Dale Jarrett | |||||||
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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.
Jarrett was born on November 26, 1956, [3] in Conover, North Carolina, the middle child of Ned and Martha. [4] Jarrett has an older brother, Glenn; and a younger sister, Patti. [4] Jarrett's father Ned competed in the NASCAR Grand National Division between 1953 and 1966, [5] winning two series championships in 1961 and 1965. [6] 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. [3]
Jarrett spent his childhood traveling to his father's races across the Southern United States. [3] He was introduced to golf by age twelve; [7] he also played football, basketball and baseball while attending Newton-Conover High School. [7] 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. [8] Following graduation in 1975, Jarrett worked at Hickory Motor Speedway, the track his father managed. [8] Jarrett was offered a full golf scholarship from the University of South Carolina, which he declined. [9] Though he continued to play golf, Jarrett was interested in following his father's footsteps as a racing driver. [10]
In April 1977, Jarrett entered his first professional race in the Limited Sportsman Division in Hickory. [11] His vehicle, a 1968 Chevrolet Nova, [8] was built by Andy Petree and Jimmy Newsome. [11] Jarrett started last and finished in ninth place; [11] it was after this event when Jarrett knew that he wanted to race for a living. [11] [12] Jarrett continued to compete in the Limited Sportsman Division for two years, [11] before moving up to the Dash Series and then the Late Model Sportsman Division, [13] the latter in which he earned his first victory. [11]
Jarrett competed in the 1982 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series for car owner Horace Isenhower. [13] He earned fourteen Top 10 finishes throughout the season, with a best of third place at Hickory; and he finished sixth in the point standings. [13] During the 1983 season, Jarrett earned four poles and seventeen Top 5's, finishing fifth in the point standings. For the 1984 Busch Grand National Series, Jarrett received sponsorship from Econo Lodge; Valvoline; and Budweiser. He earned six front-row starts and 19 Top 10's, finishing a career-best fourth in the point standings. Jarrett made his Winston Cup Series debut during the 1984 season. Driving the No. 02 Chevrolet for Emanuel Zervakis at Martinsville Speedway, Jarrett qualified 24th and finished 14th. [14] He made two more Cup starts that season, at the Firecracker 400 for Jimmy Means, and the Warner W. Hodgdon American 500. During the 1986 Busch Grand National Series, Jarrett earned his first career victory at Orange County Speedway in Rougemont, North Carolina; [14] piloting the Nationwise Auto Parts Pontiac to victory lane. He also earned six poles in 1986.
Jarrett earned his second career victory in the Busch Grand National Series at Hickory during the 1987 season. [15] In the Winston Cup Series, Jarrett replaced Tommy Ellis in the No. 18 Chevrolet owned by Eric Freelander early in the season. Running a primarily-unsponsored car, he had two 10th-place finishes and ended the season 26th in points, second to Davey Allison for Rookie of the Year honors. He ran every race of the 1988 season, despite running with various teams. He made most of his starts in the No. 29 Hardee's-sponsored Oldsmobile owned by Cale Yarborough, finishing eighth at Riverside International Raceway. He also ran races for Buddy Arrington and Hoss Ellington that season, finishing 23rd in the final standings. He ran the entire season for Yarborough in 1989, posting five Top 10 finishes, including two fifth-place runs. Jarrett enjoyed the majority of his success in the Busch Series during the 1990 and 1991 seasons. [16] Led by crew chief John Ervin [17] 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-sponsored Ford Thunderbird for Wood Brothers Racing at the Valleydale Meats 500, replacing the injured Neil Bonnett. He finished in the Top 10 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.
Despite the win, Jarrett left Wood Brothers to drive the No. 18 Interstate Batteries-sponsored Chevrolet for the fledgling Joe Gibbs Racing team. In their first year of competition, Jarrett had two Top 5 finishes but dropped to 19th 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 13 Top 5's 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-sponsored 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. [18]
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-sponsored Yates car numbered 88) would return to the 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 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 2 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, who by Jarrett's own admission on August 25, 2012, was "eleven hundred times the driver I ever dreamed of being". 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 5's, a then Modern Era record 29 Top 10's, 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-sponsored Ford for his son Jason, Yates teammate Kenny Irwin Jr., and Steve Grissom. [19] He had 11 wins in the Busch Series when he retired.
