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February 18, 2001, figured to be NASCAR's coming-out party.
It had taken more than five decades, the trip from the Florida beach over the clay roads of the North Carolina moonshiners, but stock car racing finally had arrived.
Fans who couldn't get to the track could see the product with unprecedented frequency, a result of new national television contracts with FOX and NBC that totaled $2.8 billion.
The buildup for the 2001 Daytona 500 was immense. Longtime fan favorite Bill Elliott took the pole.
Everything was perfect.
Until the end.
As Michael Waltrip streaked toward the finish line with Dale Earnhardt Jr. in tow, ...