Dale Jarrett - Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site

Budweiser leaving Hendrick?

"Officials at Budweiser are mulling over what to do next season, and there is still speculation that the company might leave the Hendrick family. Among the drivers on Budweiser's wish list are: Dale Jarrett, Jeff Burton, Ward Burton, John Andretti and Bobby Labonte...

August 28, 1998

Jeff Burton, Dale Earnhardt, Ernie Irvan and Ron Fellows all crashed their primary cars during practice for the CMT 300 and had to go to backups for qualifying and the race. Sterling Marlin scaped the wall and got the car fixed in time for qualifying. Bill Elliott...

August 27, 1998

CORRECTED 2: Testing at Richmond today was Kenny Irwin, Jr in the #28 and a slew of BGN drivers: #52-Kevin Grubb; #32 Ford-Dale Jarrett; #32 Chevy-Jason Jarrett; #14-Patty Moise; #42-JD Gibbs; #27-Casey Atwood; #72-Mike Dillion; #82-Mark McFarland; #20-Blaise...

August 25, 1998

UPDATE: Another NASCAR Silicon Motor Speedway will have a Grand Opening on Monday, August 24th at 7:30pm at the Dallas(Texas) Galleria on the third floor. Cup drivers Dale Jarrett and Jeremy Mayfield are scheduled to appear.(Thanks Lynne) (08-25-1998)...

August 25, 1998

- While in Texas, Dale Jarrett stopped by Texas Motor Speedway on Monday and took the speedway pace car on a few laps around the reconfigured track. He was impressed by the changes. His quote: "You can see with the eye what's been done," said Jarrett. "It's going...

August 19, 1998

In part from a story on NASCAR Online about Dale Jarrett testing at Darlington with a fast lap of 167.151mph - Jarrett's Robert Yates Racing team was joined at the test by NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series regular Mike Wallace, who was on hand in the David Blair(#27) Motorsports...

August 16, 1998

Several drivers are scheduled for testing in the days leading to the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway with the following drivers scheduled to test: Aug 17/18: Dale Jarrett, Tony Raines and Ted Christopher; Aug 24: Jeff Burton, Bobby Labonte, Mike Skinner; Aug 25...

August 13, 1998

Richmond Cup testing: Buckshot Jones, #00 Stavola Brothers Chevy, 8-18/20; Kenny Irwin, #28 Texaco Ford, 8-25/27; Dale Jarrett, #88 QC Ford, 8-26/27; Kevin Lepage, #16 Primestar Ford, 9-1/3.(SpeedNet) (08-13-1998)...

August 10, 1998

The inaugural Metro Detroit Ford Dealers "Ford Fan Appreciation Day" is set for August 12, 1998 from 4 - 8pm/et, at the Michigan State Fair Grounds. NASCAR Winston Cup drivers Brett Bodine, Dale Jarrett, Bill Elliott, Kenny Irwin Jr., Rick Mast, Dick Trickle, Michael...

No Bull 5 at Indy

Five drivers go for the No Bull 5 One Million Bonus at Indy: Jeff Gordon, Dale Jarrett, Bobby Labonte, Rusty Wallace and Mark Martin. For the rules and see the history see Jayski's Stats Page . To see the rules on how you can win a Million bucks in the No Bull 5, see...

NASCAR SpeedPark

The first NASCAR SpeedPark will host a grand opening celebration Tuesday at its location off N.C. 17 Bypass in Myrtle Beach, SC. The SpeedPark is the first NASCAR entertainment facility built especially for fan entertainment, featuring go-kart racing among other attractions...

Brickyard testing speeds

Thursday Speeds from the Brickyard testing via SpeedNet: 1) Ernie Irvan 176.074mph; 2) Joe Nemechek 175.967; 3)Mark Martin 175.247; 4) Elton Sawyer 174.852; 5) Ricky Rudd 174.530; 6) Dale Jarrett 174.290; 7) Robert Pressley 174.169; 8) Brett Bodine 173.990; 9) Dale...

Indy testing speeds

Got some speeds from Indy from the Indianapolis Star newspaper(but not website): 1) Rusty Wallace 177.504mph; 2) Jeremy Mayfield 176.724; 3) Jeff Gordon 176.370; 4) Ernie Irvan 176.308; 5) Dale Jarrett 176.118; 6) Mark Martin 175.884; 7) Ricky Rudd 175.541; 8) Robert...

Testing at Indianapolis

Nearly 40 Cup teams will test July 13-17 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, for the Brickyard 400 on 8-1-98. Among the teams testing will be Hendrick Motorsports (Jeff Gordon and Terry Labonte), Roush Racing (Mark Martin, Jeff Burton, Ted Musgrave, Johnny Benson Jr., ...

Yates has no plans for third team

One rumor(geez where'd it come from?) has been that Rudd might sell his team to Robert Yates, who owns the #88 Fords driven by Dale Jarrett and the #28 Fords driven by Kenny Irwin. But Yates said he has no plans to add a third team next year.(That's Racin' Notes-David...

Sears Point qualifying

Qualifying was pretty interesting. With the exception of Jeff Gordon and Dale Jarrett, the top ten was pretty much a bunch of surprises and a nice change. How about Jerry Nadeau, outside pole! No driver has ever won from further back then 13th at Sears Point.(6-26-...

Testing at Road America

Tuesday several NASCAR Winston Cup teams will test at Road Atlanta Motor Sports Center. It started with Cale Yarborough(with Rich Bickle) booking the test session, to test for the upcoming Sears Point Save Mart 250 in two weeks. Other teams piggybacked on that and ...

“Stock Car Fever”

National Geographic and the #88 Quality Care/Ford Credit team have partnered up to bring a half-hour TV show to the airwaves. The show will outline what it takes to get the job done in the big leagues of stock car racing. "Stock Car Fever" features "a week in the life...

Drivers involved in qualifying/practice accidents

Brett Bodine #11 Paychex Ford; Dale Jarrett #88 Quality Care Ford; Dick Trickle #90 Heilig Meyers Ford(practice); and Todd Bodine #35 Tabasco Pontiac(practice), who was taken to a local hospital for observation. Todd was later released and returned to the track - all...

Wind tunnel test

The cars of Bobby Labonte (#18 Pontiac), Dale Jarrett (#88 Ford) and Terry Labonte (#5 Chevrolet) were chosen by NASCAR to go the Lockheed wind tunnel in Marietta, GA(NASCAR Online)(4-26-98)...