In one of the biggest surprise upsets in The Great American Race’s history, Michael McDowell, driving for Front Row Motorsports, won the 2021 Daytona 500 race after Team Penske teammates Joey Logano and Brad Keselowski wrecked battling for the lead on the final lap. Anytime the words “wreck in the final lap of Daytona” is mentioned it takes many minds to the death of Dale Earnhardt in the last lap of the 2001 Daytona 500. We’re gonna look at McDowell’s win, Earnhardt’s crash along with a few others, and be amazed at the coding that is there waiting to be discovered.
Michael Christopher McDowell =134, driver of the #34 car for Front Row Motorsports =304, was a span age of 433 months 3 weeks 4 days old when the 2021 Daytona 500 began. This sets us up for a fantastic run on some 43 & 34 coding. Front Row Motorsports car No. 34 made it’s debut on 14/3/04 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Underdog =43/34. McDowell’s Daytona win came at the expense of Team Penske =34/43 teammates Joey Logano =43 and Brad Keselowski wrecking while battling for the lead on the final lap. Brad Keselowski, born February 12 (the 43rd day of the year) was a span age of 314 days when McDowell was born.
NASCAR =43. Michael McDowell was 403 months old when Jim France =43 was made the chief executive officer (CEO), the chairman, and executive vice president of NASCAR. National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) =14103.
Michael McDowell won his Dayton 500 exactly 1,043 weeks after Dale Earnhardt died in the final turn, of the final lap of the 2001 Daytona 500. The Intimidator =1314 aka Dale =34/43 Earnhardt was 403 months old when McDowell was born. Dale Earnhardt was killed instantly in a final-lap collision with a retaining wall after making contact with Sterling Marlin (1994 & 1995 Dayton 500 winner) and Ken Schrader (1988, 1989, 1990 Daytona 500 pole winner).
Awesome Bill from Dawsonville =304 is the nickname for Bill Elliott, the Pole winner for the 2001 Daytona 500 and the race took place a span of 134 days after his birthday. Bill Elliott was 3,410 weeks 1 day old when McDowell won the 2021 Daytona 500. McDowell won his first Daytona 500 431 months 4 weeks after Bill Elliott won his first Daytona 500 (1985). Bill Elliot’s only son Chase Elliot came in second place at the 2021 Daytona 500. Michael McDowell was a span age of 10 years 343 days when Chase Elliot =304/43 was born (as William Clyde Elliott II =1434). Bill’s nephew Casey Elliott =1343 died from cancer at the age of 1,143 weeks 4 days. Pit road =434. Casey Elliott died 130 months 4 weeks after Bill Elliott won his first Daytona 500.
The winner of the 2001 Daytona 500 was Michael Waltrip, driver for Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Michael Waltrip’s birthday is 4/30 and Michael McDowell’s 2008 crash at Texas Motor Speedway happened 340 days after the birthday of Michael Waltrip =4334.
Dale Earnhardt’s fatal crash at Daytona didn’t look as bad as Michael McDowell’s 2008 crash at Texas. You can see for yourself in this video that McDowell’s crash was one hell of a ride. Dale Earnhardt Jr was 401 months 3 weeks 4 days old for McDowell’s 2008 crash at Texas Motor Speedway.
Victory Lane =304. The Daytona 500 is known as The Great American Race =1314. The first winner of the Daytona 500 was Lee Petty, born 14/3/14. Lee Petty is the great-grandfather of Adam Petty, who died in a crash during a Busch Series practice session at New Hampshire International Speedway. Adam Petty =143 died 143 days after Michael McDowell’s birthday and Adam died a span of 40 weeks 3 days before Dale Earnhardt’s death. Lee Petty is the father of “The King”=43 Richard Petty, who drove the #43 car during his stock car career and is NASCAR’s all-time record holder for race wins. Richard Petty’s last Daytona 500 win (1981) was a span of 3 years 44 weeks 3 days before the birth of McDowell and Adam Petty was born a span on 31 weeks 4 days before The King won the 1981 Daytona 500.
The 2021 Daytona 500 was ran on Valentine’s Day (but ended shortly after midnight). McDowell drove the #34 car, who’s main sponsor is Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores (Love’s) and company uses a heart =304 as part of their logo. Reminding me of the rock band Heart and the band’s founding guitarist Roger Fisher was born on Valentin’s Day 1950. Roger Fisher =43 was 34 years 311 days old when Michael McDowell was born. I Love You =1434.
I got just one more connection for this code. The Daytona 500 is the “Super Bowl” for NASCAR. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers won Super Bowl LV the week before the running of the 2021 Daytona 500. The day after the 2021 Daytona 500 began, the body of former Tampa Bay Buccaneers player Vincent Jackson was found by the housekeeper at a hotel. So what do you think about this? Vincent Jackson =434 was a span age of 1 year 343 days when Michael McDowell was born and McDowell was a span age of 1,134 weeks 3 days when Vincent Jackson caught his first NFL pass for a touchdown (9/17/06). Vincent Jackson’s body was found 434 weeks after he set Buccaneers records for receiving yards in a single game (216) and the longest single reception (95 yards) on October 21, 2012.
