Dale Jarrett
| Dale Arnold Jarrett | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Jarrett at Bristol Motor Speedway in 2007 | |||||||
| Born |
November 26, 1956 Conover, North Carolina, United States | ||||||
| Achievements |
1999 Winston Cup Series Champion 1993, 1996, 2000 Daytona 500 Winner 1996, 1999 Brickyard 400 Winner 1996 Coca-Cola 600 Winner 1998 Winston 500 Winner 1996, 2000, 2004 Budweiser Shootout Winner | ||||||
| Awards |
Named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers (1998) 2004 USG Person of the Year Award (2014) NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee | ||||||
| NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career | |||||||
| 668 races run over 24 years | |||||||
| Best finish | 1st (1999) | ||||||
| First race | 1984 Sovran Bank 500 (Martinsville) | ||||||
| Last race | 2008 Food City 500 (Bristol) | ||||||
| First win | 1991 Champion Spark Plug 400 (Michigan) | ||||||
| Last win | 2005 UAW Ford 500 (Talladega) | ||||||
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| NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
| 329 races run over 20 years | |||||||
| Best finish | 4th (1984, 1986) | ||||||
| First race | 1982 Goody's 300 (Daytona) | ||||||
| Last race | 2007 Food City 250 (Bristol) | ||||||
| First win | 1986 L.D. Swain 150 (Rougemont) | ||||||
| Last win | 1995 Jiffy Lube Miami 300 (Homestead) | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of December 20, 2012. | |||||||
Dale Arnold Jarrett (born November 26, 1956) is a former American race car driver and current sports commentator known for winning the 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Series championship. He is the son of two-time Grand National Champion Ned Jarrett, younger brother of Glenn Jarrett; a former NASCAR driver himself and pit commentator, father of former driver Jason Jarrett, and cousin of Todd Jarrett. Beginning in 2007, Jarrett joined the ESPN/ABC broadcasting team as an announcer in select Nationwide Series races.[1] In 2008, after retiring from driving following the 2008 Food City 500, Jarrett joined ESPN permanently as the lead racing analyst replacing Rusty Wallace. In 2015, Jarrett will be part of the NBC Sports Broadcasting Crew for NASCAR events.[2] Jarrett was born in Conover, North Carolina.
Early career
Upon graduation from Newton-Conover High School in 1975, Jarrett was offered a full golf scholarship from the University of South Carolina, which he declined.[3] Jarrett began racing in 1977 at Hickory Motor Speedway, a track his father owned and operated. In his first race, he started in last place but finished in the ninth position. He competed in the Limited Sportsman Division at Hickory, before moving up to the NASCAR Busch Series.
Busch Series
Jarrett began racing in 1982 in the #24 Ford for Horace Isenhower. His best finish was a third at Hickory and he finished sixth in points that season, finishing in the top-ten fourteen times over the course of the season. He did not win a race in 1983, but won four poles and had seventeen top-fives moving into fifth in the standings. In 1984, the team received sponsorship from Econo Lodge, Valvoline, and Budweiser and had six front row starts and nineteen top-10's, finishing a career-best fourth in the final standings.
That same year, Jarrett made his Cup debut. Driving the #02 Chevrolet for Emanuel Zervakis at Martinsville Speedway, he qualified 24th and finished fourteenth. He made two more Cup starts that season, at the Firecracker 400 for Jimmy Means, and the Warner W. Hodgdon American 500. In 1986, Jarrett won six poles and his first career Busch race at Orange County Speedway in the Nationwise Auto Parts Pontiac. He won his second career race at Hickory the next year, his final full-time season in Busch.
Jarrett enjoyed the majority of his success in the Busch Series during the 1990 and 1991 seasons.[4] Led by crew chief John Ervin[5] and engine builder Ron Hutter, Jarrett scored nearly half of his career wins during these two seasons. All of the wins occurred at Winston Cup tracks Bristol, Charlotte, Rockingham and twice at Darlington. However, Jarrett only ran a partial schedule and his sponsor Nestle Crunch moved the sponsorship in 1992 to Bill Davis Racing, which was a team running the full Busch Series schedule with driver Jeff Gordon.
In 1995 Jarrett joined Robert Yates Racing to pilot their Ford Thunderbirds at the Winston Cup level. His Busch Series team also made the switch to Ford as well. With engines provided by Robert Yates and sponsorship from Mac Tools, Jarrett scored four wins during the season. However, only three of the wins counted. His win at Michigan was disqualified due to an unapproved engine part.[6]
1987–1991
In 1987, Jarrett replaced Tommy Ellis in the #18 Chevrolet owned by Eric Freelander early in the season. Running a primarily-unsponsored car, he had two tenth-place finishes and ended the season 26th in points, second to Davey Allison for Rookie of the Year honors. He ran every race of the 1988 season, despite running with various teams. He made most of his starts in the #29 Hardee's Oldsmobile owned by Cale Yarborough, finishing eighth at Riverside International Raceway. He also ran races for Buddy Arrington and Hoss Ellington that season, finishing twenty-third in the final standings. He ran the entire season for Yarborough in 1989, posting five top-ten finishes, including two fifth-place runs.
Jarrett began 1990 without a ride before taking over the #21 Citgo Ford Thunderbird for Wood Brothers Racing at the Valleydale Meats 500, replacing the injured Neil Bonnett. He finished in the top-ten seven times during the season and finished 25th in the final standings despite missing the first five races of the season. The following season, Jarrett won his first career Winston Cup race at Michigan International Speedway, and finished a then career-best 17th in the final standings.
