The 43 Days of Daytona - 15th Place in 2005
Over the 43 days leading up to the Daytona 500, I'll be doing a short review/preview of the Top 43 Drivers of 2005.
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Dale Jarrett
#88 - UPS
Dale is finishing his career in quality equipment at Robert Yates Racing. The same quality equipment that two years ago had him in the hunt for the championship late into the season. With Elliot Sadler as his teammate, there is quality all around. Add in Yates engines, and he is excellently positioned to finish his career on top.
He had 1 pole, 1 win, 4 Top 5's, and 7 Top 10's in 2005. His winnings came to $4,705,440.
Look for the UPS commercials to take it up a notch in their "We want Dale to race the truck. People love the truck" advertising campaign. Suspicion is that at the end, we see a UPS-sponsored Craftsman Truck running and Dale will race it for at least one race.
Jarrett is starting to ask himself the hard questions about whether he is going to continue racing past the age of 50. He doesn't just want to be out there driving around. He wants to be competitive...don't we all...don't we all.
Dale teamed with crew chief Slugger Labe could go a long way toward making Dale feel like he's competitive.
Will sponsorship be big enough to allow the team to field a car every week? Yes. The UPS deal is one of the most solid in NASCAR. This one is top five alongside the Bud with Jr., NAPA with Waltrip, and DuPont with Gordon.
Do I think he could go win a championship? It's possible...but I doubt it.
Do I think he could win a race or two and have a good season? Yes. Yates equipment, championship calibre driver, high tone crew chief who is ready to step his game up...yeah, it's possible.
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Dale Jarrett
#88 - UPS
Dale is finishing his career in quality equipment at Robert Yates Racing. The same quality equipment that two years ago had him in the hunt for the championship late into the season. With Elliot Sadler as his teammate, there is quality all around. Add in Yates engines, and he is excellently positioned to finish his career on top.
He had 1 pole, 1 win, 4 Top 5's, and 7 Top 10's in 2005. His winnings came to $4,705,440.
Look for the UPS commercials to take it up a notch in their "We want Dale to race the truck. People love the truck" advertising campaign. Suspicion is that at the end, we see a UPS-sponsored Craftsman Truck running and Dale will race it for at least one race.
Jarrett is starting to ask himself the hard questions about whether he is going to continue racing past the age of 50. He doesn't just want to be out there driving around. He wants to be competitive...don't we all...don't we all.
Dale teamed with crew chief Slugger Labe could go a long way toward making Dale feel like he's competitive.
Will sponsorship be big enough to allow the team to field a car every week? Yes. The UPS deal is one of the most solid in NASCAR. This one is top five alongside the Bud with Jr., NAPA with Waltrip, and DuPont with Gordon.
Do I think he could go win a championship? It's possible...but I doubt it.
Do I think he could win a race or two and have a good season? Yes. Yates equipment, championship calibre driver, high tone crew chief who is ready to step his game up...yeah, it's possible.
posted by Mark "Puff" Anderson | 10:59 AM
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