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 ninth 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 10 finishes, relegating him to 26th in the final standings. He rebounded in 2004 to finish 15th 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.
During the 2006 season, Jarrett had four Top 10 finishes, with a best finish of 4th at Kansas. His best starting position was 2nd 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 12 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 16th-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. [20]
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
NASCAR Cup Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | NSCC | Pts | Ref | ||
1984 | Zervakis Enterprises | 02 | Chevy | DAY | RCH | CAR | ATL | BRI | NWS | DAR | MAR 14 | TAL | NSV | DOV | CLT | RSD | POC | MCH | CAR 37 | ATL | RSD | 72nd | - | [25] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Jimmy Means Racing | 52 | Pontiac | DAY 23 | 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 | BRI 29 | DAR | RCH | DOV | MAR | NWS | CLT | CAR | ATL | RSD | 107th | 76 | [26] | |||||||||
1987 | Freelander Motorsports | 18 | Chevy | DAY | CAR | RCH | ATL | DAR | NWS 12 | BRI 10 | MAR 29 | TAL 28 | CLT 38 | DOV 35 | POC 35 | RSD 18 | MCH 20 | DAY 23 | POC 12 | TAL 21 | GLN 36 | MCH 39 | BRI 12 | DAR 15 | RCH 27 | DOV 38 | MAR 10 | NWS 18 | CLT 34 | CAR 16 | RSD 17 | ATL 36 | 26th | 1840 | [27] | |||||||||
1988 | Ellington Racing | 1 | Buick | DAY 16 | ATL DNQ | TAL 11 | MCH 25 | DAY 14 | TAL 37 | MCH 41 | CLT 37 | ATL 41 | 23rd | 2622 | [28] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cale Yarborough Motorsports | 29 | Olds | RCH 26 | CAR 16 | DAR 12 | BRI 28 | NWS 21 | MAR 13 | DOV 20 | RSD 8 | POC 13 | POC 25 | GLN 11 | BRI 26 | DAR 34 | RCH 15 | DOV 28 | MAR 32 | NWS 23 | CAR 32 | PHO 31 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Ball Racing | 99 | Chevy | ATL 29 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arrington Racing | 67 | Chevy | CLT 41 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1989 | Cale Yarborough Motorsports | 29 | Pontiac | DAY 32 | CAR 11 | ATL 9 | RCH 23 | DAR 40 | BRI 22 | NWS 19 | MAR 15 | TAL 40 | CLT 28 | DOV 11 | SON 42 | POC 7 | MCH 22 | DAY 31 | POC 18 | TAL 23 | GLN 23 | MCH 38 | BRI 10 | DAR 20 | RCH 35 | DOV 23 | MAR 5 | CLT 24 | NWS 27 | CAR 39 | PHO 5 | ATL 16 | 24th | 2789 | [29] | |||||||||
