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CUP: Lee Petty, Yarborough Nominated To HoF
Written by: Tom Jensen   
07/02/2009
Charlotte, NC
 
NASCAR on Thursday announced that Lee Petty and Cale Yarborough had joined Darrell Waltrip, Bobby Allison, Richard Childress and Glen Wood among the 25 nominees to the inaugural NASCAR Hall of Fame class.

All 25 nominees will be announced Thursday night at 8 p.m. during a televised special on SPEED. The Hall of Fame will open next spring in Charlotte, N.C.

SPEED will air an exclusive one-hour special Thursday night at 8 p.m. ET from the site of the new NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, N.C., as NASCAR unveils the 25 nominees for the inaugural class of the NASCAR Hall of Fame.
Cale Yarborough has an impressive 83 wins in NASCAR Sprint Cup wins on his record. (Photo: Getty Images) ยป More Photos

CALE YARBOROUGH
Birthdate: March 27, 1939
Hometown: Timmonsville, S.C.
Competed: 1957-88
Starts: 562
Wins: 83
Poles: 69

As competitive as the sport has always been, NASCAR has had very few dynasties. Cale Yarborough’s reign in the late 1970s, though, was one of them.

His string of three consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup championships from 1976-78 was unprecedented – and unmatched until 2008, when Jimmie Johnson was crowned champion for the third straight year.

During
his three-year dominance, Yarborough won 28 races – nine in 1976, nine in ’77 and 10 in ’78. His final championship points margin in those three years was never fewer than 195 points and was as much as 474 in 1978.

Those three years made Yarborough’s career, but he enjoyed success before and after. The fiery competitor was the series championship runner-up in 1973 and ’74 and again in 1980.

Yarborough totaled 83 victories in his 31-year career, ranks fifth all-time. His 69 poles rank third all-time. And he won the Daytona 500 four times (1968, ’77, ’83-84), a mark that ranks second only to Richard Petty’s seven.

Waltrip, Allison First Two HoF Finalists

When NASCAR’s “50 Greatest Drivers” list was compiled in 1998, suffice it to say that William Caleb Yarborough was a shoo-in.

SPEED will air an exclusive one-hour special Thursday night at 8 p.m. ET from the site of the new NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, N.C., as NASCAR unveils the 25 nominees for the inaugural class of the NASCAR Hall of Fame.


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