Cale Yarborough Motorsports was a

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team that ran from 1987 to 2000.

Ownership

In 1986, The Race Hill Farms owner Jack Beebe sold his No. 47 Team to Cale Yarborough who wanted to drive part-time. He bought the team and switched car numbers from 47 to 29. During the 1988 season, Yarborough split time in the 29 car with

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, who had one top-ten finish in nineteen starts. Following Yarborough's retirement, Jarrett was named the full-time driver for

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, as he posted two top-five finishes and finished 24th in points. Hardee's left at the end of the season, and was replaced by

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/TropArtic and Jarrett was replaced by

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in the now No. 66 car. Trickle posted two top-fives and won his only career pole at

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, finishing 24th in points. Trickle began

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with Yarborough, but left after four races.

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took over as his immediate replacement, and had three top-ten qualifying efforts. Despite an eleventh-place run at the

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, Speed left and was replaced for the duration of the season by

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, and

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. Yarborough hired

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to be his driver in

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. After six races and no finishes better than 22nd, Little was replaced by

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for one race, before

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took over for the rest of the season, posting four top-ten finishes and winning Rookie of the Year honors. In

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, the team switched to the No. 98

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with

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sponsorship and

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driving. Cope had an eighth-place finish at

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and finished 26th in points. Cope began

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with

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sponsorship, but after no top-tens, he was replaced by

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, whose best finish was a nineteenth at

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became the team's new primary sponsor in

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, and Mayfield had an eighth-place run at

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, finishing 31st in points despite missing four races. In

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, Mayfield had two top-five finishes and won the pole at the DieHard 500. Towards the end of the season, Mayfield left to drive for Michael Kranefuss, whose previous driver

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moved to the 98, finishing fifth at

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. Andretti won the pole at Talladega again in

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, and at the Pepsi 400, he led 113 laps and won Yarborough's only race as a car owner. Despite the win and a 23rd-place points finish, RCA left the sport and Andretti signed with

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. Yarborough signed

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to drive his Thorn Apple Valley Ford in

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, but Sacks suffered a neck injury at the Texas 500 and was unable to race for the rest of the year.

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took his place, and had three top-five qualifying runs and a fourth-place finish at Martinsville. Bickle resigned to drive for

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and Thorn Apple departed due to financial problems within the organization. Due to the lack of financing, Yarborough originally closed his team up, but soon reopened and hired

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as its driver and car dealer Wayne Burdett as a co-owner. Despite having no primary sponsor, Yarborough and his team ran the full schedule, picking up short-term deals with

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and Hobas Pipe. Soon after, Burdette left the team and the team signed

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as its primary sponsor. At the end of the season, Mast posted two top-tens and did not have a DNF all season, the second driver since Yarborough to accomplish that feat. Despite rumors of a second team with

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driving, Mast departed for

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and Universal left for Team Gordon. Yarborough attempted to sell the team to various businessmen, none of the deals going through. In January 2000, Yarborough closed the team until a buyer could be found. He sold the team in the summer of

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to Chip MacPherson, who debuted the new team at

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with Jeff Fuller, finishing 41st after suffering engine failure.

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ran the Pennzoil 400 later that year, but wrecked. The team soon disappeared from the Cup circuit.

Car results

References

External links

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