1992–1999
Despite the win, Jarrett left Wood Brothers to drive the #18 Interstate Batteries-sponsored Chevrolet for the fledging Joe Gibbs Racing team. In their first year of competition, Jarrett had two top-fives but dropped to nineteenth in points.
In 1993, Jarrett won the Daytona 500 after battling Dale Earnhardt (commonly referred to as "The Dale and Dale Show"). While Jarrett did not win again that season, he had a total of thirteen top-fives and finished fourth in the final standings. The next season, Jarrett won the Mello Yello 500, but chose to step down from the Gibbs organization at the end of the season.
Jarrett signed to drive for Robert Yates in 1995, piloting the #28 Texaco-sponsored Ford in place of an injured Ernie Irvan. He won his first race for Yates at Pocono Raceway and finished 13th in the final standings. When it was announced Irvan, who had returned toward the end of the year in a Texaco Havoline-sponsored Yates car numbered 88, would return to the 28 after a year-long absence due to injuries, Yates had planned to help Jarrett compete in his own team with Hooters sponsorship. The deal fell through, however, and Yates promoted the 88 car to full-time in Winston Cup, with Ford assuming sponsorship through its Quality Care Service and Ford Credit divisions. In 1996, Jarrett won the Daytona 500 for a second time, and finished in the Top 2 in each of the first three races of the season. He also won the Coca-Cola 600 and the Brickyard 400 and finished third in the final standings behind the Hendrick Motorsports teammates Terry Labonte and Jeff Gordon. Jarrett's kissing of the bricks at Indianapolis started a tradition that has been used by every NASCAR team at the race since then, and at the Indianapolis 500 since 2003.
The following season, he won a career-best seven races but lost the championship to Jeff Gordon by fourteen points, who by Jarrett's own admission on August 25, 2012, was "eleven hundred times the driver I ever dreamed of being".
In 1998, Jarrett won three races, and finished second in the last two races of the year, ending up third in the final standings to Jeff Gordon, despite suffering gallbladder problems, which made him miss the exhibition race in Japan. After an offseason surgery, Jarrett returned in 1999 and took the points lead after his first win of the season at the Pontiac Excitement 400, and held it for the rest of the season, when he won his first career Winston Cup title by 201 points over Bobby Labonte, with four wins - Richmond, Michigan, Daytona, and Indianapolis. He also retired from the Busch Series to become a part-time owner, partnering with National Football League quarterback Brett Favre to field the #11 Rayovac Ford for his son Jason, Yates teammate Kenny Irwin, Jr., and Steve Grissom.[7] He had 11 wins in the Busch Series when he retired.
2000–2005
Following his title in 1999, Jarrett won the Daytona 500 for the third time in 2000, but after only winning one other race and dropping to fourth in the standings, Ford elected to withdraw as a primary sponsor (although Ford Credit remained as a secondary sponsor). United Parcel Service was signed as the primary sponsor for Jarrett's car, and shortly thereafter UPS began a multi-year promotional campaign involving the company trying to convince him to drive their trademark "Big Brown Truck" in a race.
In 2001, he won 3 of the first 8 races (Darlington, Texas, and Martinsville) of the season and resumed the points lead (trading it with Jeff Gordon, with the two of them having the same point totals for a few different weeks), but won only one more time over the course of the year and faded back to fifth in the standings. This was a good and bad year for Jarrett; the good thing was that he won 4 races (New Hampshire was the fourth win in July). The thing (that was) bad about it was that he suffered a hard crash and a minor concussion at the new Kansas Speedway. Jarrett said in an interview that he does not remember being in the Protection One 400, he only remembers getting on the plane to go to the racetrack. After that season, Jarrett's long-time crew chief Todd Parrott departed and was replaced by Jimmy Elledge. After 7 races of the 2002 season, Parrott rejoined Jarrett, who clinched two victories (Pocono and Michigan) and rebounded to ninth in the final standings after the poor start to the year.
In 2003, Jarrett began the season by winning at North Carolina Speedway, but only posted 5 more Top 10 finishes, relegating him to 26th in the final standings. He rebounded in 2004 to finish 15th in points, despite not winning a race for the first time since 1992. In 2005, Jarrett had an up-and-down year. At Bristol in the NBS, he was crashed by Shane Hmiel. When Jarrett confronted Hmiel under a red flag, Hmiel flipped him off drawing a fine from NASCAR. Jarrett was not penalized for any part he had in the wreck.
Later Jarrett got his last career NASCAR Cup series win at Talladega Superspeedway, again finishing 15th in the standings.
2006–2008
During the 2006 season, Jarrett had four Top 10 finishes, with a best finish of 4th at Kansas. His best starting position was 2nd and he finished 23rd in points. It was his last year racing for Yates, as he and his sponsor UPS left for Michael Waltrip Racing's new #44 Toyota team.
Jarrett started the 2007 Nextel Cup season on a high note as he drew pole position for the annual exhibition race, the Budweiser Shootout, at Daytona. He finished 18th out of 21 cars. Since Jarrett's team was a brand new team and had no owner points, and due to a rule change, he was eligible to use the Past Champion's Provisional five times as his 1999 championship was the most recent among past champions who were driving for teams not in the top 35 in owner points; prior to the rule change the use of a Past Champion's Provisional was not limited.
Jarrett was forced to use all five of his provisionals at the start of the season, starting at Daytona mainly because Michael Waltrip Racing was penalized by NASCAR for an illegal fuel additive during Speedweeks and the penalties knocked Jarrett, Waltrip and Reutimann out of the Top 35 in owner points-the safety net for qualifying regardless of rain and cancellations of qualifying.
Jarrett started 43rd in the Daytona 500 and finished 22nd. Jarrett used his last champion's provisional at the spring Talladega race, Aaron's 499. For the rest of 2007, Jarrett had to get into that weekend's race on time. Jarrett missed 11 races in 2007 as a result.
