure about that? I had a very good friend in high school that left my house (never a drop to drink or anything of the sort). On his way home (late at night) a deer ran across the road (gravel) in front of him, he lost control while swerving and rolled his car into the ditch. At that time of night it was pretty unlikely that anyone was going to come by to help, so he walked back to my house. He stayed there overnight, and in the morning we went back to overturn his car and get it out of the ditch. This could have just as easily happened to him if he fell asleep. The point being, we weren't there, we don't know what happened. Maybe when it happened he decided to just walk home (wasn't it only a mile or so from his house?) I personally can't stand MW, but I also will not say that "nobody just goes missing for the rest of the night/morning and then turns up later the next day unless they are boozing" because I know for a fact that it can happen.

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