1990 | Wood Brothers Racing | 21 | Ford | DAY | RCH | CAR | ATL | DAR | BRI 11 | NWS 14 | MAR 30 | TAL 34 | CLT 32 | DOV 12 | SON 14 | POC 31 | MCH 34 | DAY 8 | POC 18 | TAL 39 | GLN 20 | MCH 10 | BRI 7 | DAR 28 | RCH 29 | DOV 6 | MAR 10 | NWS 19 | CLT 10 | CAR 16 | PHO 30 | ATL 4 | 25th | 2558 | [30] | |||||||||
1991 | DAY 6 | RCH 21 | CAR 11 | ATL 20 | DAR 39 | BRI 7 | NWS 25 | MAR 12 | TAL 35 | CLT 5 | DOV 35 | SON 41 | POC 19 | MCH 12 | DAY 18 | POC 6 | TAL 8 | GLN 5 | MCH 1 | BRI 28 | DAR 25 | RCH 20 | DOV 34 | MAR 18 | NWS 9 | CLT 26 | CAR 25 | PHO 35 | ATL 16 | 17th | 3124 | [31] | ||||||||||||
1992 | Joe Gibbs Racing | 18 | Chevy | DAY 36 | CAR 37 | RCH 13 | ATL 11 | DAR 21 | BRI 2 | NWS 17 | MAR 28 | TAL 7 | CLT 12 | DOV 27 | SON 39 | POC 22 | MCH 24 | DAY 3 | POC 10 | TAL 21 | GLN 15 | MCH 8 | BRI 17 | DAR 6 | RCH 25 | DOV 12 | MAR 23 | NWS 10 | CLT 24 | CAR 15 | PHO 20 | ATL 10 | 19th | 3251 | [32] | |||||||||
1993 | DAY 1 | CAR 6 | RCH 4 | ATL 31 | DAR 3 | BRI 32 | NWS 32 | MAR 3 | TAL 3 | SON 13 | CLT 3 | DOV 2 | POC 19 | MCH 4 | DAY 8 | NHA 4 | POC 8 | TAL 5 | GLN 32 | MCH 4 | BRI 31 | DAR 12 | RCH 14 | DOV 4 | MAR 5 | NWS 9 | CLT 26 | CAR 30 | PHO 16 | ATL 7 | 4th | 4000 | [33] | |||||||||||
1994 | DAY 35 | CAR 18 | RCH 10 | ATL 35 | DAR 4 | BRI 36 | NWS 25 | MAR 21 | TAL 21 | SON 12 | CLT 4 | DOV 29 | POC 20 | MCH 14 | DAY 11 | NHA 14 | POC 10 | TAL 39 | IND 40 | GLN 11 | MCH 30 | BRI 26 | DAR 9 | RCH 16 | DOV 34 | MAR 5 | NWS DNQ | CLT 1 | CAR 12 | PHO 9 | ATL 9 | 16th | 3298 | [34] | ||||||||||
1995 | Robert Yates Racing | 28 | Ford | DAY 5 | CAR 5 | RCH 25 | ATL 5 | DAR 38 | BRI 6 | NWS 11 | MAR 7 | TAL 19 | SON 23 | CLT 32 | DOV 40 | POC 38 | MCH 6 | DAY 42 | NHA 30 | POC 1 | TAL 2 | IND 3 | GLN 17 | MCH 33 | BRI 3* | DAR 28 | RCH 4 | DOV 30 | MAR 10 | NWS 7 | CLT 5 | CAR 23 | PHO 11 | ATL 31 | 13th | 3584 | [35] | |||||||
1996 | 88 | DAY 1 | CAR 2 | RCH 2 | ATL 11 | DAR 15 | BRI 6 | NWS 11 | MAR 29 | TAL 2 | SON 12 | CLT 1* | DOV 36 | POC 38 | MCH 10 | DAY 6 | NHA 2 | POC 3 | TAL 2 | IND 1 | GLN 24 | MCH 1 | BRI 4 | DAR 14 | RCH 4 | DOV 3 | MAR 16 | NWS 3 | CLT 3 | CAR 2* | PHO 8 | ATL 2 | 3rd | 4568 | [36] | |||||||||
1997 | DAY 23 | CAR 2* | RCH 3* | ATL 1* | DAR 1* | TEX 2 | BRI 4 | MAR 16 | SON 4 | TAL 35 | CLT 27 | DOV 32* | POC 3 | MCH 6 | CAL 8 | DAY 5 | NHA 38 | POC 1* | IND 3 | GLN 32 | MCH 5 | BRI 1* | DAR 3 | RCH 1 | NHA 6 | DOV 5 | MAR 12 | CLT 1 | TAL 21 | CAR 2 | PHO 1 | ATL 2 | 2nd | 4696 | [37] | |||||||||
1998 | DAY 34 | CAR 7 | LVS 40 | ATL 2 | DAR 1 | BRI 3 | TEX 11 | MAR 3 | TAL 3 | CAL 41 | CLT 5 | DOV 1 | RCH 2* | MCH 2 | POC 3 | SON 15 | NHA 7 | POC 5 | IND 16 | GLN 5 | MCH 3 | BRI 4 | NHA 4 | DAR 3 | RCH 16 | DOV 7 | MAR 42 | CLT 24 | TAL 1 | DAY 23 | PHO 32 | CAR 2* | ATL 2 | 3rd | 4619 | [38] | ||||||||
