Ned Jarrett | Class of 2011 | Official Site Of NASCAR

NASCAR Hall of Fame member

Ned Jarrett had it all — hard-charging capabilities combined with the consistency essential to stock-car success. The combination produced two NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championships. His 50 career victories are tied for 10th all-time with Junior Johnson. He also won a total of 28 races during the 1964 and ’65 seasons.

(b. 10-12-32)

Hometown: Newton, N.C.

Competed: 1953-66

Starts: 353

Wins: 50

Poles: 35

Jarrett won his first series title in 1961 while driving a Chevrolet for W.G. Holloway Jr. He finished with only one victory, but posted an impressive 34 top-10s in 46 starts. In 1965, he won his second title while driving for DuPont heir Bondy Long, and despite a back injury sustained at Greenville, S.C., Jarrett finished with 13 wins and 42 top-fives in 54 starts that season. He also won the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway by 14 laps, (17.5 miles), still the largest margin of victory in NASCAR Sprint Cup history.

In addition to his immense success in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Jarrett also captured two championships in the Sportsman Division (1957 and 1958).

Nicknamed “Gentleman Ned,” Jarrett and his wife, Martha, reside in Hickory, N.C. Their family includes son Dale, who won the 1999 NASCAR Sprint Cup title. Since retiring, the elder Jarrett has become one of NASCAR’s greatest ambassadors. He’s also considered instrumental to the sport’s growth through his second career as a broadcaster. Now retired from broadcasting, he is especially remembered for the emotional call of his son Dale’s 1993 Daytona 500 victory.

Jarrett was named one of NASCAR’s “50 Greatest Drivers” in 1998.

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Statistics

Year	Age	Races	Win	Top 5	Top 10	Pole	Laps	Led	AvSt	AvFn	RAF	Miles	LLF
1953	21	2 of 37	0	0	0	0	8	0	26.0	35.0	1	10.9	0
1954	22	2 of 37	0	0	0	0	273	0		19.5	1	129.0	0
1955	23	3 of 45	0	0	0	0	403	0	31.7	30.7	1	488.4	0
1956	24	2 of 56	0	0	0	0	244	0	16.0	16.5	1	135.4	0
1957	25	1 of 53	0	0	0	0	7	0	19.0	19.0	0	3.5	0
1959	27	17 of 44	2	4	7	0	2929	2	12.9	14.0	9	1513.1	4
1960	28	40 of 44	5	20	26	5	7399	382	8.9	9.9	28	5609.7	8
1961	29	46 of 52	1	23	34	4	9813	606	8.3	7.6	35	7476.8	6
1962	30	52 of 53	6	19	35	4	11296	866	9.3	9.3	38	7435.3	8
1963	31	53 of 55	8	32	39	4	11845	1897	7.0	8.6	42	8274.7	16
1964	32	60 of 62	15	40	45	9	13325	3304	5.9	7.3	37	9023.2	19
1965	33	54 of 55	13	42	45	9	13527	2244	4.5	4.9	45	9367.5	23
1966	34	21 of 49	0	5	8	0	4584	167	11.6	16.9	8	4363.4	2
13 years		353	50	185	239	35	75653	9468	12.4	15.3	246	53830.9	86

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