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Dale Jarrett

b. 1956

American racecar driver

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Born 1956. Dale Jarrett is an American nASCAR team owner, racing automobile driver and sports commentator.

Dale Arnold Jarrett (born November 26, 1956) is an American former race car driver and current racing commentator for NBC. He is best known for winning the Daytona 500 three times (in 1993, 1996, and 2000) and winning the NASCAR Winston Cup Series championship in 1999. He is the son of two-time Grand National Champion Ned Jarrett, younger brother of Glenn Jarrett, father of former driver Jason Jarrett, and cousin of Todd Jarrett. In 2007, Jarrett joined the ESPN/ABC broadcasting team as an announcer in select Nationwide Series races. In 2008, after retiring from driving following the 2008 Food City 500, he joined ESPN permanently as the lead racing analyst replacing Rusty Wallace. In 2015, Jarrett became a part of the NBC Sports Broadcasting Crew for NASCAR events. He was inducted in the 2014 class of the NASCAR Hall of Fame and the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2025.

Early life and education Jarrett was born on November 26, 1956, in Conover, North Carolina, the middle child of Ned and Martha. Jarrett has an older brother, Glenn; and a younger sister, Patti. Jarrett's father Ned competed in the NASCAR Grand National Division between 1953 and 1966, winning two series championships in 1961 and 1965. Following retirement, Ned remained active in the racing community as manager of Hickory Motor Speedway and later established a career in broadcasting calling Cup races.

Jarrett spent his childhood traveling to his father's races across the Southern United States. He was introduced to golf by the age of twelve; he also played football, basketball and baseball while attending Newton-Conover High School. Jarrett led his high school's golf team to three conference championships, and was named the school's athlete of the year as a senior. Following graduation in 1975, Jarrett worked at Hickory Motor Speedway, the track his father managed. Jarrett was offered a full golf scholarship from the University of South Carolina, which he declined. Though he continued to play golf, Jarrett was interested in following his father's footsteps as a racing driver.

Racing career

Beginnings In April 1977, Jarrett entered his first professional race in the Limited Sportsman Division in Hickory. His vehicle, a 1968 Chevrolet Nova, was built by Andy Petree and Jimmy Newsome. Led by crew chief John Ervin and engine builder Ron Hutter, Jarrett scored victories at Bristol, Charlotte, Rockingham, and Darlington (twice). Jarrett began 1990 without a Cup ride before taking over the No. 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 seventeenth in the final points standings.

1992–1999 Despite the win, Jarrett left Wood Brothers to drive the No. 18 Interstate Batteries Chevrolet for the fledgling Joe Gibbs Racing team. In their first year of competition, Jarrett had two top-five finishes 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. During the spring race at Bristol, Jarrett threw his helmet at the No. 90 car of Bobby Hillin Jr. who crashed Jarrett while he had been lapped. 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 No. 28 Texaco Ford in place of an injured Ernie Irvan at the Winston Cup level. His Busch Series team also made the switch to Ford as well. With engines provided by Yates and sponsorship from Mac Tools, Jarrett scored four Busch Series wins during the season. However, only three of the wins counted. His win at Michigan was disqualified due to an unapproved engine part.

He won his first Cup 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 Yates car numbered 88) would return to the No. 28 after a year-long absence due to injuries, Yates had planned to help Jarrett compete in his own team with a Hooters sponsorship. The deal fell through, however, and Yates promoted the No. 88 car to full-time in the Winston Cup Series with Ford assuming the 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-two in each of the first three races of the season. He also won the Coca-Cola 600, Brickyard 400, and the second Michigan race. Jarrett finished third in the final point standings behind 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 in the Indianapolis 500 since 2003.

