{"id":860595,"date":"2026-09-25T21:06:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T21:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/860595\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T21:06:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T21:06:08","slug":"nascars-darrell-waltrip-has-degenerative-brain-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/860595\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR&#8217;s Darrell Waltrip has degenerative brain disease."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"NASCAR: Checker Auto Parts\/Dura Lube 500\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full default\" width=\"1192\" height=\"1739\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>Winston Cup Series driver Darrell Waltrip, left, talks with Joe Nemechek during the Checker Auto Parts\/Dura Lube 500 on Nov. 7, 1999, at Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Ariz.<\/p>\n<p>            Mark J. Rebilas, Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>k9amVy@9? |2556? @7 }p$rp#Vk^9am<\/p>\n<p>kAm(2=EC:A &gt;256 9:D 7:CDE DE2CE @? E96 (:?DE@? rFA $6C:6D \ud83d\ude15 `hfa 2E %2==25682 $FA6CDA665H2J \ud83d\ude15 p=232&gt;2] w6 &gt;256 9:D 563FE 2D 2 4@=@C 2?2=JDE \ud83d\ude15 E96 }p$rp# @? u~) 3C@2542DE \ud83d\ude15 a__` 2E E96 s2JE@?2 d__]k^Am<\/p>\n<p>kAms2G:5 w:==[ E96? 492:C&gt;2? @7 u@I $A@CED |65:2 vC@FA[ D2:5 (2=EC:A 4C:65 2D 9:D 3C@E96C |:4926= H@? E96 C246] %96 E62CD 4@?E:?F65 H96? s2=6 t2C?92C5E 9:E E96 H2== @? E96 7:?2= EFC? @7 E96 7:?2= =2A \ud83d\ude15 2 4C2D9 E92E &lt;:==65 E96 C24:?8 =686?5]k^Am<\/p>\n<p>kAm\u201cxE H2D @?6 @7 E96 &gt;@DE C6&gt;2C&lt;23=6 E9:?8D xVG6 D66?[ 7C@&gt; E62CD @7 ;@J H:E9 9:D 3C@E96C H:??:?8 E96 s2JE@?2 d__ E@ 3:EE6C E62CD @7 D@CC@H H96? 96 C62=:K65 E92E s2=6 t2C?92C5E 925 5:65[Q w:== E@=5 &amp;$p %~sp* $A@CED] QxE H2D D@&gt;6E9:?8 xV== ?6G6C[ 6G6C 7@C86E]k^Am<\/p>\n<p>kAmQp?5 H6 5:5 2 AC@8C2&gt; =2E6C E92E ?:89E H96C6 s2CC6== DA@&lt;6 7C@&gt; 9:D 962CE 23@FE 9@H :&gt;A@CE2?E s2=6 t2C?92C5E H2D 2?5 925 366? E@ }p$rp#] xE H2D :?4C65:3=6]k^Am<\/p>\n<p>kAmQw6VD 2? :?4C65:3=6 9F&gt;2? 36:?8[ :?4C65:3=J 2CE:4F=2E6 2?5 H2D 23=6 E@ 6IA=2:? E96 :?EC:424:6D @7 E96 DA@CE E@ E96 AF3=:4 \ud83d\ude15 2 &gt;2??6C] w6 H2D E96 y@9? |2556? @7 }p$rp#]\u2019\u2019k^Am<\/p>\n<p>kAm(2=EC:AVD ?:42&gt;6 H2D Qy2HD[Q 3642FD6 @7 9:D A6?492?E 7@C E2=&lt;:?8] w:D D:8?2EFC6 =:?6 H2D Qq@@8:EJ[ 3@@8:EJ 3@@8:EJ[ =6EVD 8@ C24:?8 3@JDPQk^Am<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Winston Cup Series driver Darrell Waltrip, left, talks with Joe Nemechek during the Checker Auto Parts\/Dura Lube 500&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":860596,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[14754,5552,18488,19284,218465,116788,218466,14753,10097,14750,425,1703,14748,14751,14749,14747,14752,99,14755,14746],"class_list":["post-860595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-auto-races","tag-auto-racing","tag-dale-earnhardt","tag-darrell-waltrip","tag-dcc","tag-ken-schrader","tag-lee-national","tag-motor-racing-competitions","tag-motorsport","tag-motorsport-competitions","tag-nascar","tag-nascar-cup-series","tag-nascar-cup-series-seasons","tag-nascar-races","tag-nascar-seasons","tag-nascar-series","tag-seasons-in-stock-car-racing","tag-sports","tag-stock-car-races","tag-stock-car-racing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=860595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860595\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/860596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=860595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=860595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=860595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}