Dale Earnhardt, despite winning Twin 125 qualifying races, IROC races, Grand National Series races and even the Daytona 500 in 1998, still had some unfinished business at the World Center of Racing. Until the turn of the century, he had never entered the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona.

The plan for Pratt & Miller Racing was to enter a pair of Goodwrench Service Plus® sponsored Chevrolet® Corvette® C5-R race cars, with road racing veterans Ron Fellows, Johnny O'Connell, Chris Kneifel and Frank Freon piloting the #2 car, along with Andy Pilgrim, Kelly Collins, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and Dale Earnhardt driving the #3 car.

Both Earnhardts handled themselves extremely well, considering they had never driven in an endurance race, nor raced in the rain. The Corvette® C5-R cars maintained a steady pace through the night, intermittent rain and poor visibility. The #2 Corvette® inherited the lead and kept it, when the top running sports prototype blew an engine on Sunday morning. Under gloomy skies and drizzle, the two yellow Corvette® race cars led a parade of GT and sports racers to the checkered flag: First overall and first in class, giving Corvette® the most significant racing victory ever. The #3 car finished fourth, after stoping for repairs during the night.

Later in the year, during "The 24 Hours of Le Mans", another battle of attrition was joined, with both C5-R machines out running or out lasting their competition. This day, it was Ron Fellows, Johnny O'Connell, and Scott Pruett driving the #63 car to 8th overall and 1st in GTS, with Andy Pilgrim, Kelly Collins, and Frank Freon not far behind in the #64 car, second in GTS. As both Corvette® racers took the checkered flag, side by side on that damp dreary afternoon in France, it was most appropriate that they wore black fender flash with the famous number 3 to commemorate the team's fallen comrade, Dale Earnhardt.