The following season, he won a career-best seven races but lost the championship to Jeff Gordon by 14 points. In 1998, Jarrett won three races, and finished second in the last two races of the year, ending up third in the final point 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 The Winston Cup title by 201 points over Bobby Labonte with four wins (Richmond, Michigan, Daytona, and Indianapolis), 24 top-fives, a then Modern Era record 29 top-tens, and an average 6.76 finish. He also retired from the Busch Series to become a part-time owner, partnering with National Football League quarterback Brett Favre to field the No. 11 Rayovac Ford for his son Jason, Yates teammate Kenny Irwin Jr., and Steve Grissom. He had eleven 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; however, after only winning one other race and dropping to fourth in the standings, Ford elected to withdraw as the primary sponsor (although Ford Credit remained as the secondary). United Parcel Service (UPS) was signed as the primary sponsor for Jarrett 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 three of the first eight races of the season (Darlington, Texas, and Martinsville) and traded the points lead with Jeff Gordon, with the two of them having the same point totals for a few different weeks, but won only once more at New Hampshire in July and faded back to fifth in the standings. In addition, Jarrett suffered a concussion from a hard crash at the new Kansas Speedway. In an interview, Jarrett said that he did remember not being in the Protection One 400 but only getting on the plane to go to the racetrack. After that season, Jarrett's long-time crew chief Todd Parrott departed and Jimmy Elledge took over the role as a replacement. After seven races of the 2002 season, Jarrett and Parrott reunited, and Jarrett went on to clinch two victories (Pocono and Michigan) and rebounded to 9th in the final standings after the poor start to the year.

Jarrett began the 2003 season by winning at North Carolina Speedway but only posted five more top-ten finishes, relegating him to 26th in the final standings. He rebounded in 2004 to finish fifteenth in points, despite not winning a race for the first time since 1992. In 2005, Jarrett had an up-and-down year in 2005. In the Busch Series Bristol race, he was involved in a crash with Shane Hmiel. When Jarrett confronted him 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 Cup series win at Talladega Superspeedway, again finishing 15th in the standings.

2006–2008 Jarrett's No. 44 car at Daytona International Speedway in 2008 thumb During the 2006 season, Jarrett had four top-ten finishes, with a best finish of fourth at Kansas. His best starting position was second 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 No. 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 six 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 twelve 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 No. 44 Toyota ride to David Reutimann. His final race was the All-Star race on May 17, 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 sixteenth 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.

Awards and honors 1997, 1999 Richard Petty Driver of the Year 1998 NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers 2000 Best Driver ESPY Award recipient 2014 NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee Named one of NASCAR's 75 Greatest Drivers (2023)

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.)

