Waxan rabaa in aan sii wado qodobkaan - Intii lagu guda jiray Daytona 500
Daytona International Speedway bishii Febraayo 18, 2001, Earnhardt waxaa lagu dilay shil saddex baabuur ah oo dhacay wareegii ugu dambeeyay ee tartanka. Waxa uu isku dhacay Ken Schrader ka dib markii uu xiriir yar la sameeyay Sterling Marlin wuxuuna si toos ah ugu dhacay darbiga dibadda. wuxuu ka hor istaagay Schrader dhanka dibada iyo Marlin dhanka gudaha xiligii uu shilka dhacay. Baabuurta Earnhardt iyo Schrader labaduba waxay ka soo dhaceen wadada asphalt-ka ee wadada waxayna ku dhaceen cawska gudaha gudaha gudaha gudaha wareegga 4. Daqiiqado kadib, darawalkiisa Michael Waltrip ayaa ku guuleystay tartanka, iyadoo saaxiibkiis iyo wiilkiisa Dale Earnhardt Jr. uu dhammeeyay kaalinta labaad. Geerida Earnhardt waxaa si rasmi ah loogu dhawaaqay Xarunta Caafimaadka ee Halifax 5:16 PM Waqtiga Caadiga ah ee Bariga (22:16 UTC); wuxuu ahaa 49 jir. Madaxweynaha NASCAR Mike Helton ayaa xaqiijiyay geerida Earnhardt isagoo saxaafada u sheegay. Baadhitaan lagu sameeyay meydka oo la sameeyay 19-kii Febraayo, 2001, ayaa lagu ogaaday in Earnhardt uu qabay dhaawac halis ah oo ka soo gaaray madaxa. Maalmo ka dib, Febraayo 22, waxaa lagu qabtay adeegyada aaska dadweynaha ee Calvary Church ee Charlotte, North Carolina.