Ku qor sii socodka faqradan - Sanadkii 2011, Waltrip wuxuu ku dhawaaqay inuu isku dayi doono inuu sameeyo 25aad oo isku xigta Daytona 500 bilaabida wadista lambarka 15. Waltrip wuxuu haystay darawalkiisa 2011 No. 00 David Reutimann oo ah No. 00 iyo No. 56 Martin Truex, Jr. oo ah No. 56, labaduba waxay ku ordi doonaan jadwalka oo dhan. Sidoo kale Daytona 500, Waltrip wuxuu ku tartamay saddex tartan oo sanadkaas ah: Aaron's 499, Quaker State 400, iyo Good Sam Club 500. Marka laga soo tago dhacdada Koobka Sprint ee Daytona, Waltrip wuxuu sidoo kale ku tartamay Camping World Truck Series iyo tartamada Nationwide Series halkaas. Waxa uu ku guuleystay guul dareen leh tartanka NextEra Energy Resources 250, kaas oo yimid 10 sano kadib geeridii Dale Earnhardt iyo guushiisii ugu horeysay ee tartanka Sprint Cup Series. Guushaan ayaa sidoo kale ka dhigtay Waltrip darawalkii 22aad ee ku guuleysta tartan dhammaan saddexda NASCAR ee taxanaha dalxiiska. Wuxuu raacay guushii uu gaaray habeenkii Jimcaha isagoo galay kaalinta 9aad ee tartanka Nationwide Series maalintii xigtay. galabnimadii axada, oo qayb ka ah xuska sanad guurada tobnaad ee geeridii Dale Earnhardt ee Daytona 500 ee 2001
, (oo uu ku guuleystey Waltrip) Waltrip wuxuu watay nuqul ka mid ah No. 15 NAPA Auto Parts oo uu maalgeliyey baabuur uu waqtigaas watay. Si kastaba ha noqotee, Waltrip wuxuu dhammeeyey kaalinta 40-aad ee tartanka ka dib markii uu ku dhacay shil hore oo laga saaray 14 baabuur. Inta ka hartay 2011, Waltrip wuxuu sheegay inuu ka shaqeynayay qorshayaal uu ku tijaabinayo tartanka Furitaanka Koobka Sprint ee Kentucky Speedway bishii Luulyo, oo ay weheliso bilowgiisii ugu horreeyay ee Le Mans ee AF Corse. Wuxuu ku tartamayay tartankii 24 Saac ee Le Mans ee bishii Juun ee 2011 mid ka mid ah AF Corse oo galay Ferrari. Baabuurkii uu wada-waday Robert Kauffman iyo Rui Águas ayaa dhammaystiray 178 wareeg ka hor inta uusan fariisan, isagoo dhammaystiray 38aad guud ahaan. Bishii Sebtember 29, 2011, waxaa lagu dhawaaqay in Waltrip uu beddeli doono Jeff Hammond ee FOX ee Hollywood Hotel ee NASCAR ee Fox laga bilaabo Daytona 500 ee 2012 oo ay la socdaan Chris Myers iyo walaalkiis Darrell Waltrip.