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The 43rd annual Daytona 500
Daytona 500

The Daytona 500 is a 200-lap, -long NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held annually at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida....
 was held February 18, 2001 at Daytona International Speedway
Daytona International Speedway

Daytona International Speedway is a race track in Daytona Beach, Florida, Florida, United States. Since opening in 1959, it has been the home to the most important race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, the Daytona 500....
. Bill Elliott
Bill Elliott

William Clyde Elliott is a part-time driver and former champion of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Elliott was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America on August 15, 2007....
 won the pole. The race will be forever remembered for the final lap. Dale Earnhardt
Dale Earnhardt

Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. was an American race car driver, best known for his career driving stock cars in NASCAR's Winston Cup. Earnhardt had four children, Kerry Earnhardt, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and Taylor Earnhardt....
 was in third behind his drivers
Dale Earnhardt, Inc.

Earnhardt Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates is a NASCAR team based in Concord, North Carolina. Originally formed in 1980, the team was owned by seven-time Winston Cup champion Dale Earnhardt, before his Death of Dale Earnhardt on the closing lap of the 2001 Daytona 500....
 Dale Earnhardt, Jr and Michael Waltrip
Michael Waltrip

Michael Curtis Waltrip is a professional race car driver and co owner of Michael Waltrip Racing. He is the younger brother of Darrell Waltrip, a three-time NASCAR champion ....
, but when going through turns 3 and 4, the elder Earnhardt lost control of his car and collected Ken Schrader
Ken Schrader

Kenneth Schrader is a second-generation race car driver. He is currently driving in the Sprint Cup series part time for Phoenix Racing. He occasionally appears as a television analyst on This Week In NASCAR on the Speed Channel....
 in a head-on collision with the wall. Earnhardt was killed instantly by a basilar skull fracture
Basilar skull fracture

A basilar skull fracture is a fracture of the base of the skull, typically involving the temporal bone, occipital bone, sphenoid bone, and/or ethmoid bone....
. Also during the accident, his seat belts malfunctioned.






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The 43rd annual Daytona 500
Daytona 500

The Daytona 500 is a 200-lap, -long NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held annually at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida....
 was held February 18, 2001 at Daytona International Speedway
Daytona International Speedway

Daytona International Speedway is a race track in Daytona Beach, Florida, Florida, United States. Since opening in 1959, it has been the home to the most important race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, the Daytona 500....
. Bill Elliott
Bill Elliott

William Clyde Elliott is a part-time driver and former champion of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Elliott was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America on August 15, 2007....
 won the pole. The race will be forever remembered for the final lap. Dale Earnhardt
Dale Earnhardt

Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. was an American race car driver, best known for his career driving stock cars in NASCAR's Winston Cup. Earnhardt had four children, Kerry Earnhardt, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and Taylor Earnhardt....
 was in third behind his drivers
Dale Earnhardt, Inc.

Earnhardt Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates is a NASCAR team based in Concord, North Carolina. Originally formed in 1980, the team was owned by seven-time Winston Cup champion Dale Earnhardt, before his Death of Dale Earnhardt on the closing lap of the 2001 Daytona 500....
 Dale Earnhardt, Jr and Michael Waltrip
Michael Waltrip

Michael Curtis Waltrip is a professional race car driver and co owner of Michael Waltrip Racing. He is the younger brother of Darrell Waltrip, a three-time NASCAR champion ....
, but when going through turns 3 and 4, the elder Earnhardt lost control of his car and collected Ken Schrader
Ken Schrader

Kenneth Schrader is a second-generation race car driver. He is currently driving in the Sprint Cup series part time for Phoenix Racing. He occasionally appears as a television analyst on This Week In NASCAR on the Speed Channel....
 in a head-on collision with the wall. Earnhardt was killed instantly by a basilar skull fracture
Basilar skull fracture

A basilar skull fracture is a fracture of the base of the skull, typically involving the temporal bone, occipital bone, sphenoid bone, and/or ethmoid bone....
. Also during the accident, his seat belts malfunctioned. The race was also marred by a 20-car crash
The Big One

The Big One, or Big One may refer to:* Pepsi Max Big One, a roller coaster in Blackpool Pleasure Beach* The Big One , a film by Michael Moore...
 on lap 173 when Robby Gordon
Robby Gordon

