Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Stewart ya fara farawa don kakar 2001: a lokacin Daytona 500
, ya shiga cikin hadarin mota 18 a zagaye na 173. Hatsarin ya fara ne a baya kuma ya tattara Bobby Labonte da ɗan'uwansa Terry, Rusty Wallace, Steve Park, Jason Leffler, Jerry Nadeau, Buckshot Jones, Andy Houston, Ward Burton, Mark Martin, Kenny Wallace, Jeff Gordon, Elliot Sadler, Dale Jarrett, Jeff Burton, John Andretti, da kuma Robby Gordon. Stewart ya ɗauki mafi munin, yayin da motarsa ta koma baya bayan Ward Burton ya buge shi, ya tura Robby Gordon, sannan ya juye sau biyu a cikin iska, ya kama Bobby Labonte, kuma ya tsaya a cikin filin. An kai Stewart zuwa Cibiyar Kiwon Lafiya ta Halifax bayan korafin rashin jin daɗi a cikin kafadarsa. Hatsarin Stewart ya kasance mai ban sha'awa sosai ta hanyar hatsarin da ya faru da Dale Earnhardt a zagaye na karshe. Stewart ya dawo ya ci nasara a wasu tsere uku a Richmond, Infineon, da Bristol kuma, kamar yadda ya yi a baya, ya yi kusa da gaba a mafi yawan kakar. A kididdiga, ya yi mummunan kakar wasa fiye da 2000, amma ya gama na biyu zuwa Gordon a cikin maki na karshe.