Dale Jarrett's last race

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Mar 12, 2008 | 03:05 PM

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Dale Jarrett's last race

I know he's driving for Toyota now, but he did win '99 championship with Yates Ford so we should mention him here.

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When #44-Dale Jarrett starts the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway March 16 it will be the 668th start in a successful 24-year career. It also will be the former Sprint Cup champion’s last points race as the North Carolina native hangs up his helmet this year. The 51-year-old Jarrett opted to return this year, but only to run the first five races of the season. His last race actually will be the All-Star event at Lowe’s Motor Speedway in May, but BMS will be the last place he races for points. As a former BMS winner – he captured the Goody’s 500 (Aug. 23, 1997) – Jarrett says it is fitting that the World’s Fastest Half-Mile, where he made his first start in 1986, will cap what has been a very successful career.

http://www.jayski.com/cupnews.htm#news44

Mar 12, 2008 | 04:07 PM

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He's in the top two of my favorite FMC drivers . . . ever. Maybe one day he can re-associate himself with FMC.

Mar 12, 2008 | 04:24 PM

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He didn't win no stinkin' Sprint Cup, he won a Winston Cup.

Mar 12, 2008 | 04:26 PM

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Same thing. Grand National, Winston, Nextel, Sprint ...

Mar 12, 2008 | 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Evil_Capri

Maybe one day he can re-associate himself with FMC.

He criticized Ford a lot when he left to drive for Toyota. He said that Ford is doing a horrible job with NASCAR.

Funny thing is, in 2006 with Yates' Ford he was 21st. Last year with Michael Waltrip's Toyota he was 41st.

Mar 12, 2008 | 04:41 PM

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Same thing. Grand National, Winston, Nextel, Sprint ...

Show me what it says on Jarrett's trophy, I assure you it does not say "Sprint" on it.
Calling his Championship a Sprint Cup is rewriting history.

Mar 12, 2008 | 04:57 PM

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It's a same series, only thing different is sponsor's name.

Mar 16, 2008 | 11:15 PM

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Well, he done. Not with a bang but with a whimper. Somewhat Ironic that the cars from the team he bailed on did much better, even if they weren't exactly contending either.