Jarrett to make final start for Yates, then have surgery
Quote selected text Published November 15th, 2006 in NASCAR News
Dale Jarrett will be making his final start for Robert Yates Racing in the #88 UPS Ford this Sunday at Homestead. Jarrett’s best finish at Homestead is a fifth-place finish – scored during his championship winning season of 1999.
Only seven Nextel Cup Series events have been run at Homestead and Jarrett has been running at the conclusion of all seven races. He has completed 1,856 of the 1,873 laps run at Homestead for a lap completion rate of 99%.
Following the season finale in Homestead, Jarrett will travel to Baltimore, Md., where he is scheduled to have surgery on his left hand on Tuesday, November 21. Jarrett suffered a slight fracture in his left hand as a result of the accident he was in at Infineon Raceway in June. His hand has never healed correctly and he will be having corrective surgery next week.
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dale sssuuuucccckkkkkssss hes old and just cruzen he needs to race hard like he used too
Well going to MWR isnt going to help his matters.
Is it Dale or the equipment that Yates is producing these days? With both drivers leaving at the end of this year as well as all of the other personnel that they are losing, I would wait to place the performance this season on Dale’s back. As far as next year, I wouldnt’t count Dale or MWR out of anything. With the added twist with Goodyear’s supply problems, next year will be wide open.