LOUDON, N.H. (AP) Two-time Daytona 500 champion Michael Waltrip will not return next season after five years with Dale Earnhardt Incorporated.<br>
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Waltrip called the move ``a totally mutual decision between me and the company.''<br>
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The 42-year-old driver said the decision came after several months of stops and starts. He said one of the reasons he decided to leave was uncertainly over the company's direction.<br>
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The younger brother of three-time NASCAR champion Darrell Waltrip got all four of his career victories driving for the team founded by the late Dale Earnhardt and now headed by his widow, Teresa.<br>
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