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It took us 30 years to fully appreciate the magnitude of Cale Yarborough's three-peat. Let's hope it won't take that long for us to acknowledge Jimmie Johnson's place in NASCAR history.
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Jimmie Johnson is the only driver to win four consecutive NASCAR championships after placing 5th at the Ford 400 this weekend. But does this really make him the greatest NASCAR driver ever? According to The Wall Street Journal, a study shows Darrell Walltrip, Dale Earnhardt and Cale Yarborough all had superior four-year runs in terms of finishes. For example, Yarborough finished in the top-five of 73.6% of his races between 1976 and 1979...
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Known for his fiery, competitive personality, Cale Yarborough helped attract fans to NASCAR. Yarborough dominated the sport in the late 1970’s when he won three consecutive Cup championships from ’76 through ’78; a record that had been ...
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The voting for the first, five-member class of the NASCAR Hall of Fame takes place Wednesday, Oct. 14, with results scheduled to be announced at 4 p.m. EDT that day. SceneDaily is posting biographies, courtesy of NASCAR, for each of the 25 finalists for the class. Here's a look at Cale Yarborough:
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