Robert W. Gordon is an American racing driver who currently competes in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, owning his #7 Toyota Camry, sponsored by Jim Beam, and also owning his #55 Jim Beam/Camping World ride which competes part-time in the Nationwide Series, he has also raced in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Champ Car, the Indy Racing...
 and Ward Burton
Ward Burton

John Edward Burton III is an American NASCAR auto racing, who has a total of five career Sprint Cup wins. He last drove the #4 State Water Heaters Chevrolet Impala SS for Morgan-McClure Motorsports in 2007....
 got together, sending Tony Stewart's
Tony Stewart

Anthony Wayne Stewart is an American race car driver/car owner/entrepreneur, in NASCAR's Sprint Cup . During his career he has won championships in the Winston Cup, Nextel Cup and IndyCar Series....
 car flipping down the backstretch. Eleven seconds after Earnhardt's crash, Michael Waltrip, in his first race in the #15 car for Dale Earnhardt, Inc.
Dale Earnhardt, Inc.

Earnhardt Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates is a NASCAR team based in Concord, North Carolina. Originally formed in 1980, the team was owned by seven-time Winston Cup champion Dale Earnhardt, before his Death of Dale Earnhardt on the closing lap of the 2001 Daytona 500....
, won the race. It was the first victory of his career, coming in his 463rd start.

Results


  1. 15
    Dale Earnhardt, Inc.

    Earnhardt Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates is a NASCAR team based in Concord, North Carolina. Originally formed in 1980, the team was owned by seven-time Winston Cup champion Dale Earnhardt, before his Death of Dale Earnhardt on the closing lap of the 2001 Daytona 500....
    -Michael Waltrip
    Michael Waltrip

    Michael Curtis Waltrip is a professional race car driver and co owner of Michael Waltrip Racing. He is the younger brother of Darrell Waltrip, a three-time NASCAR champion ....
    , Led 27 of 200 Laps
  2. 8
    Dale Earnhardt, Inc.

    Earnhardt Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates is a NASCAR team based in Concord, North Carolina. Originally formed in 1980, the team was owned by seven-time Winston Cup champion Dale Earnhardt, before his Death of Dale Earnhardt on the closing lap of the 2001 Daytona 500....
    -Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
    Dale Earnhardt, Jr.

    Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Jr. is a professional American race car driver who drives the #88 AMP Energy/United States National Guard Chevrolet Impala in the NASCAR Sprint Cup series for Hendrick Motorsports, and drives in the Nationwide Series part-time for the #5 car for his own team, JR Motorsports....
    , Led 13 Laps
  3. 2
    Penske Racing

    Penske Championship Racing is a racing team that competes in the Indy Racing League, American Le Mans, and NASCAR. They also previously competed in road racing, Formula One and CART....
    -Rusty Wallace
    Rusty Wallace

    Russell William "Rusty" Wallace is a former NASCAR champion, NASCAR Nationwide Series car owner, and television broadcaster with NASCAR on ESPN and ESPN on ABC and co-host of NASCAR Angels....
  4. 28-Ricky Rudd
    Ricky Rudd

    Ricky Rudd is a retired American NASCAR driver. He is the uncle of actor Skeet Ulrich and Nationwide Series driver Jason Rudd. Rudd is tied with Rusty Wallace for the longest streak of consecutive seasons with a victory, his lasting from 1983 to 1998....
  5. 9
    Evernham Motorsports

    Richard Petty Motorsports is a racing team in NASCAR. It is owned by Montreal Canadiens owner and Liverpool F.C. co-owner George N. Gillett Jr....
    -Bill Elliott
    Bill Elliott

    William Clyde Elliott is a part-time driver and former champion of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Elliott was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America on August 15, 2007....
    , Led 1 Lap
  6. 7
    Ultra Motorsports

    Ultra Motorsports was a NASCAR Winston Cup & Craftsman Truck Series racing team. Jim Smith helped start the team and the Craftsman Truck Series....
    -Mike Wallace
    Mike Wallace (NASCAR)

    Mike Wallace is a NASCAR race car driver. He is a younger brother to Rusty Wallace, older brother to Kenny Wallace, and uncle to Steve Wallace ....
  7. 40
    Chip Ganassi Racing

    Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates is an automotive racing organization with teams competing in the IndyCar Series and Rolex Sports Car Series....
    -Sterling Marlin
    Sterling Marlin

    Sterling Marlin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup driver who drives the #09 Finch Racing car on a part time basis. He is the son of former NASCAR driver Coo Coo Marlin....
    , Led 39 Laps
  8. 55
    Andy Petree Racing

    Andy Petree Racing is a former NASCAR team. Its ownership changed hands several times over the years, with three different owners from its beginning to its close in 2004 in NASCAR....
    -Bobby Hamilton
    Bobby Hamilton

    Charles Robert Hamilton, Sr. was a driver and owner in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series circuit and the winner of the 2004 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series championship....
  9. 12
    Penske Racing

    Penske Championship Racing is a racing team that competes in the Indy Racing League, American Le Mans, and NASCAR. They also previously competed in road racing, Formula One and CART....
    -Jeremy Mayfield
  10. 92
    Melling Racing

    Melling Racing was a NASCAR team from 1982 to 2002. The team won the 1988 championship with driver Bill Elliott....
    -Stacy Compton
    Stacy Compton

    Stacy Compton , is a NASCAR driver. He is Co-Owner of Bobby Hamilton Racing-Virginia in the Craftsman Truck Series, and is a former racing analyst for ESPN full-time....
  11. 33
    Andy Petree Racing

    Andy Petree Racing is a former NASCAR team. Its ownership changed hands several times over the years, with three different owners from its beginning to its close in 2004 in NASCAR....
    -Joe Nemechek
    Joe Nemechek

    Joseph Frank Nemechek III is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver and owner of NEMCO Motorsports. He won the 1992 Busch Series championship. He currently is bringing his NEMCO team back to run the Nationwide and Sprint Cup Series in the #87 Chevy for 2009....
  12. 3
    Richard Childress Racing

    RCR Enterprises, LLC, doing business as Richard Childress Racing, is a NASCAR team based in Welcome, North Carolina. The team currently fields the #07 Jack Daniels Chevrolet Impala for Casey Mears, the #29 Royal Dutch Shell/Pennzoil Chevrolet for Kevin Harvick, the #31 Caterpillar Inc....
    -Dale Earnhardt
    Dale Earnhardt

    Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. was an American race car driver, best known for his career driving stock cars in NASCAR's Winston Cup. Earnhardt had four children, Kerry Earnhardt, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and Taylor Earnhardt....
    , 199 Laps Completed (Fatal Accident
    Death of Dale Earnhardt

    The death of Dale Earnhardt during an auto race on February 18, 2001, and the subsequent fan outcry helped spark various safety improvements in NASCAR auto racing....
    ); Led 17 Laps
  13. 36-Ken Schrader
    Ken Schrader

    Kenneth Schrader is a second-generation race car driver. He is currently driving in the Sprint Cup series part time for Phoenix Racing. He occasionally appears as a television analyst on This Week In NASCAR on the Speed Channel....
    , 199 Laps (Accident); Led 7 Laps
  14. 77
    Jasper Motorsports

    Jasper Motorsports is a former NASCAR Winston Cup/NEXTEL Cup team. It was owned by a variety of owners including D.K. Ulrich and Doug Bawel....
    -Robert Pressley
    Robert Pressley

    Robert Pressley is a former NASCAR driver. In a February 2006 Sportingnews.com article about the 2001 in NASCAR Daytona 500 field, Robert's current status was listed as "Opened Celebrity's Hotdogs in Asheville, N.C., about two years ago....
    , 1 Lap down
  15. 11
    Brett Bodine Racing

    Brett Bodine Racing was a NASCAR racing team from 1996 until 2003. It was owned by former Nascar driver Brett Bodine and his wife of 23 years Diane Bodine ....
    -Brett Bodine
    Brett Bodine

    Brett Bodine , is a former NASCAR Winston Cup driver and is the current driver of the Safety car in Sprint Cup events. Brett is employed by NASCAR as Director of Cost and Research....
    , 1 Lap down; Led 1 Lap
  16. 45
    Petty Enterprises

    Petty Enterprises was a NASCAR racing team based in Mooresville, North Carolina. The team was owned by Richard Petty, his son Kyle Petty, and Boston Ventures....
    -Kyle Petty
    Kyle Petty

