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    The three time NASCAR Cup champion (back to back) and four time Daytona 500 winner passed away today.

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    Oh… Man…
    Once we think we’ve mastered something, it’s over
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    I used to actually watch NASCAR back then...

    https://www.aol.com/sports/3-time-na...152511381.html

    We're getting old if we remember that era.
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    The Cale And Donnie Allison fight after the Daytona 500 live on TV put NASCAR on the map.

    Godspeed Cale
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    A true loss and the previously mentioned fisticuffs helped put NASCAR on the map whether one likes to watch or not!!

    And he was a true gentleman

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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve Demeter View Post

    And he was a true gentleman
    Until you punted him.
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    Very few articles mentioned he drove at Indy and even ran the full series one year

    https://www.indycar.com/news/2023/12...orough-obit-ic

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    I had the worst food in my life when I stopped at a Yarlborough owned Hardees restaurant in the 80s.
    Very impressive combover too!

    No question though that he was a real "race driver".
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    Quote Originally Posted by problemchild View Post
    I had the worst food in my life when I stopped at a Yarlborough owned Hardees restaurant in the 80s.
    Very impressive combover too!

    No question though that he was a real "race driver".
    not to forget there was also Lee Roy Yarbrough....not sure of the spelling...?

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