Jason Jarrett (racing driver)

Jason Anthony Jarrett (born October 14, 1975) is an American race car spotter for Roush Fenway Racing, Kaulig Racing, NEMCO Motorsports, and Bobby Gerhart Racing. A former driver in the NASCAR Busch Series and ARCA Racing Series, he has not driven in competition since 2005. He is the son of 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Series champion Dale Jarrett and the grandson of two-time champion Ned Jarrett.

Jason Jarrett
Born	Jason Anthony Jarrett October 14, 1975 Conover, North Carolina
Awards	2001 ARCA Racing Series Rookie of the Year 2003 Bill France Triple Crown Award
NASCAR Cup Series career
2 races run over 2 years
Best finish	67th (2003)
First race	2003 EA Sports 500 (Talladega)
Last race	2004 Pennsylvania 500 (Pocono)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
40 races run over 4 years
Best finish	39th (2000)
First race	1997 Galaxy Foods 300 (Hickory)
Last race	2000 Miami 300 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0

Career

Early years

Jarrett's racing career was launched in the World Karting Association (WKA), where in 1993 he claimed the WKA's Sprint Division Championship of the Carolina's Cup at North Carolina Speedway located in Rockingham, North Carolina.[1]

1994 saw Jarrett return to a track that had provided early success for both his father and grandfather Hickory Motor Speedway. While competing in the Limited Sportsman Division, he scored one victory and one pole, along with earning Rookie-of-the-Year honors. In 1995, Jarrett moved into the Winston Racing Series Late Model Stock Division, where he spent the next three seasons honing his skills at the famed oval.[2]

The 1997 season proved extremely busy for Jarrett, as he competed in a total of 46 late model events between Hickory Motor Speedway and Tri-County Speedway located in Hudson, North Carolina.

ARCA Racing Series

In 2001, Jarrett began his ARCA RE/MAX Series career, with second-place finish in the final ARCA RE/MAX Series point standings[3]and Rookie-of-the-Year honors. In 2002 he was 3rd in points,[4] and in 2003 he was 2nd again in points[5] as well as earning the Bill France Triple Crown Award. Jarrett won the penultimate race of the 2004 season but finished fifth in points while also competing in the Winston Cup Series.[6] Switching to Venturini Motorsports for the 2005 season, Jarrett did not live up to expectations and was released mid-season, and promptly went on a streak of four DNF's in his first four races for new owner Wayne Hixson.[7]

Craftsman Truck Series

1996 saw Jarrett attempt to make his NASCAR debut driving in the Craftsman Truck Series event at North Wilksboro for Bob Crocker, but his lone attempt in the series resulted in a DNQ.[8]

Busch Grand National Series

In 1997, Jarrett moved up to the Busch Grand National Series, driving three races for DAJ Racing and failing to qualify for two others.[9] For 1998, Jarrett ran another partial schedule, piloting the No. 32 Carquest car for eleven races and failing to qualify for another. He recorded a best finish of 17th at Richmond International Raceway.[10] Jarrett joined BACE Motorsports in 1999, attempting ten races and qualifying for eight of them. He also ran one race for Jarrett/Favre Motorsports, a collaboration between his father and National Football League star Brett Favre.[11] However, he broke his foot at Memphis Motorsports Park in October and did not drive the rest of the season.[1] He also suffered a concussion at Auto Club Speedway earlier in the season and had to be replaced by Johnny Benson Jr.[12] Running full-time in 2000, Jarrett struggled, failing to qualify for eleven races and posting a best finish of 17th.[13] He was also replaced by Hut Stricklin for a race at Pocono Raceway.[14] Jarrett has not competed in the series since.

