Waltrip trying to leave wreckage of 2007 behind

[Mike]

Michael Waltrip doesn't call it a race shop, but a race world, and the place certainly looks the part. From the neon tower outside to the video displays, informational graphics and viewing platforms within, the two-time Daytona 500 champion has carved a veritable automotive fantasyland out of his little corner of the North Carolina piedmont. It's come a long way in a relatively short time; just a year ago, the facility was nothing more than a grandiose plan hidden amongst so much rubble and dust.

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