    Kyle Richard Petty is an American NASCAR driver, the son and grandson of racers Richard Petty and Lee Petty, respectively and father of the late Adam Petty....
    , 1 Lap down
  17. 14-Ron Hornaday
    Ron Hornaday

    Ronald Hornaday, Jr. is a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver. He is the father of former NASCAR driver Ronnie Hornaday, and son of the late Ron Hornaday, Sr., a two time Winston West Champion....
    *, 1 Lap down
  18. 21
    Wood Brothers Racing

    Wood Brothers Racing is a United States auto racing team that competes in the NASCAR Sprint Cup, Nationwide Series, and Camping World Truck Series....
    -Elliott Sadler
    Elliott Sadler

    Elliott William Barnes Sadler is a race car driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He currently drives the #19 Best Buy Dodge Charger for Richard Petty Motorsports....
    , 1 Lap down
  19. 99
    Roush Racing

    Roush Fenway Racing is a racing team competing in NASCAR racing. As one of NASCAR's largest premier racing teams, Roush runs teams in the Sprint Cup, Nationwide Series, and Camping World Truck Series, as well as the ARCA RE/MAX Series....
    -Jeff Burton
    Jeff Burton

    Jeffrey Brian Burton also sometimes referred to as "JB" is a Sprint Cup Series driver. He drives the #31 Caterpillar Inc. Chevrolet Impala for Richard Childress Racing....
    , 1 Lap down
  20. 19
    Evernham Motorsports

    Richard Petty Motorsports is a racing team in NASCAR. It is owned by Montreal Canadiens owner and Liverpool F.C. co-owner George N. Gillett Jr....
    -Casey Atwood
    Casey Atwood

    Casey Lee Atwood , is an United States racecar driver. He began racing in NASCAR as a teenager in the Busch Series with Brewco Motorsports in the #27 Castrol Chevrolet....
    *, 2 Laps down
  21. 17
    Roush Racing

    Roush Fenway Racing is a racing team competing in NASCAR racing. As one of NASCAR's largest premier racing teams, Roush runs teams in the Sprint Cup, Nationwide Series, and Camping World Truck Series, as well as the ARCA RE/MAX Series....
    -Matt Kenseth
    Matt Kenseth

    Matthew Roy Kenseth is an American stock car racing driver. Matt currently drives the #17 DeWalt Ford in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for Roush Fenway Racing....
    , 4 Laps down
  22. 88-Dale Jarrett
    Dale Jarrett

    Dale Arnold Jarrett is a former United States Auto racing driver. He is the 1999 NASCAR NASCAR Championship and the son of two-time NASCAR Grand National Champion Ned Jarrett....
    , 186 Laps (Accident Damage); Led 1 Lap
  23. 32
    PPI Motorsports

    PPI Motorsports was a race team which competed in the NEXTEL Cup Series and various off-road racing circuits. The team had one of the few remaining single car operations in the NEXTEL Cup series....
    -Ricky Craven
    Ricky Craven

    Richard Allen Craven is a former NASCAR driver. He last drove in the Sprint Cup in 2004 and raced in the Craftsman Truck Series in 2005. He does not have a racing job at this time....
    , 15 Laps down
  24. 5
    Hendrick Motorsports

    Hendrick Motorsports is a stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The team is principally owned by Rick Hendrick, but Jeff Gordon and Mary Hendrick are listed as the owners of the #48 and #5 respectively....
    -Terry Labonte
    Terry Labonte

    Terrance Lee Labonte is a semi-retired NASCAR driver who now races part-time in the Sprint Cup Series. Labonte was introduced to the sport through his father, who had worked on racecars as a hobby for his friends....
    , 184 Laps (Accident Damage)
  25. 27
    Eel River Racing

    Bahari Racing was a NASCAR Winston Cup team that operated from 1981 to 2001. The team's history of drivers include Geoff Bodine, Michael Waltrip, Johnny Benson, Kenny Wallace, Jeff Fuller, Rick Mast, and Mike Bliss, among others....
    -Kenny Wallace
    Kenny Wallace

    Kenny Wallace is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and Nationwide Series driver who currently drives the #28 United States Border Patrol Chevrolet in the Nationwide series....
    , 184 Laps (Accident Damage)
  26. 31
    Richard Childress Racing