Winston Cup Series

After 3 years away from the sport competing in ARCA, Jarrett returned to NASCAR in 2003 and made his Winston Cup Series debut in the EA Sports 500 that October at Talladega, driving a third car for Robert Yates in the No. 98, alongside his father Dale[15] and Elliott Sadler, who famously barrel rolled late in the race. He mainly stayed out of trouble and finished the race in 29th despite being 4 laps down.[16] He made one other start in the series at Pocono in the summer of 2004 driving the No. 02 for Hermie Sadler's team, SCORE Motorsports, falling out after 40 laps due to a handling issue to a 40th-place result.[17] His only other attempt in the series at Bristol in March driving for Morgan Shepherd resulted in a withdrawal.[18]

Post-driving career

After the 2005 season he retired from racing. Starting in 2007, Jarrett worked for his father's company, Dale Jarrett Incorporated, as a project manager. In 2010, he joined Germain Racing as a spotter for drivers Casey Mears and Max Papis in the Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series. Three years later, he left the organization to join Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) as the spotter for driver Ryan Newman in the Sprint Cup Series, and followed Newman in 2014 to Richard Childress Racing in the same role.[19] Jarrett currently spots in all three NASCAR national series, for Newman in Cup, Ryan Truex in the Xfinity Series, and John Hunter Nemechek in the Camping World Truck Series.[20]

Personal life

He now resides in Hickory, North Carolina, and is married to Christina. Their first child, Ford, was born November 14, 2008.

Career highlights

• 1993 World Karting Association Sprint Division Champion
• 1994 Hickory Motor Speedway Limited Sportsman Division Rookie of the Year
• 2001 ARCA Racing Series Rookie of the Year
• 2003 Bill France Triple Crown Award

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Nextel Cup Series

NASCAR Nextel Cup Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	NNCC	Pts	Ref
2003	Yates Racing	98	Ford	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	TAL	MAR	CAL	RCH	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	CHI	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	NHA	DOV	TAL 29	KAN	CLT	MAR	ATL	PHO	CAR	HOM	67th	76	[16]
2004	SCORE Motorsports	02	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	MAR	TAL	CAL	RCH	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	CHI	NHA	POC 40	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	NHA	DOV	TAL	KAN	CLT	MAR	ATL	PHO	DAR	HOM	86th	43	[17]
2005	Shepherd Racing Ventures	89	Dodge	DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI DNQ	MAR	TEX	PHO	TAL	DAR	RCH	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	CHI	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	NHA	DOV	TAL	KAN	CLT	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM	NA	-	[18]

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	NBC	Pts	Ref
1997	DAJ Racing	32	Ford	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	LVS	DAR	HCY 21	TEX	BRI	NSV	TAL	NHA 17	NZH	CLT	DOV	SBO	GLN	MLW	MYB 22	GTY	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT DNQ	CAL	CAR DNQ	HOM			67th	309	[9]
1998				DAY	CAR 31	LVS	NSV 20	DAR 20	BRI	TEX	HCY 32	TAL 43	NHA 36	NZH					GLN 24	MLW	MYB 22	CAL	SBO 23	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH 17	DOV							47th	935	[10]
		11	Chevy												CLT 34	DOV	RCH	PPR												CLT DNQ	GTY	CAR	ATL	HOM
1999	BACE Motorsports	33	Chevy	DAY 27	CAR 21	LVS 38	ATL 23	DAR 41	TEX DNQ	NSV 24	BRI DNQ	TAL 43	CAL 39	NHA	RCH	NZH	CLT	DOV	SBO	GLN	MLW	MYB	PPR													60th	624	[11]
	Jarrett/Favre Motorsports	11	Ford																					GTY 25	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	CAR	MEM	PHO	HOM
2000			Pontiac	DAY 17	CAR DNQ	LVS 42	ATL 22	DAR DNQ	BRI DNQ	TEX DNQ	NSV 23	TAL 39	CAL 33	RCH DNQ	NHA 35																					39th	1,187	[13]
			Chevy													CLT 33	DOV DNQ	SBO 26	MYB DNQ	GLN 32	MLW 33	NZH DNQ	PPR	GTY	IRP 27	MCH	BRI 22	DAR DNQ	RCH 24	DOV 43	CLT 41	CAR DNQ	MEM DNQ	PHO	HOM 36