1999 | DAY 37 | CAR 2 | LVS 11 | ATL 5 | DAR 4 | TEX 2 | BRI 3 | MAR 8 | TAL 2 | CAL 5 | RCH 1 | CLT 5 | DOV 5 | MCH 1* | POC 3* | SON 6 | DAY 1 | NHA 4 | POC 2 | IND 1* | GLN 4 | MCH 4 | BRI 38 | DAR 16 | RCH 3 | NHA 18 | DOV 3 | MAR 10 | CLT 7 | TAL 2 | CAR 4* | PHO 6 | HOM 5 | ATL 2 | 1st | 5262 | [39] | |||||||
2000 | DAY 1* | CAR 5 | LVS 7 | ATL 36 | DAR 2 | BRI 21 | TEX 33 | MAR 5 | TAL 17 | CAL 9 | RCH 3 | CLT 5 | DOV 4 | MCH 4 | POC 2 | SON 7 | DAY 2* | NHA 7 | POC 4* | IND 7 | GLN 7 | MCH 4 | BRI 9 | DAR 5 | RCH 31 | NHA 4 | DOV 32 | MAR 6 | CLT 40 | TAL 15 | CAR 1 | PHO 10 | HOM 17 | ATL 15 | 4th | 4684 | [40] | |||||||
2001 | DAY 22 | CAR 10 | LVS 2 | ATL 4 | DAR 1 | BRI 16 | TEX 1* | MAR 1 | TAL 18 | CAL 24 | RCH 15 | CLT 8 | DOV 5 | MCH 18 | POC 3 | SON 26 | DAY 11 | CHI 4 | NHA 1 | POC 41 | IND 12 | GLN 31 | MCH 37 | BRI 6 | DAR 34 | RCH 4 | DOV 12 | KAN 30 | CLT 6 | MAR 2 | TAL 25 | PHO 9 | CAR 4 | HOM 41 | ATL 8 | NHA 10 | 5th | 4612 | [41] | |||||
2002 | DAY 14 | CAR 42 | LVS 7 | ATL 13 | DAR 40 | BRI 29 | TEX 24* | MAR 4 | TAL 6 | CAL 6 | RCH 38 | CLT 19 | DOV 5 | POC 1 | MCH 2* | SON 15 | DAY 35 | CHI 11 | NHA 3 | POC 4 | IND 10 | GLN 37 | MCH 1 | BRI 28 | DAR 5 | RCH 31 | NHA 7 | DOV 3 | KAN 39 | TAL 9 | CLT 14 | MAR 8 | ATL 3 | CAR 12 | PHO 9 | HOM 15 | 9th | 4415 | [42] | |||||
2003 | DAY 10 | CAR 1 | LVS 41 | ATL 21 | DAR 18 | BRI 36 | TEX 13 | TAL 12 | MAR 20 | CAL 37 | RCH 36 | CLT 9 | DOV 39 | POC 42 | MCH 32 | SON 42 | DAY 10 | CHI 30 | NHA 7 | POC 21 | IND 39 | GLN 7 | MCH 23 | BRI 7 | DAR 34 | RCH 21 | NHA 41 | DOV 18 | TAL 19 | KAN 33 | CLT 22 | MAR 11 | ATL 12 | PHO 29 | CAR 38 | HOM 26 | 26th | 3358 | [43] | |||||
2004 | DAY 10 | CAR 40 | LVS 11 | ATL 9 | DAR 32 | BRI 21 | TEX 18 | MAR 10 | TAL 16 | CAL 24 | RCH 13 | CLT 18 | DOV 11 | POC 26 | MCH 3 | SON 18 | DAY 16 | CHI 3 | NHA 9 | POC 24 | IND 2 | GLN 27 | MCH 3 | BRI 10 | CAL 8 | RCH 26 | NHA 27 | DOV 4 | TAL 3 | KAN 8 | CLT 6 | MAR 37 | ATL 15 | PHO 22 | DAR 37 | HOM 24 | 15th | 4214 | [44] | |||||
2005 | DAY 15 | CAL 11 | LVS 18 | ATL 23 | BRI 5 | MAR 14 | TEX 14 | PHO 23 | TAL 9 | DAR 15 | RCH 34 | CLT 8 | DOV 23 | POC 13 | MCH 24 | SON 5 | DAY 5 | CHI 18 | NHA 16 | POC 15 | IND 14 | GLN 22 | MCH 34 | BRI 31 | CAL 24 | RCH 39 | NHA 18 | DOV 15 | TAL 1 | KAN 38 | CLT 30 | MAR 31 | ATL 14 | TEX 12 | PHO 9 | HOM 17 | 15th | 3960 | [45] | |||||
