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Cale Yarborough was the first driver to run a qualifying lap of more than 200 miles per hour (320 km/h) at Daytona in his #28 Chevrolet Monte Carlo.However, on his second of two qualifying laps, Yarborough crashed and flipped his car in turn four.
The 1984 Daytona 500, the 26th running of the event, was held February 19, 1984, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Cale Yarborough , who won the pole, completed a lap of 201.848 miles per hour (324.843 km/h), officially breaking the 200 miles per hour (320 km/h) barrier at Daytona .
Yarborough was born to Julian and Annie Yarborough in the tiny, unincorporated community of Sardis near Timmonsville, South Carolina, the oldest of three sons.Julian was a tobacco farmer, [12] cotton gin operator, and store owner who was killed in a private airplane crash when Cale was twelve years of age.
Yarborough (with helmet in right hand) brawls with Donnie Allison (helmet in left hand) and Bobby Allison (in blue) after a final lap crash ended their chances of winning the 1979 Daytona 500.
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.
Cale Yarborough, a South Carolina native and one of NASCAR’s top drivers of all time, died Sunday at the age of 84. ... Yarborough won the Daytona 500 four times (1968, 1977, 1983-1984), second ...
On the final lap, race leaders Cale Yarborough and Donnie Allison collided with each other on the backstretch. Both drivers' races ended in the grass infield. The wreck allowed Richard Petty, at the time of the crash over one-half lap behind the leaders, to claim his sixth Daytona 500 win.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won the Daytona 500 in 2023. Here's the history of NASCAR's "Great American Race," including other past winners. ... 1968: Cale Yarborough. 1967: Mario Andretti. 1966: Richard ...