Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'afọ 2011, Waltrip kwupụtara na ọ ga-anwa ime ka Daytona 500 nke 25 ya na-aga n'ihu na-amalite ịkwọ ụgbọala nke 15. Waltrip jidere ndị ọkwọ ụgbọala ya maka 2011 Nke 00 David Reutimann na Nke 00 na Nke 56 Martin Truex, Jr. na Nke 56, ha abụọ ga-agba ọsọ zuru ezu. Na mgbakwunye na Daytona 500, Waltrip gbara ọsọ atọ n'afọ ahụ: Aaron's 499, Quaker State 400, na Good Sam Club 500. Ewezuga ihe omume Sprint Cup na Daytona, Waltrip sokwa asọmpi na Camping World Truck Series na Nationwide Series. O nwetara mmeri na-akpali akpali na NextEra Energy Resources 250, nke bịara afọ iri ụbọchị Dale Earnhardt nwụrụ na mmeri mbụ ya na Sprint Cup Series. Mmeri ahụ mekwara ka Waltrip bụrụ onye ọkwọ ụgbọ ala nke iri abụọ na abụọ iji merie agbụrụ na usoro NASCAR atọ na-agagharị agagharị. Ọ gbasoro mmeri ya n'abalị Fraịde site n'ịkwụsị ebe nke itoolu n'ọsọ Nationwide Series n'echi ya. N'ehihie Sọnde, dị ka akụkụ nke ncheta nke iri ncheta nke Dale Earnhardt ọnwụ na
2001 Daytona 500, (nke Waltrip meriri) Waltrip na-akwọ ụgbọ ala nke NAPA Auto Parts kwadoro ụgbọ ala nke ọ na-anya n'oge ahụ. Agbanyeghị, Waltrip kwụsịrị nke iri anọ n'ọsọ ahụ mgbe ọ nwesịrị ihe mberede n'isi mmalite nke kpochapụrụ ụgbọ ala iri na anọ. Maka afọ 2011, Waltrip kwuru na ọ na-arụ ọrụ na atụmatụ iji nwaa Sprint Cup Inaugural ihe omume na Kentucky Speedway na July, yana mbido mbụ ya na Le Mans na AF Corse. Ọ gbara ọsọ na 2011 24 Hours nke Le Mans na June na otu n'ime AF Corse banyere Ferrari. Ụgbọala ya na Robert Kauffman na Rui Águas na-anya ụgbọ ala gbara okirikiri 178 tupu ịla ezumike nká, na-agwụ 38th n'ozuzu. Na Septemba 29, 2011, a mara ọkwa na Waltrip ga-anọchi Jeff Hammond na FOX's Hollywood Hotel na NASCAR na Fox na-amalite na Daytona 500 na 2012 na Chris Myers na nwanne ya nwoke Darrell Waltrip.