Nascar Nation--Can you answer this?

May be...

I'm going to say Darrell Waltrip. He left the #11 Mt Dew car owned by Junior Johnson (three championships) and went to drive for Rick Hendrick in the #17 Tide car. He never won another championship and Rick had to wait until 1995 to win a championship with Jeff Gordon.

Terry Labonte? I don't know any of the details, that just sounds like it could be the right answer.

who cares? nascar sucks

In 1986...a top driver made a shocking announcement towards years end...He was leaving the team that made his career. The car owner was shocked....no make that very angry and felt betrayed. The new owner for 87 was all smiles as he felt he just "bought" an instant ticket to a Winston Cup Champion. But alas that championship was still many years away and with another driver. The news was shocking to Nascar fans they couldn't believe this was happening. But all in all money talks at the end of the day. So can you tell me who this top driver was? What team did he leave? Car # owner etc
What team did he go to in 87? Car # owner etc.
Did this driver ever win a championship with either team???
Good luck and have fun with it!

No I cant answer Jeff, but I would like to tell Minus D above me to go swallow one. TYVM!!power runner 2300