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Richard Petty vs Cale Yarborough: NASCAR’s 64 Greatest Drivers Sweet 16

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by Charlie Turner

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April 18, 2009 7:51 am UTC 10 Comments

The King against Cale. ‘Nuff said. The premier Sweet 16 match up of the Fast Lap region in the NASCAR 64 Greatest Drivers Tournament at Bench Racing with Steve and Charlie.

Richard Petty. Maybe I’ll just stop there. I mean, he IS called the King. But I can’t, I have a contract. 200 Cup wins, seven Winston Cup championships and 123 poles. All records. So are the seven Daytona 500 victories, 10 consecutive wins and 27 wins in a single season. And he looks fabulous in a cowboy hat.

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.

Yarborough had to defeat Dale Earnhardt Jr in round one and Dale Jarrett in the round of 32. Jim Paschal and Rusty Wallace had the unfortunate luck of drawing King Richard along the way. Now it’s Cale’s turn. Can he de-throne the King and move on to the Elite Eight? Let us know your thoughts in the comment section.

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10 Responses to “Richard Petty vs Cale Yarborough: NASCAR’s 64 Greatest Drivers Sweet 16”

  1. Spaceman on April 18th, 2009 12:05 pm

    7 Championships to 3; 7 Daytona 500s to 4; 200 wins to 83. King Richard all the way!

  2. Jeffro on April 18th, 2009 12:30 pm

    “Can he de-throne the King”

    Nope. Cale is one of the greats, but he’s not greater than Richard Petty.

  3. Keith on April 18th, 2009 12:43 pm

    The King is the king for a reason.

  4. Buddy Clay on April 18th, 2009 5:37 pm

    I hope none of us have to wrestle Cale for this, but Richard wins by a bit.

  5. User Avatar Matt Mercer on April 19th, 2009 6:13 pm

    Petty.

  6. User Avatar Marc on April 20th, 2009 6:12 am

    The King

  7. User Avatar Steve Wronkowicz on April 20th, 2009 6:07 pm

    I loved the way Cale drove and I was never a Petty fan, but it has to be The King.

    I see a King/Fox shootout coming.

  8. User Avatar Charlie Turner on April 22nd, 2009 10:19 pm

    ON PIT ROW’s great producer Ty took the King.

  9. User Avatar Charlie Turner on April 22nd, 2009 10:20 pm

    Someone might get him, but it doesn’t to be Cale. I’ll go with Richard Petty.

  10. User Avatar Charlie Turner on April 22nd, 2009 10:37 pm

    ON PIT ROW last Tuesday, Geoffrey Bodine took the King in this match up. And wants us to call him next week so he can play some more. How ’bout that?

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