FAST PITCHMAN; Michael Waltrip steps up his game.(race car driver )(Interview)

Byline: BILL McGUIRE AutoWeek's trackside interview with Michael Waltrip will have to wait a few more minutes: He is getting a shampoo and color rinse. During a short break between the Busch Series and Winston Cup practice sessions at Chicago, Waltrip sits in a lawn chair next to his motor home, mugging and clowning for the in-house NASCAR cameras as he receives his quickie makeover.

The videotape will be passed around to various NASCAR media outlets, as both a comic personality bit and product placement for a line of men's hair care products. For Waltrip, it's all in a day's ...

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