{"id":1574033,"date":"2023-07-02T21:39:53","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T01:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1574033"},"modified":"2023-07-02T21:39:53","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T01:39:53","slug":"bloodied-ned-jarrett-jump-started-hall-of-fame-career-with-check-he-knew-would-bounce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/bloodied-ned-jarrett-jump-started-hall-of-fame-career-with-check-he-knew-would-bounce\/","title":{"rendered":"A Bloodied Ned Jarrett Jump-Started His Hall of Fame Career With a Check He Knew Would Bounce"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
A driver who lacks confidence in himself is a potential menace and probably has no business stepping onto the track. That being said, Ned Jarrett<\/a> displayed more confidence than he could reasonably justify one day in 1959, and it merely launched a NASCAR<\/a> Hall of Fame career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jarrett\u2019s exploits can best be described as the sort of story that makes people embrace NASCAR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ned Jarrett was an easy choice as one of the first 10 NASCAR Hall of Fame inductees after winning 50 Cup Series races and two season championships in a relatively brief career. He raced extensively only from 1959-66, and his victories came in a span of a modest 148 races.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cGentleman Ned\u201d won 15 races in 1964 but finished second to Richard Petty in points. He came back to win 13 races and his second championship the following season. That was also the year of perhaps the most dominating day in NASCAR history, as he won the Southern 500 by 14 laps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n More recently, he made an emotional call in the telecast of his son Dale\u2019s 1993 Daytona 500 victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n First wins are memorable by their nature; it\u2019s confirmation of a driver reaching the pinnacle of his occupation. But the first two of Ned Jarrett\u2019s 50 victories made for a wild weekend in 1959.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Coming off consecutive NASCAR Late Model Sportsman championships, Jarrett made his first meaningful foray into the Cup Series in 1959, and that required a competitive car. Paul Spaulding had a 1957 Ford that Junior Johnson drove to multiple wins the previous year, but the owner wanted $2,000 for it midway through the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With two weekend races coming up but barely any money in the bank, Jarrett wrote Spaulding a check for the full amount on Saturday, knowing he\u2019d have 48 hours before he had to worry about the check bouncing.<\/p>\n\n\n\nNed Jarrett scored 50 Cup Series victories in a span of 148 races<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Ned Jarrett wrote a bad check but had a plan<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n