How many championships did Cale Yarborough win? Did Cale Yarborough ever win the Daytona 500?

Cale Yarborough was a legendary NASCAR driver who won several championships and races throughout his career. He won the NASCAR Winston Cup Series championship three times consecutively in 1976, 1977, and 1978.

Cale Yarborough also won the International Race of Champions (IROC) championship in 1984. Cale Yarborough won the Daytona 500 four times.

Cale Yarborough’s first win came in 1968 for the Wood Brothers, the second in 1977 for Junior Johnson, and back-to-back wins in 1983 and 1984 for Ranier-Lundy Racing.

Cale Yarborough’s 83 wins tie him with Jimmie Johnson for sixth on the all-time NASCAR Cup Series winner’s list behind Bobby Allison and Darrell Waltrip.

In 1957, Cale Yarborough made his debut as a driver at the Southern 500, driving the No. 30 Pontiac for Bob Weatherly, starting 44th and finishing 42nd. Yarborough won a career-high and modern-era record 14 poles in 1980.

Cale Yarborough won two races in 1967 at the Atlanta 500 and the Firecracker 400 for the Wood Brothers. Yarborough competed in 16 races in 1982, winning three, including his hometown Southern 500 for the fifth and final time.