ku dhameystir weedha soo socota: wareega 138aad, rookie Shawna Robinson iyo Mike Skinner ayaa isku dhacay iyagoo ka baxaya curve 2, iyagoo keenaya digniinkii shanaad ee maalinta. Laakiin koorsada tartanka ayaa isbedeshay wareega 148 markii xiriirka Jeff Gordon iyo Kevin Harvick uu dhaliyay "Big One". Labada baabuur waxay u dagaalamayeen booska labaad, markii Harvick isku dayay inuu xannibo Gordon oo ku soo dhowaanaya wareegga 1, laakiin waxay timid goor dambe oo baabuurka 29 ayaa markii hore bidix u jiiday gadaal, ka hor inta uusan dib ugu soo laaban wadada oo uu ururiyo baabuur badan. Wadar ahaan 18 baabuur ayaa ku dhacay burburka, isla tirada baabuurta la soo ururiyey ee
2001 Daytona 500 waa kii ugu weynaa. Kuwaas waxaa ka mid ahaa Matt Kenseth, Ricky Rudd, Joe Nemechek, Ken Schrader, Jeremy Mayfield, John Andretti, Bobby Hamilton, Jerry Nadeau iyo Earnhardt, Jr. (dhacdadii saddexaad ee tartanka) iyo kuwo kale.