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Labonte had four fresh tires and Earnhardt was driving on old tires, which made Earnhardt's car considerably slower.
At the 2001 Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 18, 2001, Earnhardt was involved in a car accident after the final lap, in which Earnhardt's car was pushed into the wall nose-first by Ken Schrader's car at an estimated speed of.
Following Earnhardt's death, a police investigation and a NASCAR-sanctioned investigation commenced ; nearly every detail was made public, from the finding of a torn seatbelt inside Earnhardt's car to graphic descriptions of the injuries Earnhardt had suffered at the moment of impact.
Earnhardt's team was re-christened as the No. 29 team, with the same sponsor but with a new look ( a reversed color scheme-white with black numerals and a black stripe on the bottom ) for the following races at Rockingham and Las Vegas.
Childress ' second-year Busch Series driver Kevin Harvick was named as Earnhardt's replacement driver, beginning with the race following Earnhardt's death held at the North Carolina Speedway.
* Las Vegas, the 3rd race of the 2001 season, was noted for the fact that Mike Skinner, Earnhardt's teammate at Richard Childress Racing, took over Earnhardt's slot in the No Bull 5 million dollar eligibility for this race since Earnhardt had qualified for the No Bull 5 prize after his final victory in the 2000 Winston 500 at Talladega.
The movie was a sympathetic portrayal of Earnhardt's life, but the producers were sued for using the No. 3 logo.
After Earnhardt was killed in the first race of the 2001 season, the company continued its sponsorship with the new driver of Earnhardt's car, Kevin Harvick, through the end of the 2003 season.
Cleared to race again in 1993 and upon Earnhardt's suggestion, Childress gave Bonnett a ride for the 1993 DieHard 500 at Talladega Superspeedway which was numbered 31 and sponsored by Mom and Pop's, one of Earnhardt's associate sponsors.
Stewart's violent crash was greatly overshadowed by Dale Earnhardt's fatal crash in turn 4 on the last lap.
Kerry's mother, Latane Brown, was Dale Earnhardt's first wife ; the couple divorced when Kerry was only one year of age.
The sole top-ten came in his second place finish to Dale Earnhardt, in the then Winston 500 ( now UAW Ford 500 ) which was Earnhardt's final victory.
In the film, Earnhardt's now-famous line " I didn't mean to wreck him, I just wanted to rattle his cage a little " was part of the post-race interview.
It was then that the name was changed to the Kannapolis Intimidators, in honor of Earnhardt's legendary nickname.
In the following days, Marlin and his family received hate mail and death threats from angry fans who wrongly felt that Marlin was responsible for Earnhardt's death.
He was eventually publicly defended by two of Earnhardt's drivers, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and Michael Waltrip, and was also cleared of any wrongdoing by NASCAR's investigation into the accident.

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Several press conferences were held in the days following Earnhardt's death.
In the final lap of the 2001 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 500, Harvick beat Jeff Gordon by. 006 seconds, the same margin that Earnhardt had won over Bobby Labonte at the same race a year prior, and the images of Earnhardt's longtime gas man, Danny " Chocolate " Myers, crying after the victory, Harvick's tire-smoking burnout on the frontstretch with three fingers held aloft outside the driver's window, and the Fox television call by Mike Joy, Larry McReynolds, and Darrell Waltrip, concluding with " Gordon got loose, but he ( Harvick ) is gonna get him though, it's Harvick!
Earnhardt's victory was a then-record for fewest races to notch a victory in the " modern era " on the Cup circuit, winning in just his 12th start, breaking the record held by his father, Dale Earnhardt ( 16 starts ).
The 2011 running was held on the tenth anniversary of Dale Earnhardt's death in the 2001 Daytona 500.

