Turbo's Racing Photos - Vintage Stock Cars

Cale Yarborough

Photography by Mike Smith

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Riverside Raceway 1978

First National City Travelers Checks Oldsmobile

HERE'S A SERIES OF CALE YARBOROUGH AT THE NAPA 400 IN JUNE 1978. CALE STARTED 2ND AND FINISHED 5TH. CALE DOMINATED THE FIRST 50 LAPS BUT A FLAT TIRE PUT HIM AT THE BACK OF THE FIELD. THE RACE WAS WON BY CALE'S TEAMMATE, BENNY PARSONS, IN A CHEVROLET. JUNIOR JOHNSON WAS CREW CHIEF ON BOTH CARS.

CALE WON THE RIVERSIDE WINSTON WESTERN 500 EARLIER IN THE YEAR.

CALE WENT ON TO WIN 10 RACES IN 1978, HAD 23 TOP 5's IN 30 STARTS AND WON HIS THIRD CHAMPIONSHIP IN A ROW.
 
 
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