Dale Jarrett
Dale Jarrett
Dale Arnold Jarrettis a former American race car driver and current sports commentator known for winning the Daytona 500 three timesand 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. In 2008, after retiring from driving following...
ProfessionRace Car Driver
Date of Birth26 November 1956
CityConover, NC
We have a lot of work to do. We just can't find anything that helps these cars in the front. Elliott (Sadler, his teammate) and I have been having the same problems each week. We really have our work cut out for us.
We had a good race car, but the lapped traffic was pretty tough. There was prime real estate, and everybody was trying to get to the same spot.
When you get to this point of your career, you're not exactly sure when that last victory is going to be there so you learn to cherish each one, ... It is very emotional. When I was coming down that backstretch, it was very emotional.
We were so used to winning in those days, I didn't see any reason we wouldn't just continue right on doing that at least a couple of times each year, ... But over the past couple of years ... we haven't been in position to do that as much. I think we've got some more victories to go, but in case that doesn't happen we'll make sure we enjoy this one.
We feel like we've made some gains because we know that the competition has stepped up. It's incredible what's out there right now and I know you hear this from everybody, especially the guys that are trying to make their way into that top 10 about how tough it is, but you get around looking at time sheets from practice and things and you realize just how difficult it is. There are literally 22-25 teams every week that you say, 'Those are good cars.' And you're gonna have to be on your game to outrun those.
To say you're going to monitor bump-drafting, I don't know how you do that. I guess it would help if someone causes a big wreck and they penalize them.
To watch the emotion from those two guys says it all about winning the 500.
You can make life a little more difficult for somebody here than other places. If you keep them behind, you can make life miserable for them.
We were just trying to pick our way through there. The next thing I knew I got hit in the back. I wanted to make sure I didn't run over anything.
You have the ability to keep that thing right around the bottom, then you can get off the corner good enough and that's what a lot of people work on.
Once you try to do more than your equipment is capable of doing you get yourself in trouble and you start wrecking.
When I was 20 and ran my first race, I told myself I don't know how I'm going to do this for a living. I don't have the money to do it. But it is what I want to do.
I am proud to be part of the Toys for Tots program for a second year. In addition to giving kids the chance to design a special The UPS Store/Toys for Tots car, this contest is a great way for children to learn about the importance of charitable giving.
You can't get a friend more loyal than your dog.