Cale Yarborough, a NASCAR Hall of Famer widely ... among the Yarborough tales told were stories of how he had wrestled alligators and bears, been struck by lightning, pulled snakes from murky ...

Seven-time NASCAR Cup champion Jimmie Johnson called Yarborough his "childhood hero." Said NASCAR chairman and CEO Jim France: "Cale Yarborough was one of the toughest competitors NASCAR has ever ...

Cale Yarborough, a South Carolina native and one ... There also were stories about how Yarborough wrestled alligators and bears in a 1978 Sports Illustrated story on him. Yarborough was especially ...

The NASCAR community is mourning the loss of Cale Yarborough, who passed away in Florence, South Carolina, Sunday at the age of 84. Many executives and drivers within the sport took to X to offer ...

Every time I exit Interstate 20 and hit the back roads to Darlington Raceway, Cale Yarborough comes to mind. The passing farm fields of the South Carolina Lowcountry, now pale after the harvest ...

Yarborough won his first Southern 500 for the Wood Brothers in 1968, then followed with Darlington wins in 1973, 1974, 1978 and 1982 for a mark that stood until Jeff Gordon won his sixth Southern ...

Cale Yarborough, considered one of NASCAR's all-time greatest drivers and the first to win three consecutive Cup titles, died Sunday at the age of 84. Yarborough's crowning achievements include ...

DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Cale Yarborough used to sneak under the fence as a child at Darlington Raceway, planning for the day when he would dominate at the hometown track known as “Too Tough To ...