Dale Jarrett
Race car driver, Award Winner
1956 –
Who is Dale Jarrett?
Dale Arnold Jarrett is a former American race car driver and current sports commentator known for winning the 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Series championship. He is the son of two-time Grand National Champion Ned Jarrett, younger brother of Glenn Jarrett; a former NASCAR driver himself and pit commentator, father of former driver Jason Jarrett, and cousin of Todd Jarrett. Beginning in 2007, Jarrett joined the ESPN/ABC broadcasting team as an announcer in select Nationwide Series races. In 2008, after retiring from driving following the 2008 Food City 500, Jarrett joined ESPN permanently as the lead racing analyst replacing Rusty Wallace. Now employed by NBC, Jarrett continues to provide top-notch analysis on NASCAR's weekly, gruelling competition. Jarrett was born in Conover, North Carolina.
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- Born
- Nov 26, 1956
Conover - Also known as
- Dale Arnold Jarrett
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Children
- Education
- University of South Carolina
- Newton-Conover High School
- Lived in
- North Carolina
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on July 23, 2013
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on April 16, 2023
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