Jarrett & Daytona: New Look, Same Desire; Number 88 UPS Driver Defends Daytona 500 Crown.Sports Editors/Racing Writers & Columnists DAYTONA, Fla.--(BW SportsWire)--Feb. 8, 2001 As he prepares to wear the brown, gold and white colors of UPS for the first time in actual race competition, Number 88 UPS driver Dale Jarrett Dale Arnold Jarrett (born November 26, 1956 in Newton, North Carolina) is an American race car driver. Jarrett currently races in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series exclusively, driving the #44 Toyota Camry for Michael Waltrip Racing. has an ally in history at Daytona International Speedway Daytona International Speedway is a superspeedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. It is a 2.5 mile (4 km) tri-oval race track facility with a seating capacity of 168,000 spectators. . -- The last time that Jarrett and the Number 88 team came to Daytona with a new sponsor was in 1996. The newly formed second team at Robert Yates Racing proceeded to win both the Busch Clash and the Daytona 500, marking a stellar debut for Jarrett and crew chief Todd Parrott. -- Last season, Jarrett's display of dominance at Daytona produced a near sweep of Speedweeks 2000 activities when he captured the Bud Pole along with wins in the Bud Shootout Qualifier, Bud Shootout and the Daytona 500. -- Jarrett is one of only four drivers to win three Daytona 500's in a career (along with Richard Petty, Cale Yarborough and Bobby Allison). -- Should he win the "granddaddy" of all races again, Jarrett will tie Yarborough for second place with four Daytona 500 victories. Petty leads all drivers with seven. Jarrett Jar·rett , Keith Born 1945. American pianist and composer best known for his solo jazz improvisations, especially The Köln Concert (1975), but also noted for his classical recordings. On the Unique Excitement of Daytona... "There's a lot of time off between that last race in Atlanta Atlanta (ətlăn`tə, ăt–), city (1990 pop. 394,017), state capital and seat of Fulton co., NW Ga., on the Chattahoochee R. and Peachtree Creek, near the Appalachian foothills; inc. 1847. and our first one here in Daytona," Jarrett said. "Because of that, for me anyway, I get excited just thinking about getting back in the racecar race·car n. Sports An automobile used for racing. and competing again. And then there's the fact that this is our biggest race of the year. The long layoff Layoff 1. When a company eliminates jobs regardless of how good the employees' performance. 2. A risk reduction, made by investment bankers, that minimizes the potential downside associated with a commitment to purchase and sell a stock issue unsubscribed by stockholders holding coupled with the magnitude of this event makes for a ton of excitement." HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT HAVING THE BIGGEST RACE OF THE YEAR FIRST? "I think it's it's 1. Contraction of it is. 2. Contraction of it has. See Usage Note at its. it's it is or it has it's be ~have only appropriate...it's like giving teams two weeks off before the Super Bowl," Jarrett said. "Everybody's fresh and everybody's healthy, so you've you've Contraction of you have. you've you have you've have got the very best racing at their very best. When you win a 500, it gives you even more a feeling of accomplishment because of that." IS THERE ADDED PRESSURE TO SUCCEED BECAUSE OF UPS's NEW SPONSORSHIP? "There's really not," Jarrett said. "There's no way that any sponsor or any outside entity could place any more pressure on us than we as a race team put on ourselves. We expect ourselves to perform and perform at the highest level. We want to do well, we've we've Contraction of we have. we've have got a lot to live up to and the last time we came here with a new sponsor, we won the Busch Busch , Adolf Georg Wilhelm 1891-1952. German-born Swiss violinist and conductor best known for his work as leader of the Busch Quartet, an internationally acclaimed chamber group formed in 1919. Clash and then the Daytona 500 the next week. We would like nothing better than to do that for UPS and get them off to a fast start. UPS knows we're we're Contraction of we are. we're we are going to do everything we can to sit on the pole and win." HOW DO YOU THINK THE AERO The advanced user interface in Windows Vista. In Vista, the visual experience the user receives depends on the version of Vista and the type of display adapter installed in the computer. CHANGES WILL AFFECT THE RACING AT DAYTONA? "I think we'll we'll Contraction of we will. we'll we will or we shall we'll will ~shall see a measure of that same excitement we saw at Talladega last time," Jarrett said. "NASCAR's done a good thing, bringing the draft more into play. Can we live up to what we did at Talladega? I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. . We can't run four and five wide because the corners are much sharper here at Daytona, they're not nearly as wide and sweeping. But, the addition of the roofstrips will knock a bigger hole in the air and help promote more passing. I think it'll be an excellent race."
Dale Jarrett's Winston Cup Record at Daytona International Speedway
(1984-2000; Points Events Only)
Year Event St Fn Laps Led Status
1984 Pepsi 400 39 23 155 (160) Running
1987 Pepsi 400 41 23 156 (160) Running
1988 Daytona 500 36 16 200 (200) Running
Pepsi 400 17 14 159 (160) Running
1989 Daytona 500 20 32 131 (200) Running
Pepsi 400 30 31 108 (160) Accident
1990 Pepsi 400 24 8 160 (160) Running
1991 Daytona 500 17 6 199 (200) Running
Pepsi 400 31 18 160 (160) Running
1992 Daytona 500 35 36 91 (200) Accident
Pepsi 400 10 3 160 (160) 26 Running
1993 Daytona 500 2 1 200 (200) 8 Running
Pepsi 400 13 8 160 (160) 3 Running
1994 Daytona 500 41 35 146 (200) 3 Engine
Pepsi 400 11 11 160 (160) Running
1995 Daytona 500 1 5 200 (200) Running
Pepsi 400 7 42 38 (160) Engine
1996 Daytona 500 7 1 200 (200) 40 Running
Pepsi 400 3 6 117 (117) 14 Running
1997 Daytona 500 3 23 200 (200) Running
Pepsi 400 16 5 160 (160) Running
1998 Daytona 500 5 34 196 (200) Running
Pepsi 400 3 23 159 (160) 38 Running
1999 Daytona 500 8 37 134 (200) 14 Accident
Pepsi 400 12 1 160 (160) 40 Running
2000 Daytona 500 1 1 200 (200) 89 Running
Pepsi 400 1 2 160 (160) 56 Running
DALE JARRETT
DAYTONA 500 SUMMARY
Starts: 12
Wins: 3
Top 5: 4
Top 10: 5
Poles: 2
Laps Led: 154
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