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Wikipedia: Cale Yarborough
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Former NASCAR driver. The first driver to win the NASCAR Cup Series championship three times in a row (Winston Cup Champion in 1976, 1977 and 1978). He retired with 83 wins in NASCAR's top series.
His accomplishments include:
1968 Daytona 500 Winner
1976 NASCAR Winston Cup Champion
1977 Daytona 500 Winner
1977 NASCAR Winston Cup Champion
1978 NASCAR Winston Cup Champion
1983 Daytona 500 Winner
1984 Daytona 500 Winner
1984 IROC Champion
1993 Inductee into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame
1994 Inductee into the National Motorsports Press Association Hall of Fame
Named to NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers in 1998
Biography
The following section is an excerpt from Wikipedia's Cale Yarborough page on 24 June 2018, text available via the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
William Caleb "Cale" Yarborough, is an American farmer, businessman and former NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver and owner. He is one of only two drivers in NASCAR history to win three consecutive championships. He was the second NASCAR driver to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated (the first was Curtis Turner on the February 26, 1968 issue) His 83 wins tie him with Jimmie Johnson for sixth on the all-time Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series winner's list (behind Bobby Allison and Darrell Waltrip, who are tied for fourth with 84). His 14.82% winning percentage is the ninth best all-time and third among those with 500 or more starts. Yarborough won the Daytona 500 four times; his first win coming in 1968 for the Wood Brothers, the second in 1977 for Junior Johnson, and back-to-back wins in 1983 and 1984. In 1984, he became the first driver to qualify for the Daytona 500 with a top speed of more than 200 miles per hour (320 km/h). Yarborough is a three-time winner of the National Motorsports Press Association Driver of the Year Award (1977, 1978, 1979).
| Date | Article | Author/Source |
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| 17 June 2006 | Forgotten NASCAR Greats: 1970's: Cale Yarborough | Bill Crittenden |
| 20 October 2008 | NASCAR Media Conference | Cale Yarborough |
| 20 January 2012 | NASCAR Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony: Cale Yarborough | Ken Squier Cale Yarborough |
| 20 January 2012 | NASCAR Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony: Cale Yarborough | Cale Yarborough |
Merchandise
Model Kits & Die Cast Cars
| Type | Brand | Item # | Series | Name | Scale | Notes |
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| Die Cast - GMP 8291 | Cale Yarborough 1969 Mercury Cyclone | 1:18 scale, white & dark red street car; Production: 3,450 | ||||
| Model Kit - Monogram 2754 | Cale Yarborough's Hardee's Oldsmobile Stock Car | 1:25 scale, #29 | ||||
| Collector Card - 1996 Upper Deck Road to the Cup RC147 | Role Models: Jeff Burton (Cale Yarborough) | |||||
| Collector Card - 1992 Maxx 135 | Cale Yarborough | Ford |
