Inductee for 2014 Hall of Fame class
Dale Jarrett was at his best on NASCAR’s biggest stages.
Jarrett is a three-time Daytona 500 winner and twice won the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. His 32 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victories — 21st all-time — also include the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
(b. 11/26/1956)
Hometown: Hickory, N.C.
Championships: Premier – 1999
Competed: 1984-2008
Starts: 668
Wins: 32
Poles: 16
Jarrett won the 1999 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship with 29 top-10s, an astounding feat considering that year’s schedule consisted of 34 races. Four victories and top-10 finishes in the season’s final eight races secured that year’s title for Jarrett. He recorded six additional top-five championship finishes and won at least once in 11 consecutive seasons from 1993 through 2003.
With father Ned, the Jarretts are only the second father-son combination with NASCAR premier series championships after NASCAR Hall of Famers Lee and Richard Petty. Ned Jarrett was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in May 2011.
The younger Jarrett, a star prep athlete before turning down a college golf scholarship in favor of a racing career, shares his father’s passion for broadcasting and currently is a NASCAR commentator for ESPN and ABC.