During an interview on Speed, Jarrett said after his contract is up with MWR (which was expected to be in the 2009 season), he would retire, but the timetable was pushed up in October 2007 prior to the 2007 Bank of America 500. Jarrett retired from points racing after the 2008 Food City 500, turning the #44 Toyota ride to David Reutimann. His final race was the All-Star race in May, 2008 after which he joined ESPN's NASCAR coverage full-time as a booth announcer.
However, Jarrett was not guaranteed to start the first five races using the champion's provisional as he had the year before as Kurt Busch, the 2004 champion, had his team's owner points transferred to his teammate Sam Hornish, Jr. and would be first to receive it. Jarrett started off 2008 with a 16th place finish at Daytona. He retired from points racing after the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. At the weekend's pre-race driver's meeting, he spoke to the other drivers, saying
"Enjoy this. We all have our time in this, and mine has been fantastic. To me, it has been an honor and a privilege to be able to race in this series and say I raced with and against and sometimes beat the best in the world. Thanks for allowing me to do that. Enjoy it. It's a great sport, and you guys make it what it is."[8]
Motorsports career results
NASCAR
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Sprint Cup Series
| NASCAR Sprint Cup Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | NSCC | Pts | |||
| 1984 | Zervakis Enterprises | 02 | Chevy | DAY | RCH | CAR | ATL | BRI | NWS | DAR | MAR 14 |
TAL | NSV | DOV | CLT | RSD | POC | MCH | CAR 37 |
ATL | RSD | 72nd | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jimmy Means Racing | 52 | Pontiac | DAY 23 |
NSV | POC | TAL | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | MAR | CLT | NWS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1986 | Curb Racing | 98 | Pontiac | DAY | RCH | CAR | ATL | BRI | DAR | NWS | MAR | TAL | DOV | CLT | RSD | POC | MCH | DAY | POC | TAL | GLN | MCH | BRI 29 |
DAR | RCH | DOV | MAR | NWS | CLT | CAR | ATL | RSD | 107th | 76 | ||||||||||
| 1987 | Freelander Motorsports | 18 | Chevy | DAY | CAR | RCH | ATL | DAR | NWS 12 |
BRI 10 |
MAR 29 |
TAL 28 |
CLT 38 |
DOV 35 |
POC 35 |
RSD 18 |
MCH 20 |
DAY 23 |
POC 12 |
TAL 21 |
GLN 36 |
MCH 39 |
BRI 12 |
DAR 15 |
RCH 27 |
DOV 38 |
MAR 10 |
NWS 18 |
CLT 34 |
CAR 16 |
RSD 17 |
ATL 36 |
26th | 1840 | ||||||||||
| 1988 | Ellington Racing | 1 | Buick | DAY 16 |
ATL DNQ |
TAL 11 |
MCH 25 |
DAY 14 |
TAL 37 |
MCH 41 |
CLT 37 |
ATL 41 |
23rd | 2622 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cale Yarborough Motorsports | 29 | Olds | RCH 26 |
CAR 16 |
DAR 12 |
BRI 28 |
NWS 21 |
MAR 13 |
DOV 20 |
RSD 8 |
POC 13 |
POC 25 |
GLN 11 |
BRI 26 |
DAR 34 |
RCH 15 |
DOV 28 |
MAR 32 |
NWS 23 |
CAR 32 |
PHO 31 |
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| Ball Racing | 99 | Chevy | ATL 29 |
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| Arrington Racing | 67 | Chevy | CLT 41 |
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| 1989 | Cale Yarborough Motorsports | 29 | Pontiac | DAY 32 |
CAR 11 |
ATL 9 |
RCH 23 |
DAR 40 |
BRI 22 |
NWS 19 |
MAR 15 |
TAL 40 |
CLT 28 |
DOV 11 |
SON 42 |
POC 7 |
MCH 22 |
DAY 31 |
POC 18 |
TAL 23 |
GLN 23 |
MCH 38 |
