In 1990, Michael Waltrip emerged from a car literally torn in half, a crash so violent his brother Darrell Waltrip feared the worst. The Daytona 500 champion’s survival remains one of NASCAR’s ...

Michael Waltrip. Each crash brought the pace car back out, each yellow slowing the race but not the drama. And while 20 cautions might seem like overkill, this was Bristol, where tight corners and ...