2006 | DAY 10 | CAL 17 | LVS 19 | ATL 9 | BRI 20 | MAR 15 | TEX 17 | PHO 19 | TAL 12 | RCH 21 | DAR 24 | CLT 43 | DOV 24 | POC 38 | MCH 20 | SON 34 | DAY 22 | CHI 31 | NHA 31 | POC 28 | IND 28 | GLN 26 | MCH 36 | BRI 15 | CAL 10 | RCH 21 | NHA 28 | DOV 15 | KAN 4 | TAL 12 | CLT 41 | MAR 16 | ATL 11 | TEX 29 | PHO 39 | HOM 31 | 23rd | 3438 | [46] | |||||
2007 | Michael Waltrip Racing | 44 | Toyota | DAY 22 | CAL 32 | LVS 33 | ATL 36 | BRI 42 | MAR 28 | TEX 30 | PHO 29 | TAL 40 | RCH DNQ | DAR DNQ | CLT 40 | DOV 43 | POC DNQ | MCH DNQ | SON 26 | NHA DNQ | DAY 27 | CHI DNQ | IND DNQ | POC 42 | GLN 29 | MCH DNQ | BRI 34 | CAL DNQ | RCH 31 | NHA DNQ | DOV 41 | KAN 26 | TAL 41 | CLT DNQ | MAR 30 | ATL 19 | TEX 38 | PHO DNQ | HOM 17 | 41st | 1584 | [47] | ||
2008 | DAY 16 | CAL 33 | LVS 39 | ATL 26 | BRI 37 | 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 | [48] |
Year | Team | Manufacturer | Start | Finish |
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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 |
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ATCSC | Pts | Ref |
1985 | Isenhower Racing | 32 | Olds | ATL | DAY | ATL | TAL | ATL | SSP | IRP 5 | CSP | FRS | IRP | OEF | ISF | DSF | TOL | 103rd | - | [69] |
(key) (Bold – Pole position. * – Most laps led.)
International Race of Champions results | ||||||||
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Year | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Pos. | Pts | Ref |
1994 | Dodge | DAY 3 | DAR 12 | TAL 3 | MCH 12 | 8th | 34 | [70] |
1996 | Pontiac | DAY | TAL | CLT | MCH 9 | NA | 0 | [71] |
1997 | DAY 7 | CLT 10 | CAL 8 | MCH 3 | 8th | 34 | [72] | |
1998 | DAY 6 | CAL 8 | MCH 10 | IND 7 | 10th | 29 | [73] | |
1999 | DAY 8 | TAL 10* | MCH 11 | IND 6 | 8th | 30 | [74] | |
2000 | DAY 8 | TAL 8 | MCH 5 | IND 8 | 9th | 31 | [75] | |
2001 | DAY 1 | TAL 11 | MCH 8 | IND 4 | 5th | 47 | [76] | |
2002 | DAY 12 | CAL 3 | CHI 9 | IND 1* | 3rd | 49 | [77] |
Ralph Dale Earnhardt was an American professional stock car driver and racing team owner, who raced from 1975 to 2001 in the former NASCAR Winston Cup Series, most notably driving the No. 3 Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing. His aggressive driving style earned him the nicknames "the Intimidator", "the Man in Black" and "Ironhead"; after his son Dale Earnhardt Jr. joined the Cup Series circuit in 1999, Earnhardt was generally known by the retronyms Dale Earnhardt Sr. and Dale Sr. He is regarded as one of the greatest drivers in NASCAR history and named as one of the NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers class in 1998.
