OK, so this year’s Indianapolis
500 won’t be run in the month of May. For many of us, however, May is more than
just a month – it’s a state of mind. So let’s still celebrate great cars and
drivers of the past anyway!
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, Cale 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 16th 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 14th and finished 16th,
retiring with a cam failure after 140 laps. He made the last of his four
Indianapolis starts in 1972, when he finished 10th.
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