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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.
Richard Petty, the great master, has just recorded his 186th career -" (Cut to the scene of the crash, where Yarborough and both Donnie and Bobby Allison are fighting) "And there's a fight between Cale Yarborough and Donnie Allison !! The tempers overflowing; they're angry.
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).
Bobby Allison, founder of racing’s “Alabama Gang” and a NASCAR Hall of Famer, died Saturday. ... His infamous fight with Cale Yarborough in the closing laps of the 1979 Daytona 500 served as ...
On the final lap of the race, Cale Yarborough and Allison’s brother, Donnie, crashed while racing for the lead. Richard Petty won the race instead, and Yarborough began arguing with Donnie Allison.
Cale Yarborough, a South Carolina native and one of NASCAR’s top drivers of all time, died Sunday at the age of 84. ... Yarborough was also known for a caught-on-TV fight with Donnie Allison at ...
11–Cale Yarborough; 72–Joe Millikan; When Bobby Allison crossed the line to win the race, his right front tire blew. His car was too damaged from running on the wheel rim to make the trip to victory lane, so Allison had to walk to victory lane. This was Fords first victory in the Cup Series spring race since 1968.
His infamous fight with Cale Yarborough in the closing laps of the 1979 Daytona 500 served as one of the sport’s defining moments. “Cale went to beating on my fist with his nose,” Allison has said repeatedly, often using that phrase to describe the fight. “Cale understands like I do that it really was a benefit to the interest of racing.