Dale Jarrett

Dale Jarrett was born on November 26^th 1956 in Newton, North Carolina! He is the son of Ned Jarrett, which was a two time NASCAR Grand National Champion. Dale is also in relation to Glenn Jarrett(uncle), Jason Jarrett(son) and Todd Jarrett which were all at one point involved in NASCAR. Currently Dale is a sports commentator however he is known for his 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Championship. He began racing in 1977 with a family owned car at Hickory Motor Speedway! The first race he was in he finished ninth place, which was pretty good since he started in last. In 1982 he started competing in Busch Series, and finished 3^rd racing #24 Ford for Horace Isenhower. Overall that season he finished 6^th in points, and had a total of 14 top 10s. In 1984 Dale made his Cup debut at Martinsville Speedway, where he qualified 24^th and finished 14^th.Then in 1990 at Michigan International Speedway he won his first Winston Cup race, and finished 17^th in the final standings.  He retired from the Busch Series in 1999, to become a part-time owner with Brett Favre so he could field the #11 Rayovac Ford for his son Jason! Then in 2003 after recovering from a hard crash where he suffered a concussion, he began his season winning at North Carolina Speedway. Since Dale had not won a race since 1992, this was a big bounce back for him. Dale’s final race was the All-Star in May of 2008, after he joined ESPN’s NASCAR as a full-time booth announcer.