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NED JARRETT
Ned Jarrett is well known in the world of NASCAR as “Gentleman Ned Jarrett” because of a certain calmness about him. Behind the wheel of a Race Car however, he was fierce competitor. His 13 year racing career brought him two cup championships. Ned developed an interest in driving early in life. His father let him drive to church every Sunday when he was just nine years old. At the age of 12, he began working for his father in his sawmill, but that’s not where he wanted to stay.
His heart was at the track. When he was 20 years old, he drove his first race at Hickory Motor Speedway. It was the first race held at this track. Ned finished 10th. His father however, was not as excited as Ned was. He said that Ned could work on cars all he wanted but he wasn’t allowed to race. Around this time, Ned’s brother-in-law was doing some racing. Once, he was unable to drive for a race due to an illness and asked Ned to fill in for him. So, using his brother-in-law’s name, he drove in the race and placed second.
Ned was so pleased with how this plan worked out that he began to drive in more races using an assumed name. Before long, his father got wind of what was going on. He looked at Ned and said “If you’re going to drive, at least use your own name”. So that’s exactly what he did. After winning championships in the Sportsman series (now Nationwide) in 1957 and’58 Ned wanted to enter the Grand National Cup series (now Sprint).
He found a Junior Johnson Ford he wanted to buy for $2000. He didn’t have enough money in the bank to cover the check so he waited until after the bank closed, wrote the check to purchase the car with the intention of winning two races, earning enough money for the cost of the car. “I wanted that Ford in the worst way,” said Jarrett. “Only problem was I didn’t have $2,000. I had known that Junior had won in that car on several occasions and I felt that was the car I needed to make myself known in the Grand Nationals.”
Needless to say, Ned won both races and the car was his. In 1966, Ned was in contention for another championship when Ford withdrew their sponsorship in NASCAR. He decided it was time to retire while he was at the top of his game. He was just 34 years old and the only driver to retire as a NASCAR champion. The Jarrett family is one of the first families of NASCAR. Ned is the father of Dale Jarrett who won a championship in 1999 and recently retired from driving the UPS #44 for Michael Waltrip Racing. Ned and Dale are the second father-son pair to win cup championships (behind Richard and Kyle Petty).
Born: October 12, 1932 (1932-10-12) (age 75)
Birthplace: Newton, North Carolina
Awards: 1961 Grand National Champion
1965 Grand National Champion
Named one of NASCAR’s 50 Greatest Drivers (1998)
Myers Brothers Memorial Award (1964, 1965, 1982, 1983)
National Motorsports Press Association Hall of Fame (1972)
North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame (1990)
International Motorsports Hall of Fame (1991)
Oceanside Rotary Club Stock Car Hall of Fame (1992)
National Auto Racing Hall of Fame (United States) (1992)
American Auto Race Writers & Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame (1992)
Jacksonville, Florida Speedway Hall of Fame (1993)
Motorsports Hall of Fame of America (1997)
Talladega Walk of Fame (1997)
Hickory Metro Sports Hall of Fame (2001)
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Statistics
352 races run over 13 years.
Best Cup Position: 1st – 1961, 1965 (Grand National)
First Race: 1953 Hickory 250 (Hickory Motor Speedway)
Last Race: 1966 American 500 (Rockingham)
First Win: 1955 Rambi Raceway, Myrtle Beach
Last Win: 1965 Tidewater 300 (Dog Track Speedway, Moyock, North Carolina)
Wins 50
Top Tens 239
Poles 35
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