Jarrett/Favre Motorsports

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Jarrett/Favre Motorsports
Owner(s) Dale Jarrett, Brett Favre
Series Busch Series
Race drivers11. Kenny Irwin Jr., Steve Grissom, Jason Jarrett, Hut Stricklin
Sponsors Rayovac
Manufacturer Pontiac
Chevrolet
Opened 1999
Closed 2000
Career
Debut 1999 Coca-Cola 300 (Texas)
Latest race 2000 Miami 300 (Homestead-Miami)
Races competed29
Drivers' Championships 0
Race victories0
Pole positions 0

Jarrett/Favre Motorsports was an American stock car racing team owned by NASCAR driver Dale Jarrett and National Football League quarterback Brett Favre. The team raced in the Busch Series from 1999 to 2000. [1]

Contents

Busch Series

Founding

Brett Favre signed on as part-owner of the team in early 1999 to couple with Dale Jarrett. [2]

Car No. 11 History

The team debuted with Kenny Irwin Jr. at Texas Motor Speedway in March 1999. Irwin posted a fifth in that first race, which was coincidentally the team's best finish in competition. Irwin made four more starts, posting another fifth at Dover International Speedway. Team owner Jarrett made one start at Darlington Speedway and fell victim to overheating. Jason Jarrett, Dale's son, made one start at Gateway Motorsports Park and finished 25th, one lap down. Steve Grissom made four starts near the end of the season, recording a best finish of 13th at Memphis International Raceway. [3] [4] [5] [6]

In 2000, the team shifted its focus to the younger Jarrett, with Rayovac returning as primary sponsor. Jarrett struggled mightily in the first nineteen races of the season, posting his only top-20 finish at Daytona International Speedway, crashing out of three races, and failing to qualify for eight other races, making for only eleven starts. To try to help performance, the team switched from Pontiacs to Chevrolets and changed crew chiefs from Wes Ward to Rick Bowman. However, neither of the changes seemed to improve performance, so journeyman driver Hut Stricklin was hired to run two races, at Pikes Peak International Raceway and Gateway. Stricklin only qualified for the race at Pikes Peak and finished 28th. Stricklin also attempted the fall race for the team at Phoenix International Raceway, but did not qualify. Jarrett returned to the car after the Gateway race, but failed to qualify for three more races and posted a best finish of 22nd at Bristol Motor Speedway, even as Verizon Wireless came on board as an associate sponsor. [7] [8] [9]

In September 2000, Rayovac announced that they would not renew their sponsorship into 2001. Plagued by poor performance, Jarrett/Favre Motorsports did not return for the 2001 season. [10]

Car No. 11 results

NASCAR Busch Series results
YearDriverNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132OwnersPts
1999 Kenny Irwin Jr. 11 Ford DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR TEX
5
NSV BRI TAL CAL
DNQ
NHA RCH NZH CLT
DNQ
DOV
11
SBO GLN IRP
16
MCH
33
BRI
DNQ
RCH
DNQ
DOV
5
CLT
DNQ
49th1144
Dennis Setzer MLW
DNQ
MYB PPR
Jason Jarrett GTY
25
Dale Jarrett DAR
39
Steve Grissom CAR
27
MEM
13
PHO
36
HOM
41
2000 Jason Jarrett Pontiac DAY
17
CAR
DNQ
LVS
42
ATL
22
DAR
DNQ
BRI
DNQ
TEX
DNQ
NSV
23
TAL
39
CAL
33
RCH
DNQ
NHA
35
41st1580
Chevy CLT
33
DOV
DNQ
SBO
26
MYB
DNQ
GLN
32
MLW
33
NZH
DNQ
IRP
27
BRI
22
DAR
DNQ
RCH
24
DOV
43
CLT
41
CAR
DNQ
MEM
DNQ
HOM
36
Hut Stricklin PPR
28
GTY
DNQ
PHO
DNQ
Morgan Shepherd MCH
DNQ

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