BRI 10 |
DAR 20 |
RCH 35 |
DOV 23 |
MAR 5 |
CLT 24 |
NWS 27 |
CAR 39 |
PHO 5 |
ATL 16 |
24th | 2789 | ||||||||||
| 1990 | Wood Brothers Racing | 21 | Ford | DAY | RCH | CAR | ATL | DAR | BRI 11 |
NWS 14 |
MAR 30 |
TAL 34 |
CLT 32 |
DOV 12 |
SON 14 |
POC 31 |
MCH 34 |
DAY 8 |
POC 18 |
TAL 39 |
GLN 20 |
MCH 10 |
BRI 7 |
DAR 28 |
RCH 29 |
DOV 6 |
MAR 10 |
NWS 19 |
CLT 10 |
CAR 16 |
PHO 30 |
ATL 4 |
25th | 2558 | ||||||||||
| 1991 | DAY 6 |
RCH 21 |
CAR 11 |
ATL 20 |
DAR 39 |
BRI 7 |
NWS 25 |
MAR 12 |
TAL 35 |
CLT 5 |
DOV 35 |
SON 41 |
POC 19 |
MCH 12 |
DAY 18 |
POC 6 |
TAL 8 |
GLN 5 |
MCH 1 |
BRI 28 |
DAR 25 |
RCH 20 |
DOV 34 |
MAR 18 |
NWS 9 |
CLT 26 |
CAR 25 |
PHO 35 |
ATL 16 |
17th | 3124 | |||||||||||||
| 1992 | Joe Gibbs Racing | 18 | Chevy | DAY 36 |
CAR 37 |
RCH 13 |
ATL 11 |
DAR 21 |
BRI 2 |
NWS 17 |
MAR 28 |
TAL 7 |
CLT 12 |
DOV 27 |
SON 39 |
POC 22 |
MCH 24 |
DAY 3 |
POC 10 |
TAL 21 |
GLN 15 |
MCH 8 |
BRI 17 |
DAR 6 |
RCH 25 |
DOV 12 |
MAR 23 |
NWS 10 |
CLT 24 |
CAR 15 |
PHO 20 |
ATL 10 |
19th | 3251 | ||||||||||
| 1993 | DAY 1 |
CAR 6 |
RCH 4 |
ATL 31 |
DAR 3 |
BRI 32 |
NWS 32 |
MAR 3 |
TAL 3 |
SON 13 |
CLT 3 |
DOV 2 |
POC 19 |
MCH 4 |
DAY 8 |
NHA 4 |
POC 8 |
TAL 5 |
GLN 32 |
MCH 4 |
BRI 31 |
DAR 12 |
RCH 14 |
DOV 4 |
MAR 5 |
NWS 9 |
CLT 26 |
CAR 30 |
PHO 16 |
ATL 7 |
4th | 4000 | ||||||||||||
| 1994 | DAY 35 |
CAR 18 |
RCH 10 |
ATL 35 |
DAR 4 |
BRI 36 |
NWS 25 |
MAR 21 |
TAL 21 |
SON 12 |
CLT 4 |
DOV 29 |
POC 20 |
MCH 14 |
DAY 11 |
NHA 14 |
POC 10 |
TAL 39 |
IND 40 |
GLN 11 |
MCH 30 |
BRI 26 |
DAR 9 |
RCH 16 |
DOV 34 |
MAR 5 |
NWS DNQ |
CLT 1 |
CAR 12 |
PHO 9 |
ATL 9 |
16th | 3298 | |||||||||||
| 1995 | Robert Yates Racing | 28 | Ford | DAY 5 |
CAR 5 |
RCH 25 |
ATL 5 |
DAR 38 |
BRI 6 |
NWS 11 |
MAR 7 |
TAL 19 |
SON 23 |
CLT 32 |
DOV 40 |
POC 38 |
MCH 6 |
DAY 42 |
NHA 30 |
POC 1 |
TAL 2 |
IND 3 |
GLN 17 |
MCH 33 |
BRI 3 |
DAR 28 |
RCH 4 |
DOV 30 |
MAR 10 |
NWS 7 |
CLT 5 |
CAR 23 |
PHO 11 |
ATL 31 |
13th | 3584 | ||||||||
| 1996 | 88 | DAY 1 |
CAR 2 |
RCH 2 |
ATL 11 |
DAR 15 |
BRI 6 |
NWS 11 |
MAR 29 |
TAL 2 |
SON 12 |
CLT 1 |
DOV 36 |
POC 38 |
MCH 10 |
DAY 6 |
NHA 2 |
POC 3 |
TAL 2 |
IND 1 |
GLN 24 |
MCH 1 |
BRI 4 |
DAR 14 |
RCH 4 |
DOV 3 |
MAR 16 |
NWS 3 |
CLT 3 |
CAR 2 |
PHO 8 |
ATL 2 |
3rd | 4568 | ||||||||||
| 1997 | DAY 23 |
CAR 2 |
RCH 3 |
ATL 1 |
DAR 1 |
TEX 2 |
BRI 4 |
MAR 16 |
SON 4 |
TAL 35 |
CLT 27 |
DOV 32 |
POC 3 |
MCH 6 |
CAL 8 |
DAY 5 |
NHA 38 |
POC 1 |
IND 3 |
GLN 32 |
MCH 5 |
BRI 1 |
DAR 3 |
RCH 1 |
NHA 6 |
DOV 5 |
MAR 12 |
CLT 1 |
TAL 21 |
CAR 2 |
PHO 1 |
ATL 2 |
2nd | 4696 | ||||||||||
| 1998 | DAY 34 |
CAR 7 |
LVS 40 |
ATL 2 |
DAR 1 |
BRI 3 |
TEX 11 |
MAR 3 |
TAL 3 |
CAL 41 |
CLT 5 |
DOV 1 |
RCH 2 |
MCH 2 |
POC 3 |
SON 15 |
NHA 7 |
POC 5 |
IND 16 |
GLN 5 |
MCH 3 |
BRI 4 |
NHA 4 |
DAR 3 |
RCH 16 |
DOV 7 |
MAR 42 |
CLT 24 |
TAL 1 |
DAY 23 |
PHO 32 |
CAR 2 |
ATL 2 |
3rd | 4619 | |||||||||
| 1999 | DAY 37 |
CAR 2 |
LVS 11 |
ATL 5 |
DAR 4 |
TEX 2 |
BRI 3 |
MAR 8 |
TAL 2 |
CAL 5 |
RCH 1 |
CLT 5 |
DOV 5 |
MCH 1 |
POC 3 |
SON 6 |
DAY 1 |
NHA 4 |
POC 2 |
IND 1 |
GLN 4 |
MCH 4 |
BRI 38 |
DAR 16 |
RCH 3 |
NHA 18 |
DOV 3 |
MAR 10 |
CLT 7 |
TAL 2 |
CAR 4 |
PHO 6 |
HOM 5 |
ATL 2 |
1st | 5262 | ||||||||
| 2000 | DAY 1 |
CAR 5 |
LVS 7 |
ATL 36 |
DAR 2 |
BRI 21 |
TEX 33 |
MAR 5 |
TAL 17 |
CAL 9 |
RCH 3 |
CLT 5 |
DOV 4 |
MCH 4 |
POC 2 |
SON 7 |
