Jeff's Indy Talk: 30 Days in May

Tuesday, May 21, 2019

30 Days in May

No. 21, Cale Yarborough, 1971 Gene White Firestone Mongoose/Ford. A three-time consecutive Cup champion and four-time Daytona 500 winner, Yarborough was a legendary driver in NASCAR. For the 1971 season, however, he found himself “between manufacturers” on the stock-car circuit, so Yarborough basically ended up being a full-time Championship (IndyCar) division shoe in USAC. He finished 16^th in the point standings in 1971, with a pair of fifth-place finishes (at the first Trenton race and at Michigan) his best results. At Indianapolis, Yarborough started 14^th and finished 16^th, retiring with a cam failure after 140 laps. He made the last of his four Indianapolis starts in 1972, when he finished 10^th. #ThisIsMay #Indy500

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