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Dale Earnhardt Jr vs Cale Yarborough: NASCAR’s 64 Greatest Drivers Match Up

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March 22, 2009 11:00 am EDT 9 Comments

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Oh boy. We have a sure fire hall-of-famer and three time champion going against the most popular driver in NASCAR today. This one ought to create some buzz in the  NASCAR 64 Greatest Drivers Tournament at Bench Racing with Steve and Charlie.

Dale Earnhardt Jr came out of the shadows of his famous father and and grandfather. And he came out winning by winning back-to-back Busch Series titles and dominating the restrictor plate tracks for several years including a Daytona 500 in ‘04. Junior has 18 wins, 86 top fives and 137 top tens in 331 career Cup Series starts. He’s also been NASCAR’s most popular driver six straight years.

Cale Yarborough was the first driver to win three consecutive Cup Series championships -’76 - ‘78. His 83 victories (562 starts) are fifth best all-time and 69 poles are third best. Was the Series runner-up three times and was Daytona 500 winner four times. Holds the record for most overall poles at Daytona with 12. Named one of NASCAR’s 50 Greatest Drivers.

 

Good luck Junior fans. This was a tough first round draw for your boy. I have nothing against tournament upsets, but this one will take a bunch of fan votes, I think. Leave your choice in the comments.

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9 Responses to “Dale Earnhardt Jr vs Cale Yarborough: NASCAR’s 64 Greatest Drivers Match Up”

  1. Default NASCAR Guest Avatar okla21fan on March 22nd, 2009 11:55 am

    multiple Cups > no cups

    Yarborough in a landslide

  2. Jeffro on March 22nd, 2009 12:00 pm

    I’m a Jr. fan, but okla21fan’s math cannot be denied. Cale wins this one.

  3. User Avatar Marc on March 22nd, 2009 3:30 pm

    Ditto - Yarborough in a landslide

  4. User Avatar Matt Mercer on March 22nd, 2009 3:48 pm

    Cale. DEJ shouldn’t be on the list to begin with.

  5. User Avatar Steve Wronkowicz on March 22nd, 2009 8:51 pm

    Cale–he could win today in a CoT and not bitch about it–with Eury Jr as his crew chief.

  6. Brenda on March 23rd, 2009 3:06 pm

    Easily Cale- hands down. Being the most popular driver doesn’t warrant you one of the best drivers.

  7. User Avatar Charlie Turner on March 30th, 2009 10:28 pm

    Cale was the best.

  8. Keith on April 2nd, 2009 2:27 pm

    Cale, I agree Jr. should not have been here

  9. Cynthia Kirkland on April 14th, 2009 2:40 pm

    I’m glad Jr. was there and Jr. was the best. And YES I am a fan Dale Jr. so all u Dale Jr. haters can get over it. :)

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