Michael Waltrip Racing Holdings LLC, doing business as Michael Waltrip Racing ("MWR"), is a professional stock car racing team focused on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The company is as a 50–50 partnership between Robert "Rob" Kauffman, the 44-year-old founder and managing partner of Fortress Investment Group, and Michael Waltrip, who first established the team in 1996. The team was the first full-time three-car team to field Toyota Camrys when Toyota entered Sprint Cup racing in 2007, and is now one of two three-car teams under the Toyota banner (along with Joe Gibbs Racing), while occasionally fielding a four-car lineup.
Currently, MWR fields the #15 5-hour Energy Toyota Camry for Clint Bowyer, the #55 Aaron's Rent Toyota Camry for co-owner Waltrip, Mark Martin, and Brian Vickers, and the #56 NAPA Auto Parts Toyota Camry for Martin Truex, Jr..
In addition, MWR partners with RAB Racing to run the #99 Boost Mobile Toyota Camry in the Nationwide Series with driver Travis Pastrana.
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