    RCR Enterprises, LLC, doing business as Richard Childress Racing, is a NASCAR team based in Welcome, North Carolina. The team currently fields the #07 Jack Daniels Chevrolet Impala for Casey Mears, the #29 Royal Dutch Shell/Pennzoil Chevrolet for Kevin Harvick, the #31 Caterpillar Inc....
    -Mike Skinner
    Mike Skinner (NASCAR)

    Mike Skinner, born in Ontario, California, is a NASCAR driver from Susanville, California, California now living in Daytona Beach, Florida, Florida....
    , 17 Laps down; Led 24 Laps
  27. 26-Jimmy Spencer
    Jimmy Spencer

    Jimmy Spencer is an United States NASCAR driver and commentator. During his days racing modifieds, he was nicknamed "Mr. Excitement" for his sometimes aggressive racing style....
    , 17 Laps down
  28. 10-Johnny Benson
    Johnny Benson

    Jonathan Benson, Jr. is a NASCAR driver and the son of former Michigan modified racing driver John Benson, Sr. His career highlights include the 1993 American Speed Association AC-Delco Challenge series championship, the 1995 Busch Series championship, the 1996 Winston Cup NASCAR Rookie of the Year award, and the 2008 Craftsman Truck Series...
    , 181 Laps (Engine Failure)
  29. 44
    Petty Enterprises

    Petty Enterprises was a NASCAR racing team based in Mooresville, North Carolina. The team was owned by Richard Petty, his son Kyle Petty, and Boston Ventures....
    -Buckshot Jones
    Buckshot Jones

    Roy "Buckshot" Jones , is an auto racing driver who has competed in NASCAR and Sprint car racing. He currently runs in the USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series....
    , 181 Laps (Accident Damage)
  30. 24
    Hendrick Motorsports

    Hendrick Motorsports is a stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The team is principally owned by Rick Hendrick, but Jeff Gordon and Mary Hendrick are listed as the owners of the #48 and #5 respectively....
    -Jeff Gordon
    Jeff Gordon

    Jeffery Michael Gordon is a professional United States of America race car driver. He was born in Vallejo, California, raised in Pittsboro, Indiana, and currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina....
    , 178 Laps (Accident Damage); Led 11 Laps
  31. 1
    Dale Earnhardt, Inc.

    Earnhardt Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates is a NASCAR team based in Concord, North Carolina. Originally formed in 1980, the team was owned by seven-time Winston Cup champion Dale Earnhardt, before his Death of Dale Earnhardt on the closing lap of the 2001 Daytona 500....
    -Steve Park
    Steve Park (NASCAR)

    Stephen Park is a professional Auto racing driver. Park is currently racing in the #35 Waste Management Inc. Recycle America Monte Carlo in the NASCAR Camping World East Series 2008 in NASCAR....
    , 23 Laps down; Led 2 Laps
  32. 25
    Hendrick Motorsports

    Hendrick Motorsports is a stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The team is principally owned by Rick Hendrick, but Jeff Gordon and Mary Hendrick are listed as the owners of the #48 and #5 respectively....
    -Jerry Nadeau
    Jerry Nadeau

    Jerry Nadeau is a retired race car driving from Danbury, Connecticut.Nadeau competed in the 1994 Barber Dodge Pro Series and the 1996 Formula Opel Euroseries....
    , 176 Laps (Accident)
  33. 6
    Roush Racing

    Roush Fenway Racing is a racing team competing in NASCAR racing. As one of NASCAR's largest premier racing teams, Roush runs teams in the Sprint Cup, Nationwide Series, and Camping World Truck Series, as well as the ARCA RE/MAX Series....
    -Mark Martin
    Mark Martin (NASCAR)

    Mark Anthony Martin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver for Hendrick Motorsports and drives the #5 Kellogg's/Carquest Chevrolet Impala SS, and is also a part-time driver in the Nationwide Series for JR Motorsports....
    , 175 Laps (Accident), Led 1 Lap
  34. 01
    Chip Ganassi Racing

    Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates is an automotive racing organization with teams competing in the IndyCar Series and Rolex Sports Car Series....
    -Jason Leffler
    Jason Leffler

