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William Caleb "Cale" Yarborough (March 27, 1939 – December 31, 2023) was an American NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver and owner, businessman, farmer, and rancher. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] He was the first driver in NASCAR history to win three consecutive championships, winning in 1976 , 1977 , and 1978 .
Yarborough’s “wildest race,” the 1984 Winston 500 at Talladega, featured eight drivers who qualified faster than 200 mph in those pre-restrictor plate days and Cale earned the pole at 202.662.
Bobby and Donnie's televised fistfight with Cale Yarborough at the 1979 Daytona 500 has been credited with exposing NASCAR to a nationwide audience. [2] Allison was unusual for competing successfully with his own, low-budget team for much of his career.
NASCAR legend Cale Yarborough has died, the racing company announced Dec. 31.He was 84. In his career, the Hall of Famer won three NASCAR Cup Series championships and was a four-time Daytona 500 ...
In 1979, he snapped a 45-race drought, winning his sixth Daytona 500, the first to be televised live flag-to-flag; it would become notorious for a fistfight between competitors following the controversial finish. Petty won the race as the first and second place cars of Donnie Allison and Cale Yarborough crashed on the last lap
Bobby Allison holds race driver Cale Yarborough's foot after Yarborough kicked him following an argument Feb. 18, 1979 when Yarborough stopped his car during the final lap of the Daytona 500.
But when it was time to go home, Yarborough headed the family farm a short drive away. Some of Hammond's most cherished times with Yarborough came when the crew wrapped up Saturday's work and got a free Sunday — the Southern 500 was run on Labor Day from 1950 to 1983 — to spend on Yarborough's farm dove hunting or talking.
After the 2008 season, Johnson became the second driver to win three consecutive NASCAR Cup Series championships, the first being Cale Yarborough. During the season, he won seven races (including a sweep at Phoenix), a career-high of six poles, 15 Top 5's, and 22 Top 10's. In five of those seven wins, he started from the pole.