David Reutimann News

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Sunday, July 11, 2010

Michael Waltrip Racing to announce Reutimann extension at Chicagoland: David Reutimann, who won Saturday night's Spring Cup race at Chicagoland Speedway, has signed a new contract with Michael Waltrip Racing. The team scheduled a news conference for July 23 in Indianapolis to announce the deal. "We're in good shape," Reutimann said after his win. "We basically shook hands and got things all lined up. I'll be at Michael Waltrip Racing next year. I may be cutting grass, but I'll be at Michael Waltrip Racing." General manager Ty Norris confirmed an announcement is scheduled and that Reutimann and crew chief Rodney Childers will not be going anywhere. "Both these guys proved tonight they deserve a contract," Norris said. "They deserve to be around.".(ESPN.com)

Friday, July 2, 2010

MWR, Reutimann reach "handshake deal" on contract extension: David Reutimann says he has a "handshake deal" to remain at Michael Waltrip Racing. Reutimann, who has driven in Cup for the team since its arrival to the series in 2007, said Friday that it was a multi-year deal. "I haven't signed anything," Reutimann said following Sprint Cup Series practice at Daytona International Speedway. "We've got a handshake deal basically, a verbal agreement, of what we're going to do." "We've been working on the contract for about a month," MWR General Manager Ty Norris said. "Basically, all the elements are done as far as we're concerned."(Scene Daily)

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

No. 00 Crew wins Tissot Pit Road Precision Award at Talladega: David Reutimann's over-the-wall crew claimed the Tissot Pit Road Precision Award in Sunday's Aaron's 499 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Talladega Superspeedway. The fast pit stops by the No. 00 crew at the 2.66-mile tri-oval helped Michael Waltrip Racing (MWR) attain its third Tissot win of the season. The No. 56 MWR crew for Martin Truex Jr. leads the Tissot standings with two wins. Reutimann's Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota spent the least amount of time on pit road  208.560 seconds  during the 200-lap overtime race, which saw a maximum of three green-white-checkered restarts. David Ragan's UPS Ford was second (214.115) and Kyle Busch's M&M's Toyota was third (238.719). Reutimann's over-the-wall crew consists of: Ryan Langley (front-tire changer), Chris Hall (front-tire carrier), Eric Maycroft (rear-tire changer), Donnie Marvel (rear-tire carrier), Tony Cardamone (jackman), Aaron Pieratt (gasman), Jeff Seaberg (catch can) and Nate Kennedy (Eighth Man). The team's crew chief is Rodney Childers. The winning pit crew in each Sprint Cup race will earn $5,000 and a Tissot V8 Quartz Chronograph watch. The team with the most Tissot Pit Road Precision Award wins at the completion of the 36-race schedule will receive a $105,000 bonus plus Tissot watches for the over-the-wall crew members and driver.(Tissot)

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

MWR offers Reutimann contract extension: David Reutimann has been offered a contract extension from Michael Waltrip Racing to continue driving the No. 00 Toyota. Reutimann, who has struggled this season with three engine failures  including Monday at Texas  says he's been more interested in turning this season around rather than concentrating on the future. "This is my last year," said Reutimann of his contract. "I haven't talked to anyone else. The only people I've talked to is our own team. I really haven't put the focus on what's happening next year like I should because we've had a terrible start to the season."(FOXSports)

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Reutimann to serve tables at Vegas-area hotel: David Reutimann is serving tables at the NASCAR Café inside the Sahara Hotel and Casino on Thursday, Feb. 25 starting at 6:30 p.m. The NASCAR Café features a six-pound burrito that has been featured on the travel channel show ‘Man vs. Food’. In addition, Reutimann will participate in a fan Q&A session and deliver samples of TUMS to restaurant guests. (PR

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Aaron's announces additional race sponsorships:  Aaron's, Inc. announced it will add six more Sprint Cup races, plus the Sprint All-Star Race to its 2010 schedule. The additional races increase Aaron's total to 24 races as the primary sponsor of the Michael Waltrip Racing No. 00 Aaron's Dream Machine driven by David Reutimann. The six additional point races coming in the first half of the season include: Auto Club, Dover, Pocono, Michigan, Infineon and New Hampshire. "We are pleased that Aaron's expanded our involvement with David and the No. 00 team this season," said Robin Loudermilk, Chief Executive Officer for Aaron's, Inc. "We have developed an excellent relationship with David, Michael Waltrip and this organization over the years and they have continued to deliver solid results for Aaron's. Adding these six races reinforces our commitment to this team and confidence in this sport. We look forward to another exciting year on the track." Aaron's is in the second year of a three-year Sprint Cup sponsorship agreement with Reutimann and MWR after serving as the team's Nationwide sponsor since 2000. In addition to Reutimann's 24 Sprint Cup races, Aaron's plans to sponsor nine races on the No. 99 Toyota for newly-formed Diamond-Waltrip Racing and 18-year-old Trevor Bayne in the Nationwide Series. Aaron's will also sponsor Waltrip's return to the Nationwide Series at the Aaron's 312 at Talladega Superspeedway on April 24.(MWR PR )

Friday, January 8, 2010

Reutimann's No. 00 to feature 'Bama's colors at Talladega: Aaron’s plans to produce a special National Championship paint scheme that will be featured on their NASCAR Sprint Cup Series racecar driven by David Reutimann. Since the University of Alabama won, the Michael Waltrip Racing (MWR) No. 00 Sprint Cup Aaron’s Dream Machine Toyota will sport ‘Bama’s famed crimson along with the championship logo in the Aaron’s 499 race at Talladega Superspeedway April 25. (PR Newswire)