    Jason Leffler is a NASCAR driver from Long Beach, California. Leffler moved from the open-wheel ranks to NASCAR's three major series. Best known for his reckless driving and faux hawk hairstyle, Leffler currently drives the #38 Great Clips Toyota for Braun Racing in the NASCAR Nationwide Series....
    *, 174 Laps (Accident)
  35. 22
    Bill Davis Racing

    Triad Racing Technologies was a racing team that participated in all three of NASCAR's top divisions until 2009.The team had run Toyota-branded stock cars and trucks in both the Camping World Truck Series and Sprint Cup Series since 2007....
    -Ward Burton
    Ward Burton

    John Edward Burton III is an American NASCAR auto racing, who has a total of five career Sprint Cup wins. He last drove the #4 State Water Heaters Chevrolet Impala SS for Morgan-McClure Motorsports in 2007....
    , 173 Laps (Accident); Led 53 Laps
  36. 20
    Joe Gibbs Racing

    Joe Gibbs Racing is a group of NASCAR racing teams owned and operated by former Washington Redskins coach Joe Gibbs, who first started racing on the NASCAR circuit in 1991 in NASCAR, and J.D....
    -Tony Stewart
    Tony Stewart

    Anthony Wayne Stewart is an American race car driver/car owner/entrepreneur, in NASCAR's Sprint Cup . During his career he has won championships in the Winston Cup, Nextel Cup and IndyCar Series....
    , 173 Laps (Accident)
  37. 4
    Morgan-McClure Motorsports

    Morgan-McClure Motorsports was an United States auto racing team that competed in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. It ran for 25 years, starting in 1982 and ending in 2007....
    -Robby Gordon
    Robby Gordon

    Robert W. Gordon is an American racing driver who currently competes in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, owning his #7 Toyota Camry, sponsored by Jim Beam, and also owning his #55 Jim Beam/Camping World ride which competes part-time in the Nationwide Series, he has also raced in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Champ Car, the Indy Racing...
    , 173 Laps (Accident)
  38. 96
    PPI Motorsports

    PPI Motorsports was a race team which competed in the NEXTEL Cup Series and various off-road racing circuits. The team had one of the few remaining single car operations in the NEXTEL Cup series....
    -Andy Houston
    Andy Houston

    Andy Houston is a veteran of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, scoring three wins. Houston is the son of legendary Busch Driver Tommy Houston and the youngest of three brothers, one of them being part-time NASCAR driver Marty Houston and the other being the oldest of the three, Scott Houston....
    *, 173 Laps (Accident)
  39. 43
    Petty Enterprises

    Petty Enterprises was a NASCAR racing team based in Mooresville, North Carolina. The team was owned by Richard Petty, his son Kyle Petty, and Boston Ventures....
    -John Andretti
    John Andretti

    John Andretti , is an United States race car driver. He currently drives the #34 Window World.Com car in the Nascar Sprint Cup Series for Earnhardt Ganassi Racing....
    , 173 Laps (Accident)
  40. 18
    Joe Gibbs Racing

    Joe Gibbs Racing is a group of NASCAR racing teams owned and operated by former Washington Redskins coach Joe Gibbs, who first started racing on the NASCAR circuit in 1991 in NASCAR, and J.D....
    -Bobby Labonte
    Bobby Labonte

    Robert Alan Labonte is an United States race car driver in the Nascar Sprint Cup Series. He currently drives the #96 Ask.com/Texas Instruments DLP/Academy Sports and Outdoors Ford Fusion for Hall of Fame Racing, in an association with Yates Racing....
    , 173 Laps (Accident)
  41. 97
    Roush Racing

    Roush Fenway Racing is a racing team competing in NASCAR racing. As one of NASCAR's largest premier racing teams, Roush runs teams in the Sprint Cup, Nationwide Series, and Camping World Truck Series, as well as the ARCA RE/MAX Series....
    -Kurt Busch
    Kurt Busch

    Kurt Thomas Busch is a professional United States race car driver. He drives the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series....
    *, 31 Laps down
  42. 93
    Bill Davis Racing

    Triad Racing Technologies was a racing team that participated in all three of NASCAR's top divisions until 2009.The team had run Toyota-branded stock cars and trucks in both the Camping World Truck Series and Sprint Cup Series since 2007....
    -Dave Blaney
    Dave Blaney

