Jarrett had concussion too, lost memory: Please excuse Dale Jarrett if he acts as if it is his first time on Kansas Speedway when Winston Cup cars take the green flag Sunday for the Protection One 400. Even though he qualified, practiced and raced at the Kansas City 1.5-mile oval in 2001, he remembers only a fleeting second before his #88 Ford hit the wall in Turn 1, 370 miles into the 400-mile race. “The only thing I do remember is that entrance into Turn 1 and getting tapped,” Jarrett said. “From that point, I don’t remember anything before the race started and I don’t remember anything after that until I was getting on the airplane to come back to North Carolina.” Jarrett was racing Bobby Labonte on Lap 247 when he got toether with the #18 Pontiac, Jarrett’s car veered violently into the wall of the then-new track, sending him to hospital with a severe concussion. “It was actually the first time I’ve had a concussion, especially one of this magnitude,” Jarrett said in a teleconference call. “It’ll be like my first time at Kansas City. I don’t remember the garage area. I know the shape of the racetrack just from knowing it’s a lot like Chicago, but from actually being on the track, I don’t remember any of that.”(Toronto Sun)(9-26-2002)
