PART ONE - 500 Days: Lost Storylines of the 2001 Daytona 500 (NASCAR Documentary)

As the 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season draws to a close, Ray Evernham unexpectedly ends his tenure as Jeff Gordon’s crew chief. Evernham’s new ambition – bringing Dodge back to NASCAR’s top series – singlehandedly alters the trajectory of the 2000 season, which becomes a year of tremendous change.

This first part of “500 Days” provides a month-by-month chronicle of "silly season," the series of driver and team changes leading up to the 2001 Daytona 500.

MUSIC
“Epic Movie Documentary Trailer by SergioProductions [Royalty Free Music]” - RomanSenykMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtnt-KAzxU8

STORIES FROM
Jayski’s Silly Season Site

VIDEO
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjZQnMo0uMCEk_5d_h4j2E2e9c2vH_o82

FEATURED VIDEO ARCHIVED BY
Dave W: https://www.youtube.com/@de31168
Scott Allen Brown’s Mashup Museum: https://www.youtube.com/@SABMashupMuseum

PHOTOS
Bryan Hallman, BRH Racing Archives
2000 Daytona 500 Program
2000 ThatLook.com 300 Program
2000 NAPA 500 Program
2001 Daytona 500 Program

OTHER SOURCES
Harris, Mike. “Dodge making an impression,” Asheville Citizen-Times, February 18, 2001.
NASCAR Scene – 2001 Daytona 500 Preview Issue

SPECIAL THANKS LASTCAR.INFO PATREON
https://www.patreon.com/lastcaronbrock

CHAPTERS
0:00 – Intro / October-December 1999
6:57 – January 2000
9:19 – February 2000
11:01 – March 2000
16:34 – April 2000
27:04 – May 2000
37:06 – June 2000
46:34 – July 2000
55:07 – August 2000
1:04:03 – September 2000
1:13:43 – October 2000
1:20:36 – November 2000
1:27:53 – December 2000
1:31:31 – January 2001
1:41:36 – February 1-7, 2001