Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Lokacin da aka dakatar da tutar kore ta ƙarshe, rookie Scott Wimmer na Bill Davis Racing ya kasance a gaba. Ma'aikatan jirgin sun canza tayoyin gefen dama ne kawai, wanda ya dauke shi daga matsayi na bakwai ko na takwas zuwa damar samun nasara. Abin takaici, ba shi da abokin aiki kuma ya sami Stewart da Earnhardt, Jr. da sauri tare da zagaye 25 don zuwa. Earnhardt, Jr. ya wuce Stewart a zagaye na 181 kuma ya riƙe shi a cikin sauran zagaye don ya lashe Daytona 500 na farko. Earnhardt, Jr. ya lashe tseren daidai shekaru uku bayan mutuwar mahaifinsa a cikin tseren karshe na tseren 2001
, inda Waltrip ya lashe tserensa na farko wanda shi kansa ya zo shekaru uku bayan nasarar Earnhardt a tseren 1998.