NASCAR WCUP: Jarrett wins Darlington; Ford Credit Sends $10,000 to Komen

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel

March 21, 2001

DEARBORN, Mich.- Dale Jarrett's first victory of the season results in a $10,000 donation from Ford Credit to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation to help in its mission to eradicate breast cancer as a life-threatening disease. Jarrett won the Carolina Dodge Dealers 400 at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, S.C., on Sunday.

"Everything just went our way," Jarrett said after his third career victory at the historic track. "We were a really good race car and a great race team and it took all of that to make it work."

Based on Jarrett's on-track performance, Ford Credit, associate sponsor of the - 88 - UPS Ford Taurus, has donated $27,500 to the Komen Foundation so far this year. Ford Credit gives the Komen Foundation $10,000 for each of Dale's victories, $5,000 for each pole (as the fastest qualifier), $7,500 for each second-place finish and $5,000 for each third-place finish over the course of the NASCAR Winston Cup season. Ford Credit has donated $520,000 to the Komen Foundation based on Jarrett's on-track performance and end-of-season bonuses since 1998.

Earlier this season, Jarrett won the pole and finished second at Las Vegas and won the pole at Atlanta. The 1999 Winston Cup points champion is the 2001 points leader heading into the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tenn., on Sunday, March 25th.

Text provided by Jim Brumfield

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