Ku qor sii socodka faqradan - Waltrip waxaa shaqaaleysiiyay Dale Earnhardt si uu u wado kooxdiisa cusub ee No. 15 NAPA Auto Parts oo ay maalgelisay Chevrolet Monte Carlo, Waltrip wuxuu u waday Earnhardt taxanaha Busch 1989 iyo 1994. Markii ugu horeysay ee uu la tartamo kooxda, 2001 Daytona 500
, Waltrip wuxuu jabiyay taxanahiisa 462 tartan oo isku xigta oo Cup ah oo aan guul gaarin wuxuuna ku guuleystay tartankiisii ugu horreeyay ee xirfadiisa ee abaalmarinta koobka. Kooxdiisa Dale Earnhardt Jr. ayaa ku soo dhamaaday kaalinta labaad. Si kastaba ha noqotee, guushii lafteeda waxaa si weyn u daboolay shilkii Earnhardt, Sr. ee shilkii ugu dambeeyay. Filimka "Maalinta: Xusuusinta Dale Earnhardt", Waltrip wuxuu sheegay in Earnhardt uu u ogolaaday inuu safka soo galo dabayaaqadii tartanka, taas oo u oggolaatay inuu hogaanka u qabto, isagoo xusay in Earnhardt "uusan waligiis cidna u oggolaan inuu safka soo galo". Tani waxay u badan tahay in ay tahay sababta oo ah Earnhardt wuxuu rabay Waltrip iyo Earnhardt Jr. inay ku dhammeeyaan 2da boos ee ugu sareysa, maadaama labaduba ay xubno ka ahaayeen kooxdiisa. Waltrip ma uusan ogeyn darnaanta shilkii Earnhardt ilaa 30 daqiiqo kadib dhamaadkii tartanka markii uu ku dabaaldegay wadada guusha. Ken Schrader, ka dib markii la daaweeyay oo laga sii daayay xarunta daryeelka gudaha kadib shilkii (gaarigiisa waxaa ku dhacay Earnhardt intii uu shilku socday), wuxuu ku wargeliyay Waltrip in Earnhardt loo qaaday Xarunta Caafimaadka ee Halifax, laga soo bilaabo wadada xawaaraha, halkaas oo Earnhardt lagu dhawaaqay inuu dhintay 5:16 PM EST.