Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Earnhardt kansa ya mutu a cikin hadarin tsere a lokacin zagaye na karshe na
2001 Daytona 500. (Gasar tseren Daytona ta shekara 2001) Kimanin makonni uku bayan hatsarin, masu daukar hoto na mujallar sun saki hotunan hoton Bonnett, da kuma na wani direba wanda ya mutu 'yan kwanaki bayan haka, Rodney Orr, ga jama'a, wanda ya haifar da kara.