Cale Yarborough gets airborne and hits the wall in Turn 4 at Daytona International Speedway after breaking the track record in February 1983 with a speed of 200.503 mph. – File

Cale Yarborough (right) with NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson during the 2008 awards ceremony on Friday, Dec. 5, 2008, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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Cale Yarborough keeps up with the times of other cars during a pratice at Charlotte Motor Speedway in 1984. – Charlotte Observer file

Drivers Cale Yarborough (left) and Dale Earnhardt in early October 1980. – Charlotte Observer file

Cale Yarborough after winning the 1980 Spark Plug 400 at Michigan International Speedway. – Associated Press file

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Leonard Wood (left) and Cale Yarborough at Rockingham on March 1, 1970. – Charlotte Observer file

DARLINGTON, SC - SEPTEMBER 26: NASCAR legend Cale Yarborough speaks to fans during the Darlington Historic Racing Festival on September 26, 2009 at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina. (Photo by Rusty Jarrett/Getty Images)

DARLINGTON, SC - SEPTEMBER 26: NASCAR legends Cale Yarborough and Junior Johnson (R) speak to fans during the Darlington Historic Racing Festival on September 26, 2009 at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina. (Photo by Rusty Jarrett/Getty Images)