The last lap of the 1979 Daytona 500 – Champions who do not like to lose. Cale Yarborough, RIP

“…It didn’t stop there. The next race at Richmond was postponed due to the weather, so the next stop was Rockingham. On the 10th lap, Donnie & Cale collided again, taking Richard Petty and Darrell Waltrip with them. NASCAR deemed this a racing incident and gave no penalties, but Richard & Darrell were both PO’d and weren’t hesitant to say so in the media. When the tour got to Richmond, reporters were everywhere, just knowing that there was going to be a Part 3 to this. Nothing happened, Cale won, and pretty much had some words for the media for fanning the flames. Sadly, Donnie never recovered from this…”

Doug Santo