Jason Jarrett | |||||||
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Born |
Conover, North Carolina |
October 14, 1975 ||||||
Awards | 2001 ARCA Racing Series Rookie of the Year 2003 Bill France Triple Crown Award |
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Monster Energy 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) | ||||||
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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) | ||||||
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Jason Jarrett (born October 14, 1975) is an American race car spotter for Richard Childress 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.
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.
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.
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.
In 2001, Jarrett began his ARCA RE/MAX Series career, with second-place finish in the final ARCA RE/MAX Series point standings and Rookie-of-the-Year honors. In 2002 he was 3rd in points, and in 2003 he was 2nd again in points as well as earning the Bill France Triple Crown Award. Jarrett won the penultimate race of the 2003 season but finished fifth in points while also competing in the Winston Cup Series. 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.