Monday, October 12, 2009

No. 00 MWR team in need of sponsorship: Michael Waltrip wants to race next year but the priority at Michael Waltrip Racing is to fill the sponsorship for Sprint Cup driver David Reutimann next year, MWR vice president and general manager Ty Norris said Sunday. Depending on how deals fall in the next few weeks, Reutimann could have as many as 12 races open. Aaron's is going to be the sponsor for half the season for Reutimann. "We may be as few as six or as many as [needing] 12," Norris said prior to the Pepsi 500 at Auto Club Speedway. "It depends on how contracts fall the next couple of weeks. & We are going to make some announcements in the next two or three weeks on a number of other [sponsors]."(SceneDaily.com)

Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009

Reutimann still upset with Hamlin after wreck: David Reutimann doesn't buy the explanation Denny Hamlin gave for the wreck in Monday's Sprint Cup race at Pocono that may also have wrecked his chances of making the Chase. Reutimann said he never brake-checked Hamlin, as the eventual race winner claimed occurred prior to the accident on Lap 174 that not only took out Reutimann but also Michael Waltrip Racing teammate Marcos Ambrose. He said Hamlin basically ran over him in an effort to get position. "I was just trying to get away from him," Reutimann said on Wednesday. "In the end, if you push a guy sideways enough he's not going to be able to bring it back. I didn't hear [his] explanation, but I can tell you it's pretty inaccurate. I was in the throttle all the time to the point I was hung out so far I kind of had to do something." Reutimann went on to say he was as "mad as heck" at Hamlin, even though the two have exchanged text messages in which Hamlin apologized. "If a guy says he's sorry I tend to believe it," Reutimann said.(ESPN.com)

Monday, May 25, 2009

Reutimann wins Coca-Cola 600: David Reutimann stared at the gray sky and silently prayed for one more heavy rain. A gamble had put the journeyman driver in position for his first Sprint Cup Series victory, and so long as the clouds lingered over Lowe's Motor Speedway, it would come in the crown jewel Coca-Cola 600. Reutimann didn't like his chances. "These things don't ever go our way," the 39-year-old thought. "I don't know why it should now." For most of his nondescript career, Reutimann never got the lucky break. It finally came Monday after 75 races, three rain delays, a moment of silence, a spat with Tony Stewart and a 2-hour wait. NASCAR declared Reutimann the winner when an ominous weather forecast indicated it would be impossible to run the longest race of the season to its conclusion. (ESPN.com)

Friday, May 8, 2009

Reutimann -- Darlington safe despite speeds being up: Speeds at Darlington Raceway, which will have a Nationwide race today and a Sprint Cup race Saturday, are up considerably since repaving last year, but driver David Reutimann said that the track is "pretty safe." "No track is totally foolproof, but Darlington is a pretty safe racetrack," Reutimann said. "Because the track is so narrow, it's going to be hard for a car to take flight." (Winston-Salem Journal)

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Where's the "franchise" performance? Maybe "The Franchise" tag was stuck on the driver of the No. 00 Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota a little too soon. For the first time since the second week of the season, David Reutimann isn't in the top 12 in points. Back-to-back finishes of 26th and 28 have dropped him to 13th (Dallas Morning News)

Friday, January 16, 2009

Waltrip: Reutimann to run full schedule: Michael Waltrip Racing owner Michael Waltrip says the No. 00 Toyota team for driver David Reutimann will run the full Sprint Cup season this year despite not having full sponsorship. Waltrip said on a national conference call with reporters on Wednesday that Reutimann will be sponsored by Aaron's for "half a season" as the company steps up to the Cup series for the first time after many years as a Waltrip sponsor in what is now known as the Nationwide Series. Waltrip said the first race Reutimann would be without sponsorship would be the Feb. 22 event at Auto Club Speedway in California. (Crash.net)

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Reutimann donates to local charites and schools: David Reutimann, driver of the No. 00 Aarons Toyota in the Sprint Cup Series and the No. 99 Aarons Dream Machine in the Nationwide Series for Michael Waltrip Racing, hosted his Fourth Annual Charity Golf Tournament, Cook Out and Auction at Silverado Golf and Country Club the weekend after Thanksgiving in Zephyrhills, FL. The festivities consisted of a cook out and sports memorabilia auction, followed by a golf tournament. In total the festivities raised around $78,000 for local Florida based charities. This past Friday David Reutimann received the opportunity to present to his affiliated charities, including All Children’s Hospital of Florida, Camp Boggy Creek, Zephyrhills Pregnancy Center and Kid’s Go to Camp. In addition, David donated $3,000 to six local Pasco county schools. “I’m blessed to be able to give back to so many. It’s rewarding to give back to my community and schools that I myself attended,” said David Reutimann.(PR)

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Childers named Reutimann crew chief: Rodney Childers will leave Gillett Evernham Motorsports, where he was crew chief for No. 19 Elliott Sadler, to become No. 00-David Reutimann's crew chief at Michael Waltrip Racing, according to sources familiar with the situation. An announcement should come later this week. Childers will replace Ryan Pemberton, who left MWR to become Brian Vickers' crew chief at Red Bull Racing.(SceneDaily.com)