DAY 2 |
NHA 7 |
POC 4 |
IND 7 |
GLN 7 |
MCH 4 |
BRI 9 |
DAR 5 |
RCH 31 |
NHA 4 |
DOV 32 |
MAR 6 |
CLT 40 |
TAL 15 |
CAR 1 |
PHO 10 |
HOM 17 |
ATL 15 |
4th | 4684 | ||||||||
| 2001 | DAY 22 |
CAR 10 |
LVS 2 |
ATL 4 |
DAR 1 |
BRI 16 |
TEX 1 |
MAR 1 |
TAL 18 |
CAL 24 |
RCH 15 |
CLT 8 |
DOV 5 |
MCH 18 |
POC 3 |
SON 26 |
DAY 11 |
CHI 4 |
NHA 1 |
POC 41 |
IND 12 |
GLN 31 |
MCH 37 |
BRI 6 |
DAR 34 |
RCH 4 |
DOV 12 |
KAN 30 |
CLT 6 |
MAR 2 |
TAL 25 |
PHO 9 |
CAR 4 |
HOM 41 |
ATL 8 |
NHA 10 |
5th | 4612 | ||||||
| 2002 | DAY 14 |
CAR 42 |
LVS 7 |
ATL 13 |
DAR 40 |
BRI 29 |
TEX 24 |
MAR 4 |
TAL 6 |
CAL 6 |
RCH 38 |
CLT 19 |
DOV 5 |
POC 1 |
MCH 2 |
SON 15 |
DAY 35 |
CHI 11 |
NHA 3 |
POC 4 |
IND 10 |
GLN 37 |
MCH 1 |
BRI 28 |
DAR 5 |
RCH 31 |
NHA 7 |
DOV 3 |
KAN 39 |
TAL 9 |
CLT 14 |
MAR 8 |
ATL 3 |
CAR 12 |
PHO 9 |
HOM 15 |
9th | 4415 | ||||||
| 2003 | DAY 10 |
CAR 1 |
LVS 41 |
ATL 21 |
DAR 18 |
BRI 36 |
TEX 13 |
TAL 12 |
MAR 20 |
CAL 37 |
RCH 36 |
CLT 9 |
DOV 39 |
POC 42 |
MCH 32 |
SON 42 |
DAY 10 |
CHI 30 |
NHA 7 |
POC 21 |
IND 39 |
GLN 7 |
MCH 23 |
BRI 7 |
DAR 34 |
RCH 21 |
NHA 41 |
DOV 18 |
TAL 19 |
KAN 33 |
CLT 22 |
MAR 11 |
ATL 12 |
PHO 29 |
CAR 38 |
HOM 26 |
26th | 3358 | ||||||
| 2004 | DAY 10 |
CAR 40 |
LVS 11 |
ATL 9 |
DAR 32 |
BRI 21 |
TEX 18 |
MAR 10 |
TAL 16 |
CAL 24 |
RCH 13 |
CLT 18 |
DOV 11 |
POC 26 |
MCH 3 |
SON 18 |
DAY 16 |
CHI 3 |
NHA 9 |
POC 24 |
IND 2 |
GLN 27 |
MCH 3 |
BRI 10 |
CAL 8 |
RCH 26 |
NHA 27 |
DOV 4 |
TAL 3 |
KAN 8 |
CLT 6 |
MAR 37 |
ATL 15 |
PHO 22 |
DAR 37 |
HOM 24 |
15th | 4214 | ||||||
| 2005 | DAY 15 |
CAL 11 |
LVS 18 |
ATL 23 |
BRI 5 |
MAR 14 |
TEX 14 |
PHO 23 |
TAL 9 |
DAR 15 |
RCH 34 |
CLT 8 |
DOV 23 |
POC 13 |
MCH 24 |
SON 5 |
DAY 5 |
CHI 18 |
NHA 16 |
POC 15 |
IND 14 |
GLN 22 |
MCH 34 |
BRI 31 |
CAL 24 |
RCH 39 |
NHA 18 |
DOV 15 |
TAL 1 |
KAN 38 |
CLT 30 |
MAR 31 |
ATL 14 |
TEX 12 |
PHO 9 |
HOM 17 |
15th | 3960 | ||||||
| 2006 | DAY 10 |
CAL 17 |
LVS 19 |
ATL 9 |
BRI 20 |
MAR 15 |
TEX 17 |
PHO 19 |
TAL 12 |
RCH 21 |
DAR 24 |
CLT 43 |
DOV 24 |
POC 38 |
MCH 20 |
SON 34 |
DAY 22 |
CHI 31 |
NHA 31 |
POC 28 |
IND 28 |
GLN 26 |
MCH 36 |
BRI 15 |
CAL 10 |
RCH 21 |
NHA 28 |
DOV 15 |
KAN 4 |
TAL 12 |
CLT 41 |
MAR 16 |
ATL 11 |
TEX 29 |
PHO 39 |
HOM 31 |
23rd | 3438 | ||||||
| 2007 | Michael Waltrip Racing | 44 | Toyota | DAY 22 |
CAL 32 |
LVS 33 |
ATL 36 |
BRI 42 |
MAR 28 |
TEX 30 |
PHO 29 |
TAL 40 |
RCH DNQ |
DAR DNQ |
CLT 40 |
DOV 43 |
POC DNQ |
MCH DNQ |
SON 26 |
NHA DNQ |
DAY 27 |
CHI DNQ |
IND DNQ |
POC 42 |
GLN 29 |
MCH DNQ |
BRI 34 |
CAL DNQ |
RCH 31 |
NHA DNQ |
DOV 41 |
KAN 26 |
TAL 41 |
CLT DNQ |
MAR 30 |
ATL 19 |
TEX 38 |
PHO DNQ |
HOM 17 |
41st | 1584 | |||
| 2008 | DAY 16 |
CAL 33 |
LVS 39 |
ATL 26 |
BRI 37 |
MAR | TEX | PHO | TAL | RCH | DAR | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | SON | NHA | DAY | CHI | IND | POC | GLN | MCH | BRI | CAL | RCH | NHA | DOV | KAN | TAL | CLT | MAR | ATL | TEX | PHO | HOM | 54th | 367 | ||||||
Daytona 500 Results
| Year | Team | Manufacturer | Start | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Ellington Racing | Buick | 36 | 16 |
| 1989 | Cale Yarborough Motorsports | Pontiac | 20 | 32 |
| 1991 | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 17 | 6 |
| 1992 | Joe Gibbs Racing | Chevrolet | 35 | 36 |
| 1993 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 1994 | 41 | 35 | ||
