Dee ihe na-esote paragraf a - Stewart malitere egwu maka oge 2001: n'oge Daytona 500
, o tinyere aka n'ihe mberede ụgbọala iri na asatọ n'agba nke 173. Ihe mberede ahụ malitere n'azụ ozugbo ma chịkọtakwa Bobby Labonte na nwanne ya nwoke Terry, Rusty Wallace, Steve Park, Jason Leffler, Jerry Nadeau, Buckshot Jones, Andy Houston, Ward Burton, Mark Martin, Kenny Wallace, Jeff Gordon, Elliot Sadler, Dale Jarrett, Jeff Burton, John Andretti, na Robby Gordon. Stewart nwetara ihe kachasị njọ, dịka ụgbọ ala ya tụgharịrị azụ mgbe Ward Burton kụrụ ya, kụtuo Robby Gordon, wee tụgharịa ugboro abụọ n'etiti ikuku, jikọtara okpu Bobby Labonte, wee kwụsị n'ọhịa. E bugara Stewart n'ụlọọgwụ Halifax Medical Center mgbe ọ rịara arịrịọ maka ahụ erughị ala n'ubu ya. Ihe mberede nke Stewart mere bụ nke Dale Earnhardt nwụrụ na ya n'agba nke ikpeazụ. Stewart gbakere iji merie agbụrụ atọ ọzọ na Richmond, Infineon, na Bristol na, dịka o mere na mbụ, ọ gbara ọsọ n'ihu ọtụtụ oge n'oge ahụ. N'ihe gbasara ọnụ ọgụgụ, ọ nwere oge dị njọ karịa 2000, mana o mechara nke abụọ na Gordon na njedebe njedebe ikpeazụ.