Owner/driver Michael Waltrip’s tweet coincided with his team’s announcement Tuesday that driver Patrick Carpentier would replace Waltrip in the No. 55 Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota for the Sprint Cup race June 21 at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, Calif.
“I’m giving my Canadian friend Patrick the keys to the 55 in Sonoma,” Waltrip wrote in his twitter message.
In a press release announcing the change, Waltrip said using a road-course expert such as Carpentier gave him a chance to maximize the team’s results at the 1.99-mile road course…Â Details
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