Robert Allen Labonte is an American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver and current analyst for NASCAR on Fox. He also currently competes part-time in the SMART Modified Tour, driving the No. 18L for Hermie Sadler and Bill Stanley. Labonte is the 2000 NASCAR Cup Series champion. He and his older brother, Terry Labonte, are one of only two pairs of brothers to have both won the Cup championships. He is also the uncle of former Xfinity Series race winner Justin Labonte.
Lawrence Neil Bonnett was an American NASCAR driver who compiled 18 victories and 20 poles over his 18-year career. Bonnett was a member of the Alabama Gang, and started his career with the help of Bobby and Donnie Allison. He rose to prominence in the late 1970s with his performances in cars owned by Jim Stacy and Wood Brothers Racing, becoming one of the top competitors in the 1980s. The Alabama native currently ranks 47th in all-time NASCAR Cup victories. He appeared in the 1983 film Stroker Ace and the 1990 film Days of Thunder. Bonnett hosted the TV show Winners for TNN from 1991 to 1994. He was a color commentator for CBS, TBS, and TNN in the years until his death. Bonnett's driving career was interrupted by a severe brain injury from a crash in 1990. He was killed while practicing for the 1994 Daytona 500 for a much-anticipated comeback.
Russell William "Rusty" Wallace Jr. is an American former NASCAR racing driver. He won the 1984 NASCAR Cup series Rookie of the Year and the 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Championship. For the accolades over the course of his successful career, Wallace has been inducted in the NASCAR Hall of Fame (2013), the International Motorsports Hall of Fame (2013), the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America (2014) and the National Motorsports Press Association Hall of Fame (2010).
Richard Lee Rudd, nicknamed "the Rooster", is an American former racing driver and racing team owner. He is the uncle of actor Skeet Ulrich and former NASCAR Busch Series driver Jason Rudd. He retired in 2007 with 23 career wins; twenty were done in a span from 1983 to 1998, where he won at least one race in sixteen consecutive seasons, a mark only surpassed by three other drivers. He was named the 2006 Virginian of the Year and was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 2007. In October 2010, he was selected to the Hampton Roads Sports Hall of Fame, which honors those who have contributed to sports in southeastern Virginia.
Mark Anthony Martin is an American retired stock car racing driver. He has the second most wins all time in what is now the Xfinity Series with 49. He scored 40 Cup Series wins. He finished second in the NASCAR Cup Series standings five times, third in the NASCAR Cup Series standings four times, and has been described by ESPN as "The best driver to never win a championship." Martin also failed to win the Daytona 500 during his career. Martin has five IROC Championships, more than any other driver. Also, during the 2005 season, he took over the all-time record for IROC wins, with 13. Martin is the final driver born in the 1950s to win a NASCAR Cup Series race.
William Clyde Elliott Sr., also known as "Awesome Bill from Dawsonville", "Million Dollar Bill", or "Wild Bill" is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He last competed in the Camping World Superstar Racing Experience part-time in 2022. His accolades include the 1988 Winston Cup Championship and garnering 44 wins in that series, including two Daytona 500 victories in 1985 and 1987, three Southern 500 victories in 1985, 1988, and 1994, one Winston 500 victory in 1985, one Brickyard 400 victory in 2002, one "The Winston All-Star Race" win in 1986, and a record four consecutive wins at Michigan International Speedway between 1985 and 1986.
Terrance Lee Labonte, nicknamed "Texas Terry" or "the Iceman", is an American former stock car driver. He raced from 1978 to 2014 in the former NASCAR Winston Cup and Sprint Cup Series. A two-time Cup Series champion in 1984 and 1996 and the 1989 IROC champion, he is the older brother of 2000 Cup Series champion Bobby Labonte, and the father of former Nationwide Series driver Justin Labonte. He also co-owns a Chevrolet dealership in Greensboro, North Carolina with Rick Hendrick. He appeared on the CBS series The Dukes of Hazzard in 1984, where he played an unnamed pit crew member.