Cup Series NASCAR Cup 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 36 Pts Ref 1984 Zervakis Enterprises 02 Chevy DAY RCH CAR ATL BRI NWS DAR MAR14 TAL NSV DOV CLT RSD POC MCH CAR37 ATL RSD 72nd – Jimmy Means Racing 52 Pontiac DAY23 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 BRI29 DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR ATL RSD 107th 76 1987 Freelander Motorsports 18 Chevy DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR NWS12 BRI10 MAR29 TAL28 CLT38 DOV35 POC35 RSD18 MCH20 DAY23 POC12 TAL21 GLN36 MCH39 BRI12 DAR15 RCH27 DOV38 MAR10 NWS18 CLT34 CAR16 RSD17 ATL36 26th 1840 1988 Ellington Racing 1 Buick DAY16 ATLDNQ TAL11 MCH25 DAY14 TAL37 MCH41 CLT37 ATL41 23rd 2622 Cale Yarborough Motorsports 29 Olds RCH26 CAR16 DAR12 BRI28 NWS21 MAR13 DOV20 RSD8 POC13 POC25 GLN11 BRI26 DAR34 RCH15 DOV28 MAR32 NWS23 CAR32 PHO31 Ball Racing 99 Chevy ATL29 Arrington Racing 67 Chevy CLT41 1989 Cale Yarborough Motorsports 29 Pontiac DAY32 CAR11 ATL9 RCH23 DAR40 BRI22 NWS19 MAR15 TAL40 CLT28 DOV11 SON42 POC7 MCH22 DAY31 POC18 TAL23 GLN23 MCH38 BRI10 DAR20 RCH35 DOV23 MAR5 CLT24 NWS27 CAR39 PHO5 ATL16 24th 2789 1990 Wood Brothers Racing 21 Ford DAY RCH CAR ATL DAR BRI11 NWS14 MAR30 TAL34 CLT32 DOV12 SON14 POC31 MCH34 DAY8 POC18 TAL39 GLN20 MCH10 BRI7 DAR28 RCH29 DOV6 MAR10 NWS19 CLT10 CAR16 PHO30 ATL4 25th 2558 1991 DAY6 RCH21 CAR11 ATL20 DAR39 BRI7 NWS25 MAR12 TAL35 CLT5 DOV35 SON41 POC19 MCH12 DAY18 POC6 TAL8 GLN5 MCH1 BRI28 DAR25 RCH20 DOV34 MAR18 NWS9 CLT26 CAR25 PHO35 ATL16 17th 3124 1992 Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Chevy DAY36 CAR37 RCH13 ATL11 DAR21 BRI2 NWS17 MAR28 TAL7 CLT12 DOV27 SON39 POC22 MCH24 DAY3 POC10 TAL21 GLN15 MCH8 BRI17 DAR6 RCH25 DOV12 MAR23 NWS10 CLT24 CAR15 PHO20 ATL10 19th 3251 1993 DAY1 CAR6 RCH4 ATL31 DAR3 BRI32 NWS32 MAR3 TAL3 SON13 CLT3 DOV2 POC19 MCH4 DAY8 NHA4 POC8 TAL5 GLN32 MCH4 BRI31 DAR12 RCH14 DOV4 MAR5 NWS9 CLT26 CAR30 PHO16 ATL7 4th 4000 1994 DAY35 CAR18 RCH10 ATL35 DAR4 BRI36 NWS25 MAR21 TAL21 SON12 CLT4 DOV29 POC20 MCH14 DAY11 NHA14 POC10 TAL39 IND40 GLN11 MCH30 BRI26 DAR9 RCH16 DOV34 MAR5 NWSDNQ CLT1 CAR12 PHO9 ATL9 16th 3298 1995 Robert Yates Racing 28 Ford DAY5 CAR5 RCH25 ATL5 DAR38 BRI6 NWS11 MAR7 TAL19 SON23 CLT32 DOV40 POC38 MCH6 DAY42 NHA30 POC1 TAL2 IND3 GLN17 MCH33 BRI3* DAR28 RCH4 DOV30 MAR10 NWS7 CLT5 CAR23 PHO11 ATL31 13th 3584 1996 88 DAY1 CAR2 RCH2 ATL11 DAR15 BRI6 NWS11 MAR29 TAL2 SON12 CLT1* DOV36 POC38 MCH10 DAY6 NHA2 POC3 TAL2 IND1 GLN24 MCH1 BRI4 DAR14 RCH4 DOV3 MAR16 NWS3 CLT3 CAR2* PHO8 ATL2 3rd 4568 1997 DAY23 CAR2* RCH3* ATL1* DAR1* TEX2 BRI4 MAR16 SON4 TAL35 CLT27 DOV32* POC3 MCH6 CAL8 DAY5 NHA38 POC1* IND3 GLN32 MCH5 BRI1* DAR3 RCH1 NHA6 DOV5 MAR12 CLT1 TAL21 CAR2 PHO1 ATL2 2nd 4696 1998 DAY34 CAR7 LVS40 ATL2 DAR1 BRI3 TEX11 MAR3 TAL3 