NASCAR's Michael Waltrip resists demons of 2001

They waited Nearly a Decade to watch it. The Joy of ITS is stenciled surface belied the pain that was inside.
The disc was the full-length broadcast of his 2001 Daytona 500 victory and was decorated by a sister before she knew That seven-time champion Dale Earnhardt - the owner of Waltrip's car - had occurred Died in a last-lap crash.
"I Could Never play it," Waltrip said. "When I decided Thurs write the book, I finally put it in, and I was so thankful I Watched it. It made me open That chapter in my life and Try To Make Sense Of It.
"I do not celebrate the Fact That I Won the 2001 Daytona 500 It's like the worse race Ever To Have Won Because of the Events That Followed. But I wanted Thurs honor Dale and knew That Would Make Me Feel Better and his fans feel better. The book is a result of me Trying Thurs dig Deeper into That Day. But it's not the reason I dug Deeper. "