Dale Jarret

Dale Arnold Jarret was born in Newton, North Carolina, in 1956. He is an American driver who currently races in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series exclusively. He began racing in 1977 at Hickory Motor Speedway, a track his father, the two- time NASCAR Grand National champion Ned Jarret, owned and operated.

In 1984 Jarret made his first Cup debut, driving the # 02 Chevrolet for Emanuel Zervakis at the Martinsville Speedway, where he qualified 24th and finished 14th. He made two more Cup starts that season, at the Firecracker 400 for Jimmy Means, and the Warner W. Hodgdon American 500. Jarret won six poles in 1986, his first career with Busch race at Orange County Speedway in the Nationwise Auto Parts.

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 Bonnet. 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. In that decade, Jarret also run for Joe Gibbs, and Robert Yates. With his # 28 Texaco Ford he won his first race for Yates at Pocono Raceway, the Daytona 500, the Coca Cola 600 and the Brickyard 400, and the Winston Cup title in 1999. Following this title, Dale won The Daytona 500 for the third time.

This year, Jarrett has registered three top-tens and is 24th in points. He and sponsor UPS have announced they will depart Yates Racing at the end of the season to drive a Toyota Camry for Michael Waltrip Racing in 2007. Indications show that Waltrip Racing is working on getting the #44 from Pretty Enterprises for the UPS Toyota Camry in 2007.