CAL41 CLT5 DOV1 RCH2* MCH2 POC3 SON15 NHA7 POC5 IND16 GLN5 MCH3 BRI4 NHA4 DAR3 RCH16 DOV7 MAR42 CLT24 TAL1 DAY23 PHO32 CAR2* ATL2 3rd 4619 1999 DAY37 CAR2 LVS11 ATL5 DAR4 TEX2 BRI3 MAR8 TAL2 CAL5 RCH1 CLT5 DOV5 MCH1* POC3* SON6 DAY1 NHA4 POC2 IND1* GLN4 MCH4 BRI38 DAR16 RCH3 NHA18 DOV3 MAR10 CLT7 TAL2 CAR4* PHO6 HOM5 ATL2 1st 5262 2000 DAY1* CAR5 LVS7 ATL36 DAR2 BRI21 TEX33 MAR5 TAL17 CAL9 RCH3 CLT5 DOV4 MCH4 POC2 SON7 DAY2* NHA7 POC4* IND7 GLN7 MCH4 BRI9 DAR5 RCH31 NHA4 DOV32 MAR6 CLT40 TAL15 CAR1 PHO10 HOM17 ATL15 4th 4684 2001 DAY22 CAR10 LVS2 ATL4 DAR1 BRI16 TEX1* MAR1 TAL18 CAL24 RCH15 CLT8 DOV5 MCH18 POC3 SON26 DAY11 CHI4 NHA1 POC41 IND12 GLN31 MCH37 BRI6 DAR34 RCH4 DOV12 KAN30 CLT6 MAR2 TAL25 PHO9 CAR4 HOM41 ATL8 NHA10 5th 4612 2002 DAY14 CAR42 LVS7 ATL13 DAR40 BRI29 TEX24* MAR4 TAL6 CAL6 RCH38 CLT19 DOV5 POC1 MCH2* SON15 DAY35 CHI11 NHA3 POC4 IND10 GLN37 MCH1 BRI28 DAR5 RCH31 NHA7 DOV3 KAN39 TAL9 CLT14 MAR8 ATL3 CAR12 PHO9 HOM15 9th 4415 2003 DAY10 CAR1 LVS41 ATL21 DAR18 BRI36 TEX13 TAL12 MAR20 CAL37 RCH36 CLT9 DOV39 POC42 MCH32 SON42 DAY10 CHI30 NHA7 POC21 IND39 GLN7 MCH23 BRI7 DAR34 RCH21 NHA41 DOV18 TAL19 KAN33 CLT22 MAR11 ATL12 PHO29 CAR38 HOM26 26th 3358 2004 DAY10 CAR40 LVS11 ATL9 DAR32 BRI21 TEX18 MAR10 TAL16 CAL24 RCH13 CLT18 DOV11 POC26 MCH3 SON18 DAY16 CHI3 NHA9 POC24 IND2 GLN27 MCH3 BRI10 CAL8 RCH26 NHA27 DOV4 TAL3 KAN8 CLT6 MAR37 ATL15 PHO22 DAR37 HOM24 15th 4214 2005 DAY15 CAL11 LVS18 ATL23 BRI5 MAR14 TEX14 PHO23 TAL9 DAR15 RCH34 CLT8 DOV23 POC13 MCH24 SON5 DAY5 CHI18 NHA16 POC15 IND14 GLN22 MCH34 BRI31 CAL24 RCH39 NHA18 DOV15 TAL1 KAN38 CLT30 MAR31 ATL14 TEX12 PHO9 HOM17 15th 3960 2006 DAY10 CAL17 LVS19 ATL9 BRI20 MAR15 TEX17 PHO19 TAL12 RCH21 DAR24 CLT43 DOV24 POC38 MCH20 SON34 DAY22 CHI31 NHA31 POC28 IND28 GLN26 MCH36 BRI15 CAL10 RCH21 NHA28 DOV15 KAN4 TAL12 CLT41 MAR16 ATL11 TEX29 PHO39 HOM31 23rd 3438 2007 Michael Waltrip Racing 44 Toyota DAY22 CAL32 LVS33 ATL36 BRI42 MAR28 TEX30 PHO29 TAL40 RCHDNQ DARDNQ CLT40 DOV43 POCDNQ MCHDNQ SON26 NHADNQ DAY27 CHIDNQ INDDNQ POC42 GLN29 MCHDNQ BRI34 CALDNQ RCH31 NHADNQ DOV41 KAN26 TAL41 CLTDNQ MAR30 ATL19 TEX38 PHODNQ HOM17 41st 1584 2008 DAY16 CAL33 LVS39 ATL26 BRI37 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 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 Pts Ref 1982 Thackston Racing 24 Ford DAY10 RCH6 MAR12 HCY8 SBO CRW7 RCH21 LGY13 HCY9 ASH10 HCY6 SBO7 CAR8 CRW6 SBO9 HCY21 LGY9 IRP13 HCY8 RCH25 HCY3 MAR37 6th 3415 Isenhower Racing 32 Pontiac BRI25 DAR19 CLT29 MAR12 CLT30 Ford DOV11 BRI26 1983 Pontiac DAY14 RCH24 CAR13 HCY7 MAR24 NWS14 SBO9 GPS3 DOV26 BRI2 CLT18 SBO5 HCY9 ROU21 SBO22 ROU3 CRW5 ROU5 SBO3 HCY5 LGY2* IRP6 GPS2 BRI14 HCY3 DAR32 RCH3 NWS18 SBO15 MAR3 ROU2 CLT14 HCY3 MAR2 5th 4837 Ford LGY3 1984 Pontiac DAY18 RCH2 CAR20 HCY7 MAR2 ROU8 NSV6 