In October 2017 , Waltrip had plans to attend the Route 91 Harvest music festival , but he canceled those plans . Later that night , a gunman , Stephen Paddock , fired shots at the festival from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel and casino , causing the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history . The following morning , Waltrip revealed on his Instagram account that he had befriended a family while in Las Vegas earlier in the day . On October 4 , he tweeted that he had contacted the father of the family , adding that they " are doing as well as could be expected . " Waltrip appeared on the two-part April 30 , 2009/May 7 , 2009 episode of '' My Name Is Earl '' entitled " Inside Probe . " When not racing , he is a pre race commentator alongside his older brother Darrell for '' NASCAR on Fox '' . He also works as a color commentator for both the Xfinity series since 2015 and the Truck Series since 2004
deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history
2017 Las Vegas shooting
Michael Waltrip