<prompt> Tlatša polelo ye e latelago:  <response>: Daytona 500 kua Daytona International Speedway ka February 18, 2001, Earnhardt o ile a bolawa kotsing ya dikoloi tše tharo leetong la mafelelo la lebelo. O ile a thulana le Ken Schrader ka morago ga go kopana le Sterling Marlin ka tsela e nyenyane gomme a betha leboto la ka ntle ka hlogo. O be a thibetše Schrader ka ntle le Marlin ka gare nakong ya go thulana. Dikoloi tša Earnhardt le tša Schrader ka bobedi di ile tša theogela fase go tšwa lebatong la tsela leo le bego le e-na le sekontiri sa asphalt gomme tša wela ka gare ga bjang bja ka gare ga lepatlelo ka gare ga mothaladi wa bone. Ka morago ga metsotswana, mootledi wa gagwe Michael Waltrip o ile a fenya lebelo, mola mošomigotee le yena le morwa wa gagwe Dale Earnhardt yo monyenyane ba ile ba fetša ba le maemong a bobedi. Lehu la Earnhardt le ile la tsebišwa semmušo kua Halifax Medical Center ka 5:16 PM Eastern Standard Time 22:16 UTC; o be a na le mengwaga e 49. Mopresidente wa NASCAR e lego Mike Helton o ile a tiišetša lehu la Earnhardt polelong yeo a e neilego babegi ba ditaba. Tlhahlobo yeo e dirilwego ka February 19, 2001, e ile ya phetha ka gore Earnhardt o be a e-na le go robega mo go bolayago ga lerapo la hlogo. Matšatši ka morago, ka February 22, ditirelo tša poloko ya phatlalatša di ile tša swarwa Kerekeng ya Calvary kua Charlotte, North Carolina. 