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Fans began honoring Earnhardt by holding three fingers aloft on the third lap of every NASCAR Cup race, and the television coverage of NASCAR on Fox and NASCAR on NBC went silent for each third lap from Rockingham to the following year's race there in honor of Earnhardt For the first three weeks after Earnhardt's death, on-track incidents brought out the caution flag on lap three.
NASCAR has not replayed Earnhardt's wreck, but many videos of the incident exist on the internet.
In the third turn on the final lap, Petty nudged Earnhardt's car and the GM Goodwrench Chevrolet spun.
A. J. Foyt took a few laps around the track in Dale Earnhardt's car on the second day.
Also, it is Waltrip's tear-filled voice that can be heard saying " I just hope Dale's okay ," during the film's depiction of Earnhardt's fatal crash at Daytona due to the use of NASCAR on Fox's original footage and commentary, which is now owned by NASCAR Images ( starting in 2001, NASCAR Images owns all NASCAR race footage ; they also own the footage of the former Sunbelt Video ).
The New York Times did, in fact, cover Earnhardt's death the same day that he died: sportswriter Robert Lipsyte authored an article for the front page that was published on February 18, 2001.
Coulter cited an article indeed written two days after Earnhardt's death — Rick Bragg, a Pulitzer Prize winner who grew up in the South, wrote a personal piece on Earnhardt and his passing — bringing the total to three days in a row in which the Times covered Earnhardt's death on its front page.
On the last lap of the 500, Marlin was responsible for starting the crash that killed Dale Earnhardt when he touched Earnhardt's left rear panel in turn 4 on the final lap, sending Earnhardt up into Ken Schrader.
The crash would be overshadowed by Dale Earnhardt's fatal crash on the last lap.
Childress originally planned to have Kevin Harvick drive this car on a limited basis during that season as part of a transition from the Busch Series to Winston Cup for 2002, but after Dale Earnhardt's death Harvick was moved into RCR's primary car and 2000 Busch Series champion Jeff Green was selected to drive the car in his place.

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In 2001, Dale Earnhardt and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. teamed together in a Corvette, just weeks before Earnhardt's fatal crash at the same track in the 2001 Daytona 500.
Bestwick is perhaps best remembered for calling the 2001 Pepsi 400, the first race at Daytona since Dale Earnhardt's death, by saying, " Here they come!
On March 11, 2001 at the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 500, only three weeks after Earnhardt's death, Harvick won his first career Winston Cup victory in just his third start by narrowly edging Jeff Gordon at Atlanta Motor Speedway, reinvigorating not only his team, the fans, but NASCAR as well.
In 2001, in the first race after Earnhardt's death, Park beat Bobby Labonte in a photo finish at North Carolina Speedway.

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The following year, at Childress ' suggestion, Earnhardt joined car owner Bud Moore for the 1982 and 1983 seasons driving the No. 15 Wrangler Jeans Ford Thunderbird ( Earnhardt's only full-time Ford ride in his career ).
Earnhardt's only win of the 1992 season came at Charlotte, in the Coca-Cola 600, ending a 13-race win streak by Ford teams.
Late in the race, Ernie Irvan lost control of his No. 28 Havoline Ford Thunderbird, igniting a frightening crash that saw Earnhardt's No. 3 Chevrolet hit the tri-oval wall nearly head-on at almost 200 miles per hour.
Earnhardt swept both races for the year at Talladega, leading most observers to conclude that Earnhardt's talent had become limited to the restrictor plate tracks, which require a unique skill set and an exceptionally powerful car to win.
Three weeks after Earnhardt's death, Harvick scored his first career Cup win at Atlanta driving a car that had been prepared for Earnhardt.

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Brown gave birth to Earnhardt's first son, Kerry Earnhardt, in 1969.
After hitting the wall, Earnhardt's car flipped and slid across the track, in front of race-traffic.
T-shirts emblazoned with Earnhardt's face were quickly printed up, brandishing the caption, " It Hurt So Good.
Before the 1999 season, fans began discussing Earnhardt's age and speculating that with his son, Dale Jr. getting into racing, Earnhardt might be contemplating retirement.
The allegations of seatbelt failure resulted in Bill Simpson's resignation from the company bearing his name, which manufactured the seatbelts used in Earnhardt's car and nearly every other NASCAR driver's car.
NASCAR also made the use of the HANS device mandatory in all cars following Earnhardt's death.

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