I have discovered a couple of six/nine codes too.
Left turn =696/1966. Michael McDowell =66 was a span age of 16 years 60 days when Ralph Dale Earnhardt Sr =66, better known as Dale Earnhardt =666, died in the final lap of the 2001 Daytona 500. Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt, and Jimmie Johnson have won seven NASCAR championships. Jimmie Johnson won five consecutive championships and Jimmie Johnson was a span age of 9 years 96 days when McDowell was born. Daytona five hundred =996. The Daytona 500 is run in the state of Florida and the current governor of Florida Ron DeSantis =669 was a span age of 6 years 99 days when McDowell was born.
- Michael McDowell was 66 months 6 days old when the NASCAR film Days of Thunder released in the US.
- According the to wiki page for the Daytona International Speedway, the fastest lap ever ran at the track belongs to a guy named Colin Braun, who set the record in 2013. Michael McDowell was a span age of 196 weeks when Colin Braun =966 was born and Colin Braun =966 was 1,690 weeks old when McDowell won the 2021 Daytona 500. Daytona Beach =196. Auto racing =966.
Daytona =74. Daytona five hundred =74. Dale Earnhardt =47. Dale Earnhardt Jr. was born on 10/10/74. Lee Petty (first Daytona 500 winner) was 70 years 40 weeks old when Michael McDowell was born. McDowell won the 2021 Daytona 500 a span of 4,700 days after his crash at Texas Motor Speedway (April 4, 2008). Further solidifying the Daytona/Super Bowl connection, Super Bowl LV MVP Tom Brady =74 was 7 years 140 days old when McDowell =1704 was born. The 2021 Daytona 500 was 7 years 40 days after The Simpsons episode “Steal This Episode” aired and in that episode NASCAR =474 footage is shown for the purpose of censoring information.
Car crash =222. While performing a qualifying attempt for the 2008 Samsung 500 =202 at Texas Motor Speedway =222 on April 4, 2008, Michael McDowell had an accident that was strikingly similar to that of another racer with a road-racing background; Gordon Smiley (who died in a crash during Indianapolis 500 time trials at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway =122 in 1982). McDowell’s right front sway bar broke entering Turn 1, which caused the car to hit the SAFER =22 barrier almost head on at approximately 185 miles per hour (298 km/h), according to data obtained and reported by SPEED channel (185 mph to zero mph in one foot, as reported by SPEED’s Bob Dillner, before accelerating in the other direction). Speed =22. Michael McDowell’s crash at Texas was 121 months 20 days after Dale Earnhardt =220 won his only Daytona 500. Ralph Dale Earnhardt Sr =2022. McDowell’s birthday is 12/21 and he was born 2 years 220 days after Gordon Smiley =220 died instantaneously when his car hit the wall nose first traveling nearly 200 MPH, qualifying for the Indianapolis 500 =222. McDowell won the 2021 Daytona 500 =222 a curious 2,022 weeks 1 day after Gordon =222 Smiley’s death.
Let’s wrap it up with a reemphasis on something I’ve already mentioned. I’ll just say it a different way. McDowell’s main sponsor is Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores (Love’s) and they use a heart as part of their logo. So that means the only racecar on the track with a heart painted onto it, the “Love’s car”, won the 2021 Daytona 500 that began Valentine’s Day, the day of love, represented by hearts. Crazy coincidence or rigged race? Or is it just how our “reality” works? Saint Valentine’s Day =214 is celebrated on 2/14. Love conquers all =214.
- I Love You =124. Michael McDowell =124 was born 12 years 4 days after the release of the original film The Heartbreak Kid. The 2021 Daytona 500 began 2,141 weeks after The J. Geils Band released the album Love Stinks =124.
Cupid =24. Heart =24. Michael McDowell was born a span of 20,400 days after the St. Valentine’s Day massacre. Love’s =241.
Michael McDowell was 2,014 days old when the film Days of Thunder released in the US.
Earnhardt sounds like ‘earn-heart’ to me. McDowell was born a span of 214 weeks after Dale Earnhardt =240 won the 1980 Winston Cup Series, Earnhardt’s first Winston Cup championship.
While we’re on the subject of crazy coincidences. Remember that time the #3 Chevy driven by Austin Dillon won the Daytona 500 on the 17 year anniversary of the #3 Chevy driven by Dale Earnhardt crashing in the final lap of the Daytona 500. That 17 year span is also 204 months and Austin Dillon =42 was 10 years 42 weeks old when Dale Earnhardt =42 died. Austin Dillion finished in 3rd place at the 2021 Daytona 500 and Dillion’s upcoming birthday will be a span of 2 months 14 days after the 2021 Valentine’s Day Daytona 500. Be my Valentine =204.