| 1995 | Robert Yates Racing | Ford | 1 | 5 |
| 1996 | 7 | 1 | ||
| 1997 | 3 | 23 | ||
| 1998 | 5 | 34 | ||
| 1999 | 8 | 37 | ||
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2001 | 31 | 22 | ||
| 2002 | 21 | 14 | ||
| 2003 | 11 | 10 | ||
| 2004 | 31 | 10 | ||
| 2005 | 1 | 15 | ||
| 2006 | 25 | 10 | ||
| 2007 | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | 43 | 22 |
| 2008 | 20 | 16 |
Busch Series
| NASCAR Busch Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | NBGNC | Points | |
| 1982 | Thackston Racing | 24 | Ford | DAY 10 |
RCH 6 |
MAR 12 |
HCY 8 |
SBO | CRW 7 |
RCH 21 |
LGY 13 |
HCY 9 |
ASH 10 |
HCY 6 |
SBO 7 |
CAR 8 |
CRW 6 |
SBO 9 |
HCY 21 |
LGY 9 |
IRP 13 |
HCY 8 |
RCH 25 |
HCY 3 |
MAR 37 |
6th | 3415 | ||||||||||||||
| Isenhower Racing | 32 | Pontiac | BRI 25 |
DAR 19 |
CLT 29 |
MAR 12 |
CLT 30 |
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| Ford | DOV 11 |
BRI 26 |
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| 1983 | Pontiac | DAY 14 |
RCH 24 |
CAR 13 |
HCY 7 |
MAR 24 |
NWS 14 |
SBO 9 |
GPS 3 |
DOV 26 |
BRI 2 |
CLT 18 |
SBO 5 |
HCY 9 |
ROU 21 |
SBO 22 |
ROU 3 |
CRW 5 |
ROU 5 |
SBO 3 |
HCY 5 |
LGY 2 |
IRP 6 |
GPS 2 |
BRI 14 |
HCY 3 |
DAR 32 |
RCH 3 |
NWS 18 |
SBO 15 |
MAR 3 |
ROU 2 |
CLT 14 |
HCY 3 |
MAR 2 |
5th | 4837 | ||||
| Ford | LGY 3 |
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| 1984 | Pontiac | DAY 18 |
RCH 2 |
CAR 20 |
HCY 7 |
MAR 2 |
ROU 8 |
NSV 6 |
LGY 3 |
MLW 6 |
SBO 7 |
HCY 20 |
ROU 4 |
SBO 9 |
ROU 16 |
HCY 6 |
IRP 5 |
LGY 3 |
SBO 17 |
BRI 17 |
RCH 15 |
NWS 8 |
HCY 3 |
MAR 5 |
4th | 4014 | |||||||||||||||
| Buick | DAR 7 |
DOV 11 |
CLT 26 |
DAR 3 |
CLT 6 |
CAR 22 |
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| 1985 | Olds | DAY 9 |
CAR 4 |
HCY 6 |
BRI 28 |
MAR 16 |
DAR 6 |
SBO 7 |
LGY 14 |
DOV 13 |
CLT 13 |
SBO 6 |
HCY 15 |
ROU 10 |
IRP 5 |
SBO 3 |
LGY 6 |
HCY 3 |
MLW 4 |
BRI 12 |
RCH 2 |
NWS 5 |
ROU 3 |
CLT 13 |
HCY 6 |
CAR 5 |
MAR 19 |
5th | 3774 | ||||||||||||
| 52 | Pontiac | DAR 15 |
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| 1986 | 32 | DAY 22 |
CAR 15 |
HCY 9 |
MAR 5 |
BRI 24 |
DAR 20 |
SBO 21 |
LGY 5 |
JFC 2 |
DOV 4 |
CLT 37 |
SBO 6 |
HCY 5 |
ROU 2 |
IRP 7 |
SBO 3 |
RAL 21 |
OXF 40 |
SBO 3 |
HCY 12 |
LGY 4 |
ROU 1 |
BRI 4 |
DAR 17 |
RCH 2 |
DOV 22 |
MAR 5 |
ROU 6 |
CLT 12 |
CAR 3 |
MAR 6 |
4th | 4186 | |||||||
| 1987 | Buick | DAY 32 |
DAR 19 |
CLT 34 |
DOV 20 |
DAR 14 |
DOV 14 |
CLT 15 |
CAR 13 |
5th | 3384 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pontiac | HCY 16 |
MAR 2 |
BRI 3 |
LGY 15 |
SBO 7 |
IRP 33 |
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| Chevy | ROU 9 |
JFC 3 |
OXF 7 |
SBO 23 |
HCY 1 |
RAL 19 |
LGY 5 |
ROU 16 |
BRI 6 |
JFC 13 |
RCH 9 |
MAR 13 |
MAR 6 |
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| 1988 | Olds | DAY 5 |
HCY 5 |
CAR 3 |
MAR 25 |
DAR 3 |
BRI 20 |
LNG | NZH | SBO | NSV | CLT 1 |
DOV 30 |
ROU | LAN | LVL | MYB | OXF | SBO | HCY | LNG | IRP | ROU | BRI 32 |
DAR 35 |
RCH 34 |
DOV | MAR 30 |
CLT 10 |
CAR 40 |
MAR 11 |
26th | 1607 | ||||||||
| 1989 | Pontiac | DAY 13 |
CAR 21 |
MAR | HCY 5 |
DAR 31 |
BRI | NZH | SBO | LAN | NSV | CLT 6 |
DOV | ROU | LVL | VOL | MYB | SBO | HCY | DUB | IRP | ROU | BRI 4 |
DAR 40 |
RCH | DOV | MAR 31 |
CLT 3 |
CAR 27 |
MAR | 34th | 1049 | |||||||||
