Cale Yarborough

William Caleb "Cale" Yarborough (born March 27, 1939) in Timmonsville SC, near the Famous Darlington Speedway, is a former NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver. He is a three-time NASCAR Winston Cup Champion, winning the series in 1976, 1977 and 1978. He is the only driver to ever win three consecutive titles. His 83 wins places him at number five in the all-time NASCAR winner's list. Yarborough also 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.

Cale was involved in the 1979 Daytona 500 where in the final lap, he tangled with Donnie Allison for the lead, both cars touched as they about to make the final turn of the turn, they crashed together, enabling Richard Petty to win the race, then Cale was involved in a fight with Donnie Allison after the race that made headlines all across America.

In 1984, he became the first driver to qualify for the Daytona 500 with a top speed of more than 200 mph.

Yarborough was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 1993, the National Motorsports Press Association Hall of Fame in 1994 and the Court of Legends at Charlotte Motor Speedway in 1996.

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