Harold Phil Gant, known for his many nicknames such as "the Bandit", "High Groove Harry", "Hard Luck Harry", "Mr. September", and perhaps mostly as "Handsome Harry", is a retired American stock car racing driver best known for driving the No. 33 Skoal Bandit car on the NASCAR Winston Cup Series circuit during the 1980s and 1990s and his 4-race win streak in 1991.
William Caleb "Cale" Yarborough was an American NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver and owner, businessman, farmer, and rancher. He was the first driver in NASCAR history to win three consecutive championships, winning in 1976, 1977, and 1978. He was one of the preeminent stock car drivers from the 1960s to the 1980s and also competed in IndyCar events. His fame was such that a special model of the Mercury Cyclone Spoiler II was named after him.
Virgil Earnest Irvan, occasionally referred to as Swervin' Irvan, is an American former professional stock car racing driver. A retired NASCAR competitor, he is perhaps best remembered for his comeback after a serious head injury suffered from a crash during practice at Michigan in 1994 that left him with only a 10% chance of survival. Irvan has been inducted into numerous halls of fame and was named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers in 1998. After a series of injuries in the late 1990s, he retired from racing in 1999.
Kevin Michael Harvick is an American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver and commentator for NASCAR on Fox.
Sterling Burton Marlin is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He last competed in the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour. He formerly competed in the NASCAR Cup Series, winning the Daytona 500 in 1994 and 1995. He is the son of late NASCAR driver Coo Coo Marlin. He is married to Paula and has a daughter, Sutherlin, a son, Steadman, a former NASCAR Xfinity Series driver, and a grandson Stirlin who races for Sterling in Sterling’s No. 114 Super Late Model. Marlin is a member of the NASCAR 75 Greatest Driver’s List.
Elzie Wylie "Buddy" Baker Jr. was an American professional stock car racing driver and commentator. Over the course of his 33-year racing career, he won 19 races in the NASCAR Cup Series, including the 1980 Daytona 500. Known by the nickname "Gentle Giant", Baker was noted for his prowess at NASCAR's superspeedways, Daytona and Talladega, at which he won a combined six races. After his racing career, he worked as a broadcaster and co-hosted a number of radio shows on Sirius XM.
David Gene Pearson was an American stock car driver, who raced from 1960 to 1986 in the former NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup Series, most notably driving the No. 21 Mercury for Wood Brothers Racing. Pearson won the 1960 NASCAR Rookie of the Year award and three Cup Series championships. He never missed a race in the years he was active. NASCAR described his 1974 season as an indication of his "consistent greatness", finishing third in the season points having competed in only 19 of 30 races. Pearson's career paralleled Richard Petty's, the driver who has won the most races in NASCAR history. They accounted for 63 first/second-place finishes, with the edge going to Pearson. Petty had 200 wins in 1,184 starts, while Pearson had 105 wins in 574 starts. Pearson was nicknamed the "Fox" for his calculated approach to racing.
Jonathan Thomas Benson Jr. is an American retired stock car racing driver and the son of former Michigan modified driver John Benson Sr. Benson has raced across NASCAR's three national series, and his career highlights include the 1993 American Speed Association AC-Delco Challenge series championship, the 1995 NASCAR Busch Series championship, the 1996 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Rookie of the Year Award, and the 2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series championship.
Ned Jarrett is an American retired race car driver and broadcaster. He is a two-time NASCAR Grand National Series champion. Because of his calm demeanor, he became known as "Gentleman Ned Jarrett". He is the father of former drivers Glenn Jarrett and Dale Jarrett.
Stephen Brian Park is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He won races in NASCAR's two top Northeast touring series and all three national divisions. Park was born in East Northport, New York as the youngest of four sons.
Jeffrey Lynn Green is an American retired professional stock car racing driver and crew chief. He most recently worked for RSS Racing as the crew chief for their No. 28 car in the ARCA Menards Series, driven by Kyle Sieg, and also competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series as a start and park driver for the team.
Jason Anthony Jarrett is an American race car spotter for 23XI Racing, JR Motorsports, and On Point Motorsports. A former driver in the NASCAR Busch Series and ARCA Racing Series, he has not driven in competition since 2005. Jarrett is the son of 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Series champion Dale Jarrett and the grandson of two-time champion Ned Jarrett.