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

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 Rockingham Speedway located in Rockingham, North Carolina.

1994 saw Jarrett return to a track that had provided early success for both his father and grandfather at 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 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 standingsand Rookie-of-the-Year honors. In 2002, he was third in points, and in 2003, he was second again in points 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. 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.

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

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. 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 seventeenth at Richmond. 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 NFL star Brett Favre. However, he broke his foot at Memphis in October and did not drive the rest of the season. He also suffered a concussion at Auto Club Speedway earlier in the season and had to be replaced by Johnny Benson Jr. Running full-time in 2000, Jarrett struggled, failing to qualify for eleven races and posting a best finish of seventeenth. He was also replaced by Hut Stricklin for a race at Pocono Raceway. Jarrett has not competed in the series since.

Winston Cup Series After three years away from the sport competing in ARCA, Jarrett returned to NASCAR in 2003 and made his Winston Cup Series debut at the 2003 EA Sports 500 that October at Talladega, driving a third car for Robert Yates in the No. 98, alongside his father Dale 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 four laps down. 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 forty laps due to a handling issue to a 40th-place result. His only other attempt in the series at Bristol in March driving for Morgan Shepherd resulted in a withdrawal.

Post-driving career After the 2005 season, Jarrett retired from racing. Starting in 2007, he 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. Jarrett has spotted 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.

In 2022, Jarrett spotted for 23XI Racing for Kurt Busch. Jarrett also spotted for Josh Berry at JR Motorsports in the Xfinity Series and Tate Fogleman at On Point Motorsports in the Camping World Truck Series.

Personal life Jarrett 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 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 TAL29 KAN CLT MAR ATL PHO CAR HOM 67th 76 2004 SCORE Motorsports 02 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX MAR TAL CAL RCH CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY CHI NHA POC40 IND GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV TAL KAN CLT MAR ATL PHO DAR HOM 86th 43 2005 Shepherd Racing Ventures 89 Dodge DAY CAL LVS ATL BRIDNQ 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 -

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 Pts Ref 1997 DAJ Racing 32 Ford DAY CAR RCH ATL LVS DAR HCY21 TEX BRI NSV TAL NHA17 NZH CLT DOV SBO GLN MLW MYB22 GTY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLTDNQ CAL CARDNQ HOM 67th 309 1998 DAY CAR31 LVS NSV20 DAR20 BRI TEX HCY32 TAL43 NHA36 NZH GLN24 MLW MYB22 CAL SBO23 IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH17 DOV 47th 935 11 Chevy CLT34 DOV RCH PPR CLTDNQ GTY CAR ATL HOM 1999 BACE Motorsports 33 Chevy DAY27 CAR21 LVS38 ATL23 DAR41 TEXDNQ NSV24 BRIDNQ TAL43 CAL39 NHA RCH NZH CLT DOV SBO GLN MLW MYB PPR 60th 624 Jarrett/Favre Motorsports 11 Ford GTY25 IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAR MEM PHO HOM 2000 Pontiac DAY17 CARDNQ LVS42 ATL22 DARDNQ BRIDNQ TEXDNQ NSV23 TAL39 CAL33 RCHDNQ NHA35 39th 1,187 Chevy CLT33 DOVDNQ SBO26 MYBDNQ GLN32 MLW33 NZHDNQ PPR GTY IRP27 MCH BRI22 DARDNQ RCH24 DOV43 CLT41 CARDNQ MEMDNQ PHO HOM36

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 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 NWSDNQ SON MMR PHO LVS 136 25

Goody's Dash Series NASCAR Goody's Dash 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 Pts Ref 1996 Moore Racing 99 Chevy DAY HOM MYB SUM NSV TRI CAR HCY FLO BRI SUM GRE SNM BGS MYB LAN STH FLO NWS VOL HCY N/A 0

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 Pts Ref 2000 Jarrett Racing 88 Ford DAY SLM AND CLT KIL FRS MCH POC TOL KEN BLN POC WIN ISF KEN DSF SLM CLT4 TAL ATL 85th 225 2001 ML Motorsports 67 Pontiac DAY21 NSH6 GTY7 KEN29 CLT7 MCH29 MCH12 POC8 SLM2 TOL3 BLN5 TAL21 2nd 5900 Chevy WIN12 SLM4 KAN1 POC22 MEM24 GLN16 KEN24 NSH2 ISF3 CHI2 DSF8 CLT7 ATL6 2002 Pontiac DAY18 SLM2 TOL2 SBO6 BLN10 ISF10 WIN20 DSF8 SLM14 TAL5 3rd 5160 Chevy ATL5 NSH37 KEN13 CLT8 KAN23 POC2 MCH33 KEN4 POC2 NSH29 CHI5 CLT6 2003 Pontiac DAY20 SLM6 TOL2 BLN7 LER6 WIN3 TAL15 SBO4 2nd 5470 Chevy ATL3 NSH11 KEN5 CLT6 KAN4 MCH9 POC34 POC6 NSH5 ISF7 DSF18 CHI11 SLM2 CLT6 2004 Pontiac DAY14 5th 4860 Chevy NSH36 SLM2 KEN10 TOL2 CLT18 KAN3 POC6 MCH40 SBO19 BLN23 KEN14 GTW5 POC9 LER3 NSH9 ISF4 TOL18 DSF19 CHI15 SLM1 TAL30 2005 Venturini Motorsports 25 Chevy DAY NSH9 SLM18 KEN17 TOL3 LAN3 MIL11 POC9 MCH22 KAN6 KEN38 BLN29 POC6 GTW10 LER8 NSH7 MCH13 ISF10 9th 4185 Hixson Motorsports 23 Pontiac TOL34 CHI40 SLM35 2 DSF29 23 Chevy TAL22

References

Catch Fence.com article

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