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The 1981 Daytona 500, ... which was the only car in the race with a "fastback" sloped rear window, ... Cale Yarborough: Oldsmobile: 197: 0: $20,325: 142 +3 laps 9 34: 75:
Yarborough began the 1979 season with Busch Beer sponsorship and getting into a fight with Donnie and Bobby Allison after the Daytona 500, when Donnie and Yarborough wrecked while racing for the lead on the final lap. This was the first NASCAR 500-mile race to be broadcast on live television in its entirety (through CBS Sports).
Yarborough won the Daytona 500 four times (1968, 1977, 1983-1984), second only to Richard Petty’s seven. ... 1981. Yarborough’s 152.135 mph qualifying speed for the Southern 500 stock car race ...
A look at the all-time winners list year by year in the NASCAR Daytona 500, ... Daytona 500 wins with seven and Cale Yarborough is second with four. ... Cale Yarborough. 1982: Bobby Allison. 1981 ...
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won the Daytona 500 in 2023. Here's the history of NASCAR's "Great American Race," including other past winners. ... Cale Yarborough (3) 1982: Bobby Allison (2) 1981: Richard ...
In the 66 editions of the Daytona 500 that have occurred as of the 2024 race, 43 different drivers have won. [13] The winner of the first race was Lee Petty in 1959, and the most recent victor was William Byron in 2024. [1] Richard Petty holds the record for the most victories with seven, with Cale Yarborough in second place with four wins. [14]
Yarborough's legacy. Yarborough's toughness on and off the track was never in doubt. That was on display at the 1979 Daytona 500 when he fought with the Allison brothers, Donnie and Bobby. The incident was shown by CBS TV and was a fascinating sidelight to Richard Petty's Daytona win that day.
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.
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