| Dale Jarrett | |||||||
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 Jarrett in 2011 | |||||||
| Born | Dale Arnold Jarrett November 26, 1956 Conover, North Carolina, U.S. | ||||||
| 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 NASCAR Hall of Fame (2014) Named one of NASCAR's 75 Greatest Drivers (2023) | ||||||
| NASCAR 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 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 2-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.[1] 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.[2] He was inducted in the 2014 class of the NASCAR Hall of Fame.
- ^ "Racing News". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-02-12.
- ^ Bonkowski, Jerry (26 January 2015). "NASCAR Hall of Famer Dale Jarrett to join NASCAR coverage on NBC, NBCSN". Archived from the original on 9 February 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2017.