    David Blaney is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver. He currently pilots the #66 Toyota Camry for Prism Motorsports. Blaney was a successful Sprint car racing driver before he started racing in NASCAR....
    , 135 Laps (Engine Failure)
  43. 51
    Phoenix Racing

    Phoenix Racing is a NASCAR team owned by James Finch. It currently fields the #09 Miccosukee Indian Gaming Chevy for Brad Keselowski and Dodge for Sterling Marlin and several others in the Sprint Cup Series and the #1 Miccosukee Indian Gaming Chevy in the Nationwide Series, driven by Mike Bliss....
    -Jeff Purvis
    Jeff Purvis

    Jeff Purvis is a former race car driver in NASCAR's Nationwide Series. He is a 15-year veteran with four wins and 25 top-five finishes. Purvis is still recovering from a massive brain injury suffered in 2002....
    , 47 Laps (Accident).


  • For the remainder of the season and the next Daytona 500
    2002 Daytona 500

    The 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Daytona 500 was held on February 17 at Daytona International Speedway. NASCAR Rookie of the Year Jimmie Johnson won the pole....
    , racing fans, television and radio broadcasters would fall silent during lap 3 of every Winston Cup race in Earnhardt's honor.


Failed to qualify: 71-Dave Marcis
Dave Marcis

Dave Marcis was a driver on the NASCAR Winston Cup circuit from 1968 until 2002. Marcis won five times over this tenure, twice at Richmond International Raceway, including his final win in 1982....
, 66-Todd Bodine
Todd Bodine

Todd Bodine is a stock car racer. Todd is the younger brother of former racers Geoff Bodine and Brett Bodine. Bodine is known for his aggressive driving style and bald head, which has given him the nickname The Onion....
, 90
Junie Donlavey

W.C. "Junie" Donlavey , is a former NASCAR Sprint Cup Series car owner with a team based in Richmond. Rarely fielding a car without his familiar #90, he began fielding his team in 1950....
-Hut Stricklin
Hut Stricklin

Waymond Lane "Hut" Stricklin is a former NASCAR race car driver. He was born on June 24, 1961, in Calera, Alabama. He married Pam Allison, the daughter of NASCAR legend Donnie Allison after they were introduced by her cousin Davey....
, 50
Midwest Transit Racing

Midwest Transit Racing was a former NASCAR Winston Cup Series team owned and operated by Hal Hicks and Mike Witter. It was formed in 1998 in NASCAR as #03 with Dan Pardus driving and Midwest Transit as the sponsor....
-Rick Mast
Rick Mast

Rick Mast is a former NASCAR driver. He competed in both the Winston Cup and Busch Series before retiring in 2002. Despite never winning in the Cup Series, he was still a fan favorite in the series....
, 37-Derrike Cope
Derrike Cope

Derrike Cope is a race-car driver in NASCAR, best known for his win at the 1990 Daytona 500. He currently drives the #31 car for Rick Ware. He is owner of the #73 and #78 teams in the Nationwide Series and the #73 and #74 trucks in the Camping World Truck Series....
, 84-Norm Benning
Norm Benning

Norm Benning, Jr. is a full-time self-owned Auto Racing Club of America driver in the #84 Chevrolet. He has also competed in the three top touring series of NASCAR....
, 85-Carl Long
Carl Long

James Carlyle Long is a NASCAR race car driver and mechanic. He is currently the crew chief for the #24 Front Row Motorsports Chevrolet driven in the Nationwide Series by Eric McClure....
, 80
Hover Motorsports

Hover Motorsports is an inactive NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series team. They last attempted a race at the 2006 in NASCAR Daytona 500, when they fielded the #80 Ford Taurus for Carl Long, but failed to qualify....
-Morgan Shepherd
Morgan Shepherd

Clay Morgan Shepherd has been a NASCAR Nextel Cup driver since 1977 in NASCAR. He has also raced in the Busch Series, and Craftsman Truck Series....
, and 72
Dave Marcis

Dave Marcis was a driver on the NASCAR Winston Cup circuit from 1968 until 2002. Marcis won five times over this tenure, twice at Richmond International Raceway, including his final win in 1982....
-Dwayne Leik
Dwayne Leik

Dwayne Leik of Skyland, North Carolina was born February 9, 1964. He is currently an owner of Duesenberg & Leik Motorsports and a part time driver for the team in the NASCAR Busch Series....
.