Even though their business relationship at Michael Waltrip Racing has ended, Michael Waltrip still has Rob Kauffman’s back -- and took to Twitter on Wednesday to prove it.
Waltrip sent out several tweets in response to some of the fan backlash against his former partner at MWR, in particular for Tuesday’s announcement of a new charter system for Sprint Cup team owners in NASCAR.
Here’s Waltrip’s stream of tweets, in order of how he sent them:
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Dear fans @kauffmanrob is a great man and a motorsports fan. The @NASCAR business just became way more interesting to potential owners
— Michael Waltrip (@MW55) February 10, 2016
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Rob didn't create the criteria required to receive a charter, he simply met it. In the last 9 years Rob has spent millions of his own ➡️
— Michael Waltrip (@MW55) February 10, 2016
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money as an owner in @Nascar His leadership with the RTA is why we have charters today. The same Charters that Richard Petty called the ➡️
— Michael Waltrip (@MW55) February 10, 2016
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Second most important moment in the history of @NASCAR. Mr The King know a great deal about the history of #NASCAR The racers applaud Rob➡️
— Michael Waltrip (@MW55) February 10, 2016
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for his work in getting the Charter System in place. The fans should too.
— Michael Waltrip (@MW55) February 10, 2016
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The money @kauffmanrob will receive for the 2 Charters will be small compared to the invest he made in mwr. Since 2007 Rob has provide ➡️
— Michael Waltrip (@MW55) February 10, 2016
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hundreds of jobs for great people.
— Michael Waltrip (@MW55) February 10, 2016
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In closing I side with Richard Petty, Brian France, Tommy Baldwin and many other industry veterans and experts. Something special just ➡️
— Michael Waltrip (@MW55) February 10, 2016
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happened in @NASCAR
— Michael Waltrip (@MW55) February 10, 2016
A Charter System or Franchises would have happened one day I'm sure. Mr Kauffman's direction made it sooner than later
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