LGY3 MLW6 SBO7 HCY20 ROU4 SBO9 ROU16 HCY6 IRP5 LGY3 SBO17 BRI17 RCH15 NWS8 HCY3 MAR5 4th 4014 Buick DAR7 DOV11 CLT26 DAR3 CLT6 CAR22 1985 Olds DAY9 CAR4 HCY6* BRI28 MAR16 DAR6 SBO7 LGY14 DOV13 CLT13 SBO6 HCY15 ROU10 IRP5 SBO3* LGY6 HCY3 MLW4 BRI12 RCH2 NWS5 ROU3 CLT13 HCY6 CAR5 MAR19 5th 3774 52 Pontiac DAR15 1986 32 DAY22 CAR15 HCY9 MAR5* BRI24 DAR20 SBO21 LGY5 JFC2 DOV4 CLT37 SBO6 HCY5 ROU2 IRP7 SBO3* RAL21 OXF40 SBO3 HCY12 LGY4 ROU1* BRI4 DAR17 RCH2 DOV22 MAR5 ROU6 CLT12 CAR3 MAR6 4th 4186 1987 Buick DAY32 DAR19 CLT34 DOV20 DAR14 DOV14 CLT15 CAR13 5th 3384 Pontiac HCY16 MAR2 BRI3 LGY15 SBO7 IRP33 Chevy ROU9 JFC3 OXF7 SBO23 HCY1 RAL19 LGY5 ROU16 BRI6 JFC13 RCH9 MAR13 MAR6 1988 Olds DAY5 HCY5 CAR3 MAR25 DAR3 BRI20 LNG NZH SBO NSV CLT1 DOV30 ROU LAN LVL MYB OXF SBO HCY LNG IRP ROU BRI32 DAR35 RCH34 DOV MAR30 CLT10 CAR40 MAR11 26th 1607 1989 Pontiac DAY13 CAR21 MAR HCY5 DAR31 BRI NZH SBO LAN NSV CLT6 DOV ROU LVL VOL MYB SBO HCY DUB IRP ROU BRI4 DAR40 RCH DOV MAR31 CLT3* CAR27 MAR 34th 1049 1990 DAY9 RCH4 CAR7 MAR3 HCY27 DAR35 BRI2 LAN SBO NZH HCY CLT1 DOVDNQ ROU VOL MYB17 OXF NHA8 SBO DUB IRP12 ROU BRI2 DAR1 RCH8 DOV4 MAR3 CLT3 NHA CAR9 MAR 19th 2473 1991 DAJ Racing DAY31 RCH4 CAR1 MAR2 VOL HCY19 DAR1 BRI24 LAN SBO NZH CLTDNQ DOV31 ROU HCY MYB GLN OXF NHA38 SBO DUB IRP7 ROU BRI1* DAR14 RCH3 DOV31 CLT28 NHA CAR2 MAR3 23rd 2172 1992 Chevy DAY44 CAR RCH 28th 1304 18 ATL9 MAR DAR14 BRI4 HCY LAN DUB NZH CLT5 DOV ROU MYB GLN VOL NHA TAL IRP ROU MCH6 NHA BRI27 DAR2 RCH16 DOV CLT36 MAR CAR HCY12 1993 32 DAY CAR RCH DAR9 BRI HCY29 ROU MAR NZH CLT3 DOV4 MYB GLN MLW TAL31 IRP MCH NHA BRI31 DAR RCH9 DOV ROU CLT37 MAR CAR16 HCY7 ATL 34th 1130 1994 DAY2 CAR40 RCH ATL9 MAR DAR38 HCY BRI4 ROU NHA NZH CLT36 DOV21 MYB GLN MLW SBO TAL35 HCY IRP MCH BRI DAR2 RCH DOV11 CLT20 MAR CAR 36th 1176 1995 Ford DAY38 CAR RCH ATL34 NSV DAR BRI12 HCY NHA31 NZH CLT25 DOV5 MYB GLN MLW1 TAL SBO IRP MCH42* BRI DAR RCH1 DOV CLT2 CAR28 HOM1 32nd 1376 1996 DAY2 CAR38 RCH9 ATLDNQ NSV DAR6 BRI15 HCY NZH CLT6 DOV6 SBO MYB GLN MLW41 NHA TAL32 IRP5 MCH21 BRI2 DAR8 RCHDNQ DOV2 CLT32 CAR2 HOM20 22nd 2109 1997 DAY45 CAR2 RCH ATL23 LVS11 DAR HCY TEX23 BRIDNQ NSV TAL NHA NZH CLT20 DOV6 SBO GLN8 MLW MYB GTY IRP MCH40 BRI39 DAR RCH20 DOV CLT7 CAL CAR HOM16 36th 1364 1998 DAY CAR LVS5 NSV DAR BRI30 TEX29 HCY TAL NHA NZH CLT12 DOV4 RCHDNQ PPR GLN MLW MYB CAL37 SBO IRP MCH17 BRI3* DAR7 RCH DOV43 CLT12 GTY CAR ATL42 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 DAR39 RCH DOV CLT CAR MEM PHO HOM 127th 46 2005 Robert Yates Racing 90 Ford DAY CAL10 MXC LVS ATL NSH BRI30 TEX PHO TAL DAR21 RCH CLT DOV4 NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR GTY IRP GLN39 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 BRI23 CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 130th 94

