Dale Jarrett’s Net Worth: How Much Is the Racing Legend Worth?

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While he didn’t have nearly as many accomplishments and accolades as Dale Earnhardt, Dale Jarrett was a dominant competitor in his own right. He won three Daytona 500s, a Cup Series championship, was named one of NASCAR’s 50 Greatest Drivers, and will be memorialized forever in the NASCAR Hall of Fame. Yeah, we’d say the kid from Conover, North Carolina did more than fine during his racing days.

Dale gave nearly 30 years to the sport of NASCAR, and as a result, made a sizable amount of money. Here, we’ll look at how much the 63-year-old auto racing icon is worth these days.

NASCAR Career
Son of two-time Grand National champion Ned Jarrett, Dale Arnold Jarrett was practically born to be a high-caliber NASCAR driver. A graduate of Newton-Conover High School, Jarrett was offered a full golf scholarship from the University of South Carolina. He declined. Thus, beginning his extremely successful racing career.

Jarrett got his start in the Busch Series (now the NASCAR Xfinity Series) in 1982. Jarrett would go on to run 329 Busch Series races in 20 years, racking up 11 wins, 173 top-10s, and 15 poles.

In 1984, Jarrett ran his first Sprint Cup Series race, driving the No. 2 Chevrolet for Zervakis Enterprises. After a few brief stints with a number of different teams, Jarrett earned his first Cup Series win in the 1991 Champion Spark Plug 400 at Michigan International Speedway, driving the No. 21 Ford for Wood Brothers Racing.

His first of three Daytona 500 wins would come in 1993 with a little team called Joe Gibbs Racing. That race would go down in history as “The Dale and Dale Show,” since it was a hotly contested battle between Jarrett and The Intimidator himself, Dale Earnhardt. To make the win even more special, Ned Jarrett got to call his son’s win in the broadcasting booth.

From 1995 to 2006, Jarrett was signed to Robert Yates Racing. Jarrett would go on to win a number of big races for RYR, including two more Daytona 500s (1996, 2000), two Brickyard 400s (1996, 1999), and three Budweiser Shootouts (1996, 2000, and 2000).

In 1998, Jarrett was named one of NASCAR’s 50 Greatest Drivers, and in 1999, he won the NASCAR Winston Cup Series championship.

Jarrett finished his career with Michael Waltrip Racing, and after running in the All-Star Race in 2008, he officially hung up his racing gloves and joined ESPN’s broadcasting team as a booth announcer.

Jarret is also a 2014 NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee, and was inducted along with Tim Flock, Jack Ingram, Maurice Petty, and Fireball Roberts.

Dale Jarrett Net Worth and Personal Life
Dale Jarrett has an estimated net worth of $35 million.

The former race car driver and current sports commentator is the father of Jason Jarrett, who had a brief stint in NASCAR. In 1984, Dale married Kelley Jarrett, his now ex-wife, and the couple had three children together: Zach Jarrett, Natalee Jarrett, and Karsyn Jarret.

Jarrett’s past business ventures have seen him partner up with two NFL legends: Terry Bradshaw and Brett Favre. Dale and Terry co-owned the now-defunct fantasy sports site Pay The Fan, while Dale and Brett co-own the Dale Jarrett Racing Adventure. Favre was also a part owner of Jarrett’s Busch Series team.

While he doesn’t race anymore these days, Dale also still takes time to actively participate in his first love: golf.

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