| 1990 | DAY 9 |
RCH 4 |
CAR 7 |
MAR 3 |
HCY 27 |
DAR 35 |
BRI 2 |
LAN | SBO | NZH | HCY | CLT 1 |
DOV DNQ |
ROU | VOL | MYB 17 |
OXF | NHA 8 |
SBO | DUB | IRP 12 |
ROU | BRI 2 |
DAR 1 |
RCH 8 |
DOV 4 |
MAR 3 |
CLT 3 |
NHA | CAR 9 |
MAR | 19th | 2473 | ||||||||
| 1991 | DAJ Racing | DAY 31 |
RCH 4 |
CAR 1 |
MAR 2 |
VOL | HCY 19 |
DAR 1 |
BRI 24 |
LAN | SBO | NZH | CLT | DOV 31 |
ROU | HCY | MYB | GLN | OXF | NHA 38 |
SBO | DUB | IRP 7 |
ROU | BRI 1 |
DAR 14 |
RCH 3 |
DOV 31 |
CLT 28 |
NHA | CAR 2 |
MAR 3 |
23rd | 2172 | |||||||
| 1992 | Chevy | DAY 44 |
CAR | RCH | 28th | 1304 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | ATL 9 |
MAR | DAR 14 |
BRI 4 |
HCY | LAN | DUB | NZH | CLT 5 |
DOV | ROU | MYB | GLN | VOL | NHA | TAL | IRP | ROU | MCH 6 |
NHA | BRI 27 |
DAR 2 |
RCH 16 |
DOV | CLT 36 |
MAR | CAR | HCY 12 |
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| 1993 | 32 | DAY | CAR | RCH | DAR 9 |
BRI | HCY 29 |
ROU | MAR | NZH | CLT 3 |
DOV 4 |
MYB | GLN | MLW | TAL 31 |
IRP | MCH | NHA | BRI 31 |
DAR | RCH 9 |
DOV | ROU | CLT 37 |
MAR | CAR 16 |
HCY 7 |
ATL | 34th | 1130 | ||||||||||
| 1994 | DAY 2 |
CAR 40 |
RCH | ATL 9 |
MAR | DAR 38 |
HCY | BRI 4 |
ROU | NHA | NZH | CLT 36 |
DOV 21 |
MYB | GLN | MLW | SBO | TAL 35 |
HCY | IRP | MCH | BRI | DAR 2 |
RCH | DOV 11 |
CLT 20 |
MAR | CAR | 36th | 1176 | |||||||||||
| 1995 | Ford | DAY 38 |
CAR | RCH | ATL 34 |
NSV | DAR | BRI 12 |
HCY | NHA 31 |
NZH | CLT 25 |
DOV 5 |
MYB | GLN | MLW 1 |
TAL | SBO | IRP | MCH 42 |
BRI | DAR | RCH 1 |
DOV | CLT 2 |
CAR 28 |
HOM 1 |
32nd | 1376 | ||||||||||||
| 1996 | DAY 2 |
CAR 38 |
RCH 9 |
ATL DNQ |
NSV | DAR 6 |
BRI 15 |
HCY | NZH | CLT 6 |
DOV 6 |
SBO | MYB | GLN | MLW 41 |
NHA | TAL 32 |
IRP 5 |
MCH 21 |
BRI 2 |
DAR 8 |
RCH DNQ |
DOV 2 |
CLT 32 |
CAR 2 |
HOM 20 |
22nd | 2109 | |||||||||||||
| 1997 | DAY 45 |
CAR 2 |
RCH | ATL 23 |
LVS 11 |
DAR | HCY | TEX 23 |
BRI DNQ |
NSV | TAL | NHA | NZH | CLT 20 |
DOV 6 |
SBO | GLN 8 |
MLW | MYB | GTY | IRP | MCH 40 |
BRI 39 |
DAR | RCH 20 |
DOV | CLT 7 |
CAL | CAR | HOM 16 |
36th | 1364 | |||||||||
| 1998 | DAY | CAR | LVS 5 |
NSV | DAR | BRI 30 |
TEX 29 |
HCY | TAL | NHA | NZH | CLT 12 |
DOV 4 |
RCH DNQ |
PPR | GLN | MLW | MYB | CAL 37 |
SBO | IRP | MCH 17 |
BRI 3 |
DAR 7 |
RCH | DOV 43 |
CLT 12 |
GTY | CAR | ATL 42 |
HOM | 41st | 1284 | ||||||||
| 1999 | Jarrett/Favre Motorsports | 11 | DAY | CAR | LVS | ATL | DAR | TEX | NSV | BRI | TAL | CAL | NHA | RCH | NZH | CLT | DOV | SBO | GLN | MLW | MYB | PPR | GTY | IRP | MCH | BRI | DAR 39 |
RCH | DOV | CLT | CAR | MEM | PHO | HOM | 127th | 46 | |||||
| 2005 | Robert Yates Racing | 90 | Ford | DAY | CAL 10 |
MXC | LVS | ATL | NSH | BRI 30 |
TEX | PHO | TAL | DAR 21 |
RCH | CLT | DOV 4 |
NSH | KEN | MLW | DAY | CHI | NHA | PPR | GTY | IRP | GLN 39 |
MCH | BRI | CAL | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT | MEM | TEX | PHO | HOM | 70th | 513 | |
| 2007 | Michael Waltrip Racing | 44 | Toyota | DAY | CAL | MXC | LVS | ATL | BRI | NSH | TEX | PHO | TAL | RCH | DAR | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | NHA | DAY | CHI | GTY | IRP | CGV | GLN | MCH | BRI 23 |
CAL | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT | MEM | TEX | PHO | HOM | 130th | 94 | |
International Race of Champions
(key) (Bold - Pole position. * – Most laps led.)
