NAMES IN THE NEWS - Dec. 7, 1990
From Times Wire Services
Darrell Waltrip, for years the man fans loved to hate, has won the National Motorsports Press Assn. Most Popular Driver Award for the second straight year. The 43-year-old Waltrip finished with a record-breaking 84,046 votes from NASCAR fans. Dale Earnhardt, the 1990 Winston Cup champion, finished second with 72,758 and Bill Elliott was third with 69,475.
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