Cale Yarborough passed away yesterday December 31st at 84 years old.
He was one of the best ever.
RIP Cale Yarborough
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He was certainly one of the more famous race car drivers. I remember him and Mario Andretti along with Richard Petty and many others from that era. So many icons from the 60s, 70s and 80s are starting to leave this planet.
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Yeah, he won the Daytona 500 4 times, 2nd only to Richard Petty's 7 wins
He also won the Championship 3 years in a row 76,77,78 - a feat that was unequaled until Jimmy Johnson did it in 2008 (New York Times)
Not even Earnhardt won 4 Daytona 500's and 3 straight Championship's or Richard Petty as far as the 3 straight Championship's
It's untelling what would've happened had he not retired and stayed with Junior Johnson
Your right Joe, so many are leaving us - I know it's natural but, still....it's just really sad..
I gotta say, I don't really remember Cale Yarborough winning those Championship's in the 70's - although I do remember him then but, Nascar in the early 80's thru the mid 90's was the best ever imo. I was never a big Nascar fan, I found it boring but, I did watch it sometimes and did keep up with the drivers s bit. I also loved the cars from back then. They looked Ike stock cars back then. Monte Carlo, Thunderbird, etc... Darryl Waltrips Mountain Dew #11 car, Dale Earnhardts Wrangler #3, Bill Elliots Coors #9 Thunderbird & of course Cale Yarborough in that Holly Farms car - those were the days for Nascar imo
Edit....again... the Harry Gant #33 Skoal Bandit!!
He also won the Championship 3 years in a row 76,77,78 - a feat that was unequaled until Jimmy Johnson did it in 2008 (New York Times)
Not even Earnhardt won 4 Daytona 500's and 3 straight Championship's or Richard Petty as far as the 3 straight Championship's
It's untelling what would've happened had he not retired and stayed with Junior Johnson
Your right Joe, so many are leaving us - I know it's natural but, still....it's just really sad..
I gotta say, I don't really remember Cale Yarborough winning those Championship's in the 70's - although I do remember him then but, Nascar in the early 80's thru the mid 90's was the best ever imo. I was never a big Nascar fan, I found it boring but, I did watch it sometimes and did keep up with the drivers s bit. I also loved the cars from back then. They looked Ike stock cars back then. Monte Carlo, Thunderbird, etc... Darryl Waltrips Mountain Dew #11 car, Dale Earnhardts Wrangler #3, Bill Elliots Coors #9 Thunderbird & of course Cale Yarborough in that Holly Farms car - those were the days for Nascar imo
Edit....again... the Harry Gant #33 Skoal Bandit!!
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He was one of the greats of racing. RIP.
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Sad to hear of Cale passing . I saw him race in the 60’s at the Springfield Mile 100 dirt track . My Mother oversaw payroll for an oil company and would get tickets to races including the Indy 500 . Dan
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Dan, he was also offered a football scholarship at Clemson. He was a really good football player - (Half Back) played semi pro and was offered a tryout for the Washington Redskins (New York Time - I think fellas)Manixguy@1994 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 01, 2024 8:53 amSad to hear of Cale passing . I saw him race in the 60’s at the Springfield Mile 100 dirt track . My Mother oversaw payroll for an oil company and would get tickets to races including the Indy 500 . Dan
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I don’t doubt it , he was a bull . They said reason why he was so competitive was that he had such great upper body strength . This gave him more endurance on high bank tracks being able to withstand the high G forces . DanMacLaren wrote: ↑Mon Jan 01, 2024 9:03 amDan, he was also offered a football scholarship at Clemson. He was a really good football player - (Half Back) played semi pro and was offered a tryout for the Washington Redskins (New York Time - I think fellas)Manixguy@1994 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 01, 2024 8:53 amSad to hear of Cale passing . I saw him race in the 60’s at the Springfield Mile 100 dirt track . My Mother oversaw payroll for an oil company and would get tickets to races including the Indy 500 . Dan
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Rest in peace, Cale.
You will be missed.
You will be missed.
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