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Jarrett Winston Cup Record

Year	Starts	Wins	Top 5	Top 10	Prize Money
1984	3	0	0	0	7,345
1986	1	0	0	0	990
1987	24	0	0	2	143,405
1988	29	0	0	1	118,640
1989	29	0	2	5	232,317
1990	24	0	1	7	214,495
1991	29	1	3	8	444,256
1992	29	0	2	8	418,648
1993	30	1	13	18	1,242,394
1994	30	1	4	9	881,754
1995	31	1	9	14	1,363,158
1996	31	4	17	21	2,985,418
1997	32	7	20	23	3,240,542
1998	33	3	19	22	4,019,657
1999	34	4	24	29	6,649,596
2000	34	2	15	24	5,934,475

Best Finish: 1st (26 times)
Biggest Purse: $712,240 (1999 Brickyard 400)
Career NASCAR Winston Cup Standings: 1988-23rd; 1989-24th; 1990-25th; 1991-17th; 1992-19th; 1993-4th; 1994-16th; 1995-13th; 1996-3rd; 1999-1st

Jarrett Winston Cup Wins

By Year

1991	Michigan (#2)*
1993	Daytona 500**
1994	Charlotte (#2)**
1995	Pocono (#2)*
1996	Daytona 500
	Charlotte (#1)
	Indianapolis
	Michigan (#2)
1997	Atlanta (#1)
	Darlington (#1)
	Pocono (#2)
	Bristol (#2)
	Richmond (#2)
	Charlotte (#2)
	Phoenix
1998	Darlington (#1)
	Dover (#1)
	Talladega (#2)
1999	Richmond (#1)
	Michigan (#1)
	Daytona (#2)
	Indianapolis

* Wood Brothers ** Joe Gibbs Racing

By Track

Atlanta (1 win)	1997 (#1)
Bristol (1 win)	1997 (#2)
Charlotte (3 wins)	1994 (#2) 1996 (#1) 1997 (#2)
Darlington (2 wins)	1997 (#1) 1998 (#1)
Daytona (3 wins)	1993 (#1-500) 1996 (#1-500) 1999 (#2-400)
Dover (1 win)	1998 (#1)
Indianapolis (2 wins)	1996 1999
Michigan (3 wins)	1991 (#2) 1996 (#2) 1999 (#1)
Phoenix (1 win)	1997
Pocono (2 wins)	1995 (#2) 1997 (#2)
Richmond (2 wins)	1997 (#2) 1999 (#1)
Talladega (1 win)	1998 (#2)

2001

Win International Race of Champions (IROC)race

Captured first-ever victory at Texas Motor Speedway

Captured first-ever victory at Martinsville Speedway

2000 (Championship Finish - 4^th place)

Won third career Daytona 500 from the pole position (and second No Bull 5 bonus)

Became fourth driver to win three or more Daytona 500s

Won Bud Shootout Qualifier and Bud Shootout

Captured first-ever victory at North Carolina Motor Speedway (Rockingham)

Others

This is Jarrett's fifth season driving the No. 88 Quality Care Service/Ford Credit Taurus and the 13th season as a driver on the NASCAR Winston Cup circuit. He raced on a part-time basis from 1984-86. His first full season was in 1987.

Jarrett won the 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Championship. He is one of only three Ford drivers to win the series championship since 1969.

Entering the 2000 season, Jarrett had collected 22 career Winston Cup victories (in 389 starts), seven career poles and career earnings in excess of $21 million. Two of those wins came on short-tracks. His first short-track win was in 1997 at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Jarrett's first career Winston Cup race was April 29, 1984 at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway. He started 24th and finished 14th. His first win (130th start) happened at Michigan International Speedway, Aug. 18 1991. His first pole (229th start) came during Speedweeks '95 at Daytona International Speedway - Feb. 11, 1995.

In 1995, Jarrett joined Robert Yates Racing while fellow driver, Ernie Irvan, recovered from life-threatening injuries suffered in August 1994 at Michigan International Speedway.

He debuted for Yates' new Quality Care/Ford Credit team in February 1996 by winning the Busch Clash and the famed Daytona 500 at the Daytona International Speedway. This was his second Daytona 500 win ('93). Jarrett also finished a career-high third in the NASCAR Winston Cup championship point standings this same year.

