Tag Archives: Dale Jarrett

Kevin Harvick Wins Best Driver Award at 2015 ESPYs

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Kevin Harvick wins 2015 ESPYs 'Best Driver' Award Photo - KevinHarvick.com

Kevin Harvick wins 2015 ESPYs ‘Best Driver’ Award Photo – KevinHarvick.com

NASCAR Sprint Cup Champion Continues Racing Dominance at LA Awards Show

Reigning NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Kevin Harvick’s dominating year on the race track earned him the ESPY for ‘Best Driver’ last night at the 23rd annual ESPY Awards show presented by ESPN. Harvick triumphed over 2015 Indianapolis 500 champion Juan Pablo Montoya, 2014 IndyCar champion Will Power, 2014 Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton and 2014 NHRA champion Erica Enders-Stevens for the win. Continue reading →

Top-Ten NASCAR Superspeedway Drivers of All Time

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Dale Earnhardt Sr. is my number one pick as NASCAR's best all-time superspeedway racers. Photo - Getty Images

Dale Earnhardt Sr. is my number one pick as NASCAR’s best all-time superspeedway drivers. Photo – Getty Images

With NASCAR heading to the famous Talladega Superspeedway this weekend I went through and ranked my top-ten superspeedway drivers of all time. Let’s be honest, it is tremendously hard to rank anything related to all time drivers with the amount of talent seen through the years. So I’ve done my homework and came up with who I think are the best superspeedway drivers of all time: Continue reading →

#2 Best Duel Moment – Welcome Back, Ernie Irvan

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1996 Twin 125 finish

Photo – Something About Everything Racin’

The 1996 NASCAR Winston Cup Season was Ernie Irvan’s return to full-time racing.

The Robert Yates Racing driver nearly lost his life in a practice crash at Michigan in August 1994. At one point doctors only gave him a ten percent chance to live, but Irvan kept fighting, all the way to accept the True Value Hard Charger Award at the Awards banquet in New York City that December. He made his Cup return at North Wilkesboro in October 1995, finishing a respectable sixth. Continue reading →

#5 Best Duel Moment – Dale Jarrett with a Little Help from My Friends

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Photo - Jason Smith/Getty Images

Photo – Jason Smith/Getty Images

2008 was the last Cup season for 1999 NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Dale Jarrett. He planned to run the first five races and the All-Star Race and later head to the NASCAR on ESPN broadcast booth. Continue reading →

Dale Jarrett’s NASCAR Hall of Fame Credentials Earned As Late Bloomer

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Photo – Getty Images

1999 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion Won Three Daytona 500s, Twice At Indy

Success often comes for those who wait.

That certainly can be said of Dale Jarrett, who didn’t reach the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series until age 30 and waited another four years for his first victory.  Continue reading →