Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Dale Earnhardt goro Waltrip ka ọ na-akwọ ụgbọala ọhụrụ nke ìgwè ya Nke 15 NAPA Auto Parts kwadoro Chevrolet Monte Carlo ntinye, Waltrip na-akwọ ụgbọala maka Earnhardt na Busch Series na 1989 na 1994. N'ọsọ mbụ ya na ndị otu ahụ, Daytona 500 nke 2001
N'afọ 2009, Waltrip mebiri akara ya nke agbụrụ iko iko 462 na-aga n'ihu na-enweghị mmeri ma merie agbụrụ iko mbụ ya na-akwụ ụgwọ. Onye otu ya bụ Dale Earnhardt Jr. gbara onye nke abụọ. Otú ọ dị, mmeri ahụ n'onwe ya bụ nke nnukwu ihe mberede nke Earnhardt, Sr. na-egbu egbu na njedebe ikpeazụ. N'ihe nkiri "The Day: Remembering Dale Earnhardt", Waltrip kwuru na Earnhardt hapụrụ ya n'ahịrị n'azụ n'ọsọ ahụ, nke mere ka o bute ụzọ, na-ekwu na Earnhardt "ahapụghị onye ọ bụla n'ahịrị". Nke a nwere ike ịbụ n'ihi na Earnhardt chọrọ ka Waltrip na Earnhardt Jr. gwụchaa na Top 2 ebe, ebe ha abụọ bụ ndị otu ya. Waltrip amataghị oke ihe mberede Earnhardt mere ruo mgbe ihe karịrị nkeji iri atọ gachara mgbe ọ na-eme emume mmeri n'okporo ụzọ. Ken Schrader, mgbe a gwọchara ya ma hapụ ya n'ụlọ nlekọta ahụike mgbe ihe mberede ahụ gasịrị (ụgbọala ya kụrụ nke Earnhardt n'oge ihe mberede ahụ), gwara Waltrip na e bugara Earnhardt na Halifax Medical Center, site na ọsọ ọsọ, ebe a kwupụtara na Earnhardt nwụrụ na 5:16 PM EST.