Michael Waltrip to drive the #55 car at Daytona

Michael Waltrip, the owner of the #55 Toyota currently driven by Brian Vickers, will drive the car in the Budweiser Duels on February 19 and the Daytona 500 on February 22. Vickers will miss the Daytona and Atlanta race weekends as he recovers from his December heart surgery. If Waltrip does not race into the 500, he should have enough owner points from the #55 in 2014 to make the show. Waltrip won "The Great American Race" in 2001 and 2003 driving for Dale Earnhardt Inc., the team with which he enjoyed his greatest success in NASCAR's top series. Waltrip has led laps in the race even in the past few years.