Dale Jarrett to make debut as ESPN NASCAR analyst at Texas
Quote selected text Published April 9th, 2007 in NASCAR News
Dale Jarrett will begin the transition to what may be the next phase of his career this weekend when he joins ESPN2 as booth analyst for live coverage of Saturday’s Busch race at Texas. Jarrett will appear on 10 of this season’s Busch telecasts while continuing to race fulltime in the Nextel Cup Series. Jarrett has indicated that 2008 will be his last year of driving and has hinted that a more expanded television presence may be in his future.
“Over the last few years, TV was something that I have taken more interest in and looked more at because I want to stay involved in the sport,” he said. “This is the perfect chance that ESPN is offering me to see if it’s something that I really want to do and want to look at after 2008 to do maybe closer to full time. And to find out if it’s something I can do and if ESPN would be interested in having me.”
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Good for DJ, he is knowedegable (sp) in the sport, I think he will do a great job, Congratulations DJ
DJ might as well he’s over the hill and needs to move out of the way for a younger driver.
Dale should be able to go to the broadcast booth a little sooner than that .He’s just about out of all his provisional starts for this season ……Making a race on speed looks like its not in the cards.