Terry Labonte has done it on occasion. Bill Elliott is doing it now. But don’t expect Dale Jarrett to join the on-again, off-again trend of former Nextel Cup champions running one-off races sporadically. “As far as coming back, and people wanting you to get in a race here and there, I just don’t see that happening, whatsoever,” Jarrett said Friday, just after announcing his pending retirement. Jarrett considers it unfair to the teams attempting to run the entire schedule. “I know what that is like [from experiencing it] this year,” Jarrett said. “I didn’t want to put someone else in that position. The only thing that would change that would be if UPS came to me and said, ‘We need you to run this race.'” So what’s next? Jarrett will mentor Michael Waltrip Racing development drivers Josh Wise and Michael McDowell, and said he plans to begin discussions with ESPN about his television future very soon.(ESPN.com)(10-14-2007)
