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NASCAR legend Cale Yarborough has died, officials said Sunday. He was 84.
NASCAR Chairman Jim France remembered the Hall of Famer in a statement.
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Cale Yarborough takes James Hylton's Mercury to fifth place at Michigan in 1972. (ISC Archives/CQ-Roll Call Group via Getty Images)
“Cale Yarborough was one of the toughest competitors NASCAR has ever seen,” France said via FOX Sports. “His combination of talent, courage and determination set Cale apart from his peers, both on the track and in the record book.
“He was respected and admired by competitors and fans alike and was as comfortable behind the wheel of a tractor as he was behind the wheel of a stock car. On behalf of the French family and NASCAR, I extend my deepest condolences to the family and the family.” Friends of Cale Yarborough.
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Sprint Cup driver Joey Logano gets advice from NASCAR legend Cale Yarborough during a promotional event for the Southern 500 on April 22, 2009 at Darlington Raceway in South Carolina. (Rusty Jarrett/Getty Images)
NASCAR published a post on X.
“The NASCAR family mourns the loss of NASCAR Hall of Fame driver Cale Yarborough, who has passed away at the age of 84,” the organization wrote.
Reports of Yarborough's deteriorating health first surfaced in April, when John Dodson, vice president of business alliances and NASCAR at Universal Technical Institute, expressed his thoughts and prayers for the Yarborough family. Details of Yarborough's apparent illness were scarce.
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Yarborough achieved 83 wins and 319 top-10 finishes during his NASCAR career. He is one of two drivers in NASCAR history to win three consecutive championships. He won the Daytona 500 four times and is sixth on the all-time NASCAR Cup Series wins list.
He set the modern record for most poles in a season with 14. He finished his career with a total of 69 poles.
Cale Yarborough poses with his car during the unveiling of the inductees exhibit at the NASCAR Hall of Fame on January 22, 2012 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Streeter Lecka/Getty Images for NASCAR)
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The South Carolina native was named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers in 1999. In 2012 he was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame. He raced on the circuit from 1957 to 1988.