| International Race of Champions results | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Pos. | Points |
| 1994 | Dodge | DAY 3 |
DAR 12 |
TAL 3 |
MCH 12 |
8th | 34 |
| 1996 | Pontiac | DAY | TAL | CLT | MCH 9 |
NA | 0 |
| 1997 | DAY 7 |
CLT 10 |
CAL 8 |
MCH 3 |
8th | 34 | |
| 1998 | DAY 6 |
CAL 8 |
MCH 10 |
IND 7 |
10th | 29 | |
| 1999 | DAY 8 |
TAL 10* |
MCH 11 |
IND 6 |
8th | 30 | |
| 2000 | DAY 8 |
TAL 8 |
MCH 5 |
IND 8 |
9th | 31 | |
| 2001 | DAY 1 |
TAL 11 |
MCH | IND 4 |
5th | 47 | |
| 2002 | DAY 12 |
CAL 3 |
CHI 9 |
IND 1* |
3rd | 49 | |
Personal
- Jarrett's brother-in-law is Jimmy Makar who was his crew chief when he drove the 18 car for Joe Gibbs Racing, he is married to Dale's sister Patty.
- Jarrett is an avid golfer and has a 2 handicap in golf and in 2003 was once featured in a commercial with Phil Mickelson, Michael Jordan and Wayne Gretzky where they were golfing at Doral Golf Resort & Spa.
- Jarrett is featured in commercials where he is persuaded to race the UPS Truck, in recent commercials he is featured with father Ned, in one commercial and in others he is trying out the features of the truck.
- In NASCAR 06: Total Team Control, the Big Brown Truck is unlockable as a paintjob for Jarrett.
- Jarrett was a member of the Coca-Cola Racing Family of Drivers when he raced.
- Jarrett and Hall-of-Fame quarterback Terry Bradshaw were co-owners of the now defunct fantasy sports site http://www.PayTheFan.com
- Jarrett was featured in a commercial with Jackie Stewart as Jarrett's "mentor".
- Jarrett is the first cousin of USPSA/IPSC Champion Handgun Shooter, Todd Jarrett.
- Jarrett and former American football quarterback Brett Favre are co-owners of the Dale Jarrett Racing Adventure and Favre was a part owner of Dale Jarrett's Busch Series team.
- Jarrett also owns and operates a Ford dealership in Indian Trail, North Carolina, southeast of Charlotte.
- Jarrett now lives in Hickory, North Carolina
- Jarrett participated in the Olympic Torch Relay in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
References
- ↑ http://www.dalejarrett.com/news.asp?mode=ShowOne&newsid=397&category=Racing_News
- ↑ http://motorsportstalk.nbcsports.com/2015/01/26/nascar-hall-of-famer-dale-jarrett-to-join-nascar-coverage-on-nbc-nbcsn/
- ↑ http://www.dailygamecock.com/article/2015/04/dale-jarrett-reflects-on-career-golf-scholarship-from-sc
- ↑ http://www.racing-reference.info/driver/jarreda01
- ↑ http://racing-reference.info/crewchiefs/John_Ervin
- ↑ http://articles.latimes.com/1995-08-20/sports/sp-37232_1_dale-jarrett
- ↑ Pockrass, Bob (January 31, 2014). "NFL and NASCAR: Former NFL stars who dabbled in stock-car racing". Sporting News. Retrieved March 2, 2014.
- ↑ "Jarrett Retires After 24 Years". Tampa Tribune. 2008-03-16. Retrieved 2008-03-17.
External links
- Dale Jarrett official web site
- NASCAR.com: Dale Jarrett
- Dale Jarrett Fantasy Racing Blog
- Dale Jarrett Racing Adventure
- UPS Racing
- Coca-Cola Racing Family's Dale Jarrett profile
- Dale Jarrett Foundation
- Dale Jarrett ESPN Bio
| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by Jeff Gordon |
NASCAR Winston Cup Champion 1999 |
Succeeded by Bobby Labonte |
| Achievements | ||
| Preceded by Davey Allison |
Daytona 500 Winner 1993 |
Succeeded by Sterling Marlin |
| Preceded by Sterling Marlin |
Daytona 500 Winner 1996 |
Succeeded by Jeff Gordon |
| Preceded by Jeff Gordon |
Daytona 500 Winner 2000 |
Succeeded by Michael Waltrip |
| Preceded by Dale Earnhardt Bobby Labonte |
Brickyard 400 Winner 1996 1999 |
Succeeded by Ricky Rudd Jeff Gordon |
| Preceded by Bobby Labonte |
Coca Cola 600 Winner 1996 |
Succeeded by Jeff Gordon |
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