Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I utua a Waltrip e Dale Earnhardt ki te taraiwa i tana tiima hou No. 15 NAPA Auto Parts-a Chevrolet Monte Carlo whakauru, i taraiwa a Waltrip mo Earnhardt i te Busch Series i te 1989 me te 1994. I tana whakataetae tuatahi ki te kapa, ko te
2001 Daytona 500, I pakaru a Waltrip i tana raupapa o nga whakataetae 462 o te Ipu kaore he wikitoria ka wikitoria i tana whakataetae tuatahi mo te Ipu. Ko tana hoa kapa a Dale Earnhardt Jr. i mutu i te tuarua. Heoi, ko te wikitoria ano i tino whakahaweatia e te hinganga kino a Earnhardt, Sr. i te huringa whakamutunga. I roto i te kiriata "The Day: Remembering Dale Earnhardt", i kii a Waltrip i tukuna ia e Earnhardt ki te rarangi i te mutunga o te whakataetae, i ahei ai ia ki te arahi, me te kii ko Earnhardt "kaore e tuku i tetahi ki te rarangi". Ko tenei pea na te mea i hiahia a Earnhardt ki a Waltrip me Earnhardt Jr. ki te mutu i nga waahi Top 2, na te mea he mema o tana roopu. Kāore a Waltrip i mōhio ki te nui o te tūtukitanga o Earnhardt tae noa ki te 30 meneti i muri i te mutunga o te whakataetae i a ia e whakanui ana i te rārangi wikitōria. Ken Schrader, i muri i te maimoatanga me te tuku mai i te pokapū tiaki i roto i te waahi i muri i te hinganga (kua patua tana motuka e te Earnhardt i te hinganga), i korero ki a Waltrip kua mauria a Earnhardt ki te Whare Hauora o Halifax, mai i te tere tere, i reira i kiia ai a Earnhardt kua mate i te 5:16 PM EST.