Jarrett became the first Ford driver to win the prestigious Brickyard 400 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1996. Also the first driver to ever win Daytona and Brickyard in the same year.

In 1998, Jarrett collected a $1 million Winston No Bull 5 bonus for his victory in the Winston 500 at Talladega.

Since he started to run a full season schedule in 1989, Jarrett has finished in the top five in the final point standings four times -- '93-fourth, '96-third, '97-second and '98-third.

Jarrett won two of the "Crown Jewel" races in 1996 (Daytona 500 and Coca-Cola 600), making him eligible for the Winston Million at Darlington, S.C. The Winston Million was a $1 million bonus from R.J. Reynolds for any driver that won three of four major superspeedway races in one season.

Before joining RYR, Jarrett drove for Joe Gibbs Racing from 1992-94. While teamed up with the former NFL coach, Jarrett collected two of his 18 career wins (Daytona 500, '93 and Mello Yello 500 at Charlotte, '94).

He competed in the 1994 International Race of Champions series; placed sixth overall on the strength of two third place finishes in the four-race series.

Jarrett began racing in 1977 in the Limited Sportsman Division at Hickory Motor Speedway where his father, two-time NASCAR champion Ned Jarrett, once was the track promoter.

Jarrett is considered one of the founding drivers for NASCAR's Busch Series, competing as a regular in 1982, the first year of the competition for this division. Since 1987, he has competed in a limited schedule of Busch events. Out of 323 starts (through 1999), he had collected 11 wins and 14 poles.

His son Jason is becoming the third-generation driver in the Jarrett family as he begins his own racing career in NASCAR's Busch Series.

Jarrett Special Awards and Honors

Driver of the Year, 1999

Racer Magazine's Oval Racer of the Year, 1999

TNN's Racer of the Year, 1999

American Auto Racing Writers and Broadcaster's Association (AARWBA) All-American First Team, 1999 & 1997

National Motorsports Press Association Driver of the Year, 1999 & 1997

Susan G. Komen's Breast Cancer Foundation's recipient of the Jill Ireland Award for Individual & Corporate Contributions, 1999

True Value Man of the Year, 1997

MCI Fast Pace Award, 1997

1997, 1999 International Race of Champions (IROC participant

Copenhagen/Skoal All-Pro Third Team, 1996 (first year nominated in driver category)

1996 Ford SVO Special Recognition Award

1996 True Value Man of the year nominee

1977 Rookie of the Year, Limited Sportsman Division, Hickory Motor Speedway

1975 Athlete of the Year as a senior at Newton-Conover, High School, where he excelled in football, basketball, baseball and golf (still an avid golfer, Jarrett plays to an 8 handicap)

North Carolina High School Southern District Seven Golfer of the Year (1974 & '75)

Jarrett Charity Involvement

National Spokesperson for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Research Foundation through a performance based program designed by Ford Credit, Jarrett has helped generate over $500,000 for the foundation in the past three years; in 1999, through his on-track performances the donation was $110,000, while Ford Credit elected to match that figure, raising the donation to $220,000.

National Spokesperson for the Disabled American Veterans - visits DAV hospitals across the country; filmed several public service announcements for the DAV's Transportation Network, in hopes to create a greater public awareness of this program and to enlist more volunteer drivers to help transport disabled veterans.

National Spokesperson for the Samaritan's Purse "Operation Christmas Child" - this project, led by Franklin Graham, aids children living in crisis areas of the world by collecting and distributing gift-filled shoe boxes to them in time for Christmas.

Sponsors and participates in the annual Dale Jarrett Lutheran Brotherhood Golf Tournament - this benefits the Lutheran Counseling Center in Hickory, N.C.

Board of Directors Member - Motor Racing Outreach

Supports and participates in activities benefiting the following:
Winston Cup Racing Wives Auxiliary
Children's Miracle Network
Brenner Children's Hospital
Speedway Children's Charities
Special Olympics
Make-A-Wish Foundation
March of Dimes
Goodwill Industries
Easter Seals
YMCA of Catawba Valley