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All American Racers:

The 1999 American Auto Racing Writers and Broadcasters Association All-American Racing Team has named 10 first team driver selections who will be honored Jan. 15 at an awards ceremony at Long Beach, CA. The selections include Winston Cup's Dale Jarrett and Tony Stewart...

Jarrett Gives:

Dale Jarrett also took some time for giving Friday. He and his wife, Kelley, have raised money for several years for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. On Friday, Jarrett handed Foundation officials a check for $220,000. That includes $110,000 from performance...

DJ’s Top Ten:

From the Home Office in Wahoo, Nebraska, it's the Top Ten List for December 2, 1999 as presented by Winston Cup Champion, Dale Jarrett on the Lateshow with David Letterman: Top Ten NASCAR Driver Pet Peeves...

DJ and Imus:

"Dale Jarrett and (radio talkshow host, Don)Imus talk about how NASCAR has become such a huge event! Imus also finds out what Dale is up to these days and how he trains for races. Note: Imus supported Dale Jarrett from the start..even before he was a winner. Now thats...

Jarrett Tops:

NASCAR Winston Cup champion Dale Jarrett has been selected Driver of the Year by a 15-member panel of motorsports journalists( Arizona Republic/AP )...

The NASCAR Winston Cup Leader Bonus

was $140,000(only Dale Jarrett could have won it) at Atlanta for leading the points and winning the race.(Dale Jarrett last won the award, $20,000 at Indy) The $340,000 annual award is paid at $10,000 per race to the point leader at the end of each event if he is also...

Championship and no poles? ever happen?

With Dale Jarrett winning the Cup championship and not scoring any poles in 1999, I was asked, has it ever happened before? Yep, five times, most recently, in 1991 when Dale Earnhardt won the Winston Cup Championship with four wins and NO poles. It also happened in...

Hasbro Signs Drivers:

Hasbro Sports announced today that it has reached agreements with 29 NASCAR drivers enabling the leading publisher to develop interactive games featuring the drivers, their vehicles and teams. Hasbro Sports plans to release several NASCAR titles for a range of gaming...

Championship and no poles? ever happen?

got that question: If Dale Jarrett wins the championship and ends up with no poles, has it ever happened before? Yep, five times, most recently, in 1991 when Dale Earnhardt won the Winston Cup Championship with four wins and NO poles. It also happened in 1983-Bobby...

Congrats to DJ:

Dale Jarrett has clinched his first Winston Cup Championship with a 5th place finish at Homestead. Dale and Ned Jarrett become the 2nd father-son tandem to win the Championship. Lee(3) and Richard(7) Petty were the first...

Beer can and Jarrett:

Someone threw a beer can onto the front straight at Phoenix International Raceway Sunday. Race leader and Winston Cup points leader Dale Jarrett ran over it, puncturing his right-front tire. Jarrett made up a lost lap and finished sixth despite the incident( Racer ...

Race Record:

Tony Stewart's winning speed of 118.132 mph at Phoenix, which was slowed by just two caution flags for a total of 10 laps, broke the race record of 110.825, set by Dale Jarrett in 1997( Infobeat Newsletter )...

Sad News:

Ruby Parrott, the mother of Roush Racings Buddy Parrott and grandmother of Todd Parrott, Dale Jarretts crew chief, died on Thursday( Times-Dispatch )...

Rainbow Warriors, gone? UPDATE 2 yep(some of them):

not sure what to think of this rumor, it's from a few very good sources but seems a bit odd, anyhow, here it is: Hearing that Robert Yates Racing has hired the entire "Rainbow Warrior" crew to do pit stops for the #88 team and Dale Jarrett in 2000, so that his mechanics...

PPI News:

A Hickory-based NASCAR team is doubling the size of its headquarters and thinking about building a much larger facility as it boosts its presence on the racing scene. Precision Preparation Inc.(Cal Wells) is building a 32,000-square-foot facility across First Avenue...

Pit Crew Competition – #99 Wins:

Pit Crew Competition - #99 Wins: The Union 76/Rockingham World Pit Crew Competition is on Saturday October 21, 2000, 11:00am/et at North Carolina Speedway. Bobby Labonte and the Interstate Batteries Pontiac team took home the trophy and the bragging rights as being...

2000 Pit Crew Competition – #99 Wins:

2000 Pit Crew Competition - #99 Wins: The Union 76/Rockingham World Pit Crew Competition is on Saturday October 21, 2000, 11:00am/et at North Carolina Speedway. Bobby Labonte and the Interstate Batteries Pontiac team took home the trophy and the bragging rights as ...

Jarrett in Good Shape:

If Dale Jarrett finishes 43rd at Phoenix and Bobby Labonte won and led the most laps, Jarrett would still lead by 95 points( That's Racin' ) and With three races (Homestead, Phoenix, Atlanta) remaining on the 1999 schedule Jarrett maintained his 246-point lead, and...

The Dyno:

NASCAR brought its chassis dynamometer to the Rockingham track and tested six cars after Sunday's race. The cars tested were the Pontiacs of Ward Burton(#22) and Bobby Labonte(#18), the Fords of Jeff Burton(#99), Dale Jarrett(#88) and Rusty Wallace(#2), and Sterling...

Homestead Testing:

#1 Pennzoil Chevy driver Steve Park teamed up with a new BGN team, while former CTS regular Boris Said tested the #14 Irvan-Simo Ford at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Wednesday. Said plans to run in the Pennzoil 400 presented by Kmart. Park joined Ron Hornaday and Steve...