Two-time NASCAR Cup Sequence champion Ned Jarrett has handed away on the age of 93. He’s additionally the daddy of 1999 NASCAR Cup Sequence champion Dale Jarrett.
The elder Jarrett was an icon each on the monitor and off. ‘Gentleman’ Ned began 352 Cup races between 1953 and 1966, successful 50 races, which locations him 14th on the all-time wins checklist. He turned a champion in 1961, and gained the title once more in 1965.
Jarrett took half in seven of the primary eight Daytona 500s, ending as excessive as third, and earned crown jewel win within the 1965 version of the Southern 500.
Jarrett’s profession as a driver got here to an abrupt finish on the age of 34, selecting to retire one yr after his second title — a season the place he gained 13 races. He’s the one Cup Sequence champion in historical past to willingly retire the next yr.
Ned Jarrett in 1965
Picture by: ISC Archives/CQ-Roll Name Group by way of Getty Pictures
After hanging up his helmet, Jarrett turned a extremely revered broadcaster for many years, and lined most of the sport’s most iconic moments, together with calling son Dale to his 1993 Daytona 500 win.
Ned has been inducted right into a dozen Corridor of Fames, together with the Worldwide Motorsports Corridor of Fame in 1991 and the NASCAR Corridor of Fame in 2011 — the second-ever class of the NASCAR Corridor.
“Regardless of his calm demeanor, “Gentleman” Ned Jarrett was as fierce a competitor as NASCAR has ever seen,” mentioned NASCAR CEO Steve O’Donnell. “His on-track accomplishments converse for themselves with wins and championships throughout a number of NASCAR divisions. But it surely was his off-the-track persona that separated Ned from his friends. He was as form as his nickname indicated. And his endearing persona helped him excel in his second profession as a broadcaster. Ned was an impressive ambassador for the game for greater than six many years and he might be dearly missed. On behalf of the France household and all of NASCAR, I supply my deepest condolences to all of Ned’s household and buddies on the lack of a NASCAR legend.”
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