Dale Jarrett #44 UPS Toyota
Michael Waltrip Racing
41st in driver points (1584)
S: 24 ||| W: 0 ||| T5: 0 ||| T10: 0 ||| DNF: 8 ||| LL: 0
When Jarrett announced he was leaving the team that helped him win a champsionship for an upstart team and upstart manufacturer, I jokingly said that with his new number (44) he was only going to be half as good as he was in the 88. Hardy harr harr.
As it turned out, he was a whole lot worse than half bad. Every time he got lapped by the 88, which was running awful in its own right, Jarrett had to be mentally kicking himself. Once he ran out of champion's provisionals, he missed a race for the first time in years, and only managed two top-20s all year (which came in two of the last three races, mind you). MWR was not prepared for 2007, and Jarrett's farewell tour suffered because of it.
In 2008, he'll race just the first five races of the season and then retire...where he has a broadcasting job with ESPN waiting for him. He'll replace Rusty Wallace, which is a step in the right direction for the deplorable ESPN coverage. With Wallace out of the booth, perhaps we'll be able to hear about something other than his son and "draft boost."
2008 prediction: He'll be a heck of a lot more enjoyable to listen to in the booth than Rusty Wallace
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