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Jarrett's retirement classy
Mar
19
CONCORD, N.C. – Dale Jarrett talked about his final race Tuesday.
He already has competed in his final points race, and now he’s got one more event – the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race.
Let’s hope that the all-star race is it for Jarrett. And from everything Jarrett is saying, it will be. You can’t have all this hoopla and return. Well you could, but the return would be very anticlimactic and it really wouldn’t do anyone much good.
Besides a strange looking yellowish color for the car, this is an ideal way for Jarrett to end his career. As he said, he knew before the
season started that he’s guaranteed a spot in the all-star race so there won’t be any worries that he couldn’t compete in his last scheduled event.
As one of the last few Carolina-born drivers, it’s also important for Jarrett to have his last event be close to his hometown of Hickory, N.C. He talked about doing it at Indianapolis, but that’s a place for Tony Stewart to run his last race, not Dale Jarrett.
Let’s hope that other drivers take notice with how Jarrett has done this short “retirement tour.” It seems to have worked perfectly – with
some pomp and circumstance but not a full year of “bye DJ” ceremonies that end up getting so overblown and overhyped that it would make anyone gag.
He already has competed in his final points race, and now he’s got one more event – the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race.
Let’s hope that the all-star race is it for Jarrett. And from everything Jarrett is saying, it will be. You can’t have all this hoopla and return. Well you could, but the return would be very anticlimactic and it really wouldn’t do anyone much good.
Besides a strange looking yellowish color for the car, this is an ideal way for Jarrett to end his career. As he said, he knew before the
season started that he’s guaranteed a spot in the all-star race so there won’t be any worries that he couldn’t compete in his last scheduled event.
As one of the last few Carolina-born drivers, it’s also important for Jarrett to have his last event be close to his hometown of Hickory, N.C. He talked about doing it at Indianapolis, but that’s a place for Tony Stewart to run his last race, not Dale Jarrett.
Let’s hope that other drivers take notice with how Jarrett has done this short “retirement tour.” It seems to have worked perfectly – with
some pomp and circumstance but not a full year of “bye DJ” ceremonies that end up getting so overblown and overhyped that it would make anyone gag.
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4 responses to "Jarrett's retirement classy"
Mike Schaefer said:
Mar 19, 2008 at 12:24 PMWhat really would be classy is if He could get Michael Waltrip,Kyle Petty,Kenny Wallace,Mark MARTIN and a few other field fillers and start a golf team. The sport has left these Drivers in the back of the pack to embarrass themselves. In the Nationwide Series Martin has to crash People out to win which is very low class.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportdavid larison said:
Mar 20, 2008 at 12:31 PMMark Martain is NOT a field filler. Do you consider almost winning the 2007 Daytona 500 and leading the points until he took Bristol off a fluke?
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» Confirm Abuse ReportMike Schaefer said:
Mar 20, 2008 at 12:59 PMLast Year was last year.Look at this year and You will see Him running in the back.These Guys don't know when to quit.
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» Confirm Abuse ReportTimothy Schultze said:
Mar 23, 2008 at 6:34 PMIf you are not running the whole schedule you are a field filler it says so in the NASCAR dictionary. Right next to Mark Martins picture nice guy but give it up.
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