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	NCTC	Pts	Ref
1996	Bob Crocker	89		HOM	PHO	POR	EVG	TUS	CNS	HPT	BRI	NZH	MLW	LVL	I70	IRP	FLM	GLN	NSV	RCH	NHA	MAR	NWS DNQ	SON	MMR	PHO	LVS	136	25	[8]

ARCA Re/Max Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Re/Max Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	ARMC	Pts	Ref
2000	Jarrett Racing	88	Ford	DAY	SLM	AND	CLT	KIL	FRS	MCH	POC	TOL	KEN	BLN	POC	WIN	ISF	KEN	DSF	SLM	CLT 4	TAL	ATL						85th	225	[21]
2001	ML Motorsports	67	Pontiac	DAY 21	NSH 6			GTY 7	KEN 29	CLT 7		MCH 29					MCH 12	POC 8					SLM 2	TOL 3	BLN 5		TAL 21		2nd	5900	[3]
			Chevy			WIN 12	SLM 4				KAN 1		POC 22	MEM 24	GLN 16	KEN 24			NSH 2	ISF 3	CHI 2	DSF 8				CLT 7		ATL 6
2002			Pontiac	DAY 18			SLM 2						TOL 2	SBO 6		BLN 10			ISF 10	WIN 20	DSF 8		SLM 14	TAL 5					3rd	5160	[4]
			Chevy		ATL 5	NSH 37		KEN 13	CLT 8	KAN 23	POC 2	MCH 33			KEN 4		POC 2	NSH 29				CHI 5			CLT 6
2003			Pontiac	DAY 20			SLM 6	TOL 2			BLN 7			LER 6					WIN 3				TAL 15		SBO 4				2nd	5470	[5]
			Chevy		ATL 3	NSH 11			KEN 5	CLT 6		KAN 4	MCH 9		POC 34	POC 6	NSH 5	ISF 7		DSF 18	CHI 11	SLM 2		CLT 6
2004			Pontiac	DAY 14																									5th	4860	[6]
			Chevy		NSH 36	SLM 2	KEN 10	TOL 2	CLT 18	KAN 3	POC 6	MCH 40	SBO 19	BLN 23	KEN 14	GTW 5	POC 9	LER 3	NSH 9	ISF 4	TOL 18	DSF 19	CHI 15	SLM 1	TAL 30
2005	Venturini Motorsports	25	Chevy	DAY	NSH 9	SLM 18	KEN 17	TOL 3	LAN 3	MIL 11	POC 9	MCH 22	KAN 6	KEN 38	BLN 29	POC 6	GTW 10	LER 8	NSH 7	MCH 13	ISF 10								9th	4185	[7]
	Hixson Motorsports	23	Pontiac																			TOL 34		CHI 40	SLM 35
		2																					DSF 29
		23	Chevy																							TAL 22

References

1. "BUSCH: Jason Jarrett; The man behind the name". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
2. "BUSCH: Jason Jarrett; The man behind the name". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 2016-12-15.
3. "Jason Jarrett – 2001 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
4. "Jason Jarrett – 2002 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
5. "Jason Jarrett – 2003 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
6. "Jason Jarrett – 2004 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
7. "Jason Jarrett – 2005 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
8. "Jason Jarrett – 1996 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
9. "Jason Jarrett – 1997 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
10. "Jason Jarrett – 1998 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
11. "Jason Jarrett – 1999 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
12. "BUSCH: Jonny Benson To Replace Jason Jarrett in New Hamphsire". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
13. "Jason Jarrett – 2000 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
14. "Brett Favre's NASCAR Xfinity Series races - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
15. "A Family Affair - MRN.com". origin.mrn.com. Archived from the original on 2017-01-05. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
16. "Jason Jarrett – 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
17. "Jason Jarrett – 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
18. "Jason Jarrett – 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
19. Spencer, Lee (August 31, 2013). "Dillon gets Harvick's spotter in '14". Fox Sports. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
20. "Third-generation racer Jarrett at home on the spotter stand". ARCA Racing. Retrieved 2017-01-06.
21. "Jason Jarrett – 2000 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 13, 2019.

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External links

• Official website
• Jason Jarrett driver statistics at Racing-Reference