ARCA Talladega SuperCar Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) ARCA Talladega SuperCar Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pts Ref 1985 Isenhower Racing 32 Olds ATL DAY ATL TAL ATL SSP IRP5 CSP FRS IRP OEF ISF DSF TOL 103rd –

International Race of Champions (key) (Bold – Pole position. * – Most laps led.) International Race of Champions results Year Make 1 2 3 4 Pos. Pts Ref 1994 Dodge DAY3 DAR12 TAL3 MCH12 8th 34 1996 Pontiac DAY TAL CLT MCH9 NA 0 1997 DAY7 CLT10 CAL8 MCH3 8th 34 1998 DAY6 CAL8 MCH10 IND7 10th 29 1999 DAY8 TAL10* MCH11 IND6 8th 30 2000 DAY8 TAL8 MCH5 IND8 9th 31 2001 DAY1 TAL11 MCH8 IND4 5th 47 2002 DAY12 CAL3 CHI9 IND1* 3rd 49

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Important facts

Birth century
Occupation
NASCAR team owner, racing automobile driver, sports commentator
Nationality
Education
Newton-Conover High School
Awards
North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame
Also known as
Dale Arnold Jarrett

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American racecar driver

When was Dale Jarrett born?

Dale Jarrett was born on 26 November 1956 in Conover.

What is Dale Jarrett's occupation?

Dale Jarrett is a nASCAR team owner, racing automobile driver and sports commentator.

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Dale Jarrett is American.

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