# Cale Yarborough Motorsports

Cale Yarborough Motorsports was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series team that ran from 1987 to 2000. The team accomplished 13 top fives, 32 top 10s and three poles in total.

## 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 Dale Jarrett, who had one top-ten finish in nineteen starts. Following Yarborough's retirement, Jarrett was named the full-time driver for 1989, 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 Phillips 66/TropArtic and Jarrett was replaced by Dick Trickle in the now No. 66 car. Trickle posted two top-fives and won his only career pole at Dover International Speedway, finishing 24th in points. Trickle began 1991 with Yarborough, but left after four races. Lake Speed took over as his immediate replacement, and had three top-ten qualifying efforts. Despite an eleventh-place run at the Busch 500, Speed left and was replaced for the duration of the season by Dorsey Schroeder, Chuck Bown, and Randy LaJoie.
Yarborough hired Chad Little to be his driver in 1992. After six races and no finishes better than 22nd, Little was replaced by Bobby Hillin Jr. for one race, before Jimmy Hensley took over for the rest of the season, posting four top-ten finishes and winning Rookie of the Year honors. In 1993, the team switched to the No. 98 Ford Thunderbird with Bojangles' sponsorship and Derrike Cope driving. Cope had an eighth-place finish at Talladega Superspeedway and finished 26th in points. Cope began 1994 with Fingerhut sponsorship, but after no top-tens, he was replaced by Jeremy Mayfield, whose best finish was a nineteenth at North Carolina Speedway,
RCA became the team's new primary sponsor in 1995, and Mayfield had an eighth-place run at Pocono Raceway, finishing 31st in points despite missing four races. In 1996, 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 John Andretti moved to 98, finishing fifth at Martinsville Speedway. Andretti won the pole at Talladega again in 1997, 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 Petty Enterprises. Yarborough signed Greg Sacks to drive his Thorn Apple Valley Ford in 1998, but Sacks suffered a neck injury at the Texas 500 and was unable to race for the rest of the year. Rich Bickle took his place, and had three top-five qualifying runs and a fourth-place finish at Martinsville. Bickle resigned to drive for Tyler Jet Motorsports 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 Rick Mast 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 Sonic Drive-In and Hobas Pipe. Soon after, Burdette left the team and the team signed Universal Studios/Woody Woodpecker 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 Mike Ciochetti driving, Mast departed for Larry Hedrick Motorsports 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 2000 to Atlanta area developer Chip MacPherson, who debuted the new team at Lowe's Motor Speedway with Jeff Fuller, finishing 41st after suffering engine failure. Geoffrey Bodine ran the Pennzoil 400 later that year, but wrecked. The team soon disappeared from the Cup circuit.

### Car results

| Year | Driver | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | Owners | Pts |
| 1987 | Cale Yarborough | 29 | Olds | DAY 10 | CAR 28 | RCH | ATL 8 | DAR 15 | NWS | BRI | MAR | TAL 37 | CLT 42 | DOV | POC 4 | RSD | MCH 33 | DAY 24 | POC | TAL 5 | GLN | MCH 40 | BRI | DAR 13 | RCH | DOV 36 | MAR | NWS | CLT 24 | CAR 37 | RSD | ATL 40 | | | | | | 29th | 1450 |
| 1988 | Cale Yarborough | 29 | Olds | DAY 38 | | | ATL 32 | | | | | TAL 18 | CLT 38 | | | | MCH 9 | DAY 41 | | TAL 9 | | MCH 18 | | | | | | CLT 22 | | | | ATL 10 | | | | | | 26th | 2622 |
| 1988 | Dale Jarrett | 29 | Olds | | RCH 26 | CAR 16 | | DAR 12 | BRI 28 | NWS 21 | MAR 13 | | | DOV 20 | RSD 8 | POC 13 | | | POC 25 | | GLN 11 | | BRI 26 | DAR 34 | RCH 15 | DOV 28 | MAR 32 | | NWS 23 | CAR 32 | PHO 31 | | | | | | | | | | | | 26th | 2622 |
| 1989 | Dale Jarrett | 29 | Pontiac | DAY 32 | CAR 11 | ATL 9 | RCH 23 | DAR 40 | BRI 22 | NWS 19 | MAR 15 | TAL 40 | CLT 28 | DOV 11 | SON 42 | POC 7 | MCH 22 | DAY 31 | POC 18 | TAL 23 | GLN 23 | MCH 38 | BRI 10 | DAR 20 | RCH 35 | DOV 23 | MAR 5 | CLT 24 | NWS 27 | CAR 39 | PHO 5 | ATL 16 | | | | | | 24th | 2789 |
| 1990 | Dick Trickle | 66 | Pontiac | DAY 12 | RCH 5 | CAR 23 | ATL 14 | DAR 22 | BRI 13 | NWS 24 | MAR 9 | TAL 27 | CLT 12 | DOV 3 | SON 39 | POC 25 | MCH 24 | DAY 19 | POC 15 | TAL 36 | GLN 30 | MCH 32 | BRI 17 | DAR 11 | RCH 7 | DOV 23 | MAR 22 | NWS 29 | CLT 30 | CAR 36 | PHO 40 | ATL 37 | | | | | | 22nd | 2863 |
| 1991 | Dick Trickle | 66 | Pontiac | DAY 11 | RCH 15 | CAR 29 | ATL 28 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 31st | 2048 |
| 1991 | Lake Speed | 66 | Pontiac | | | | | DAR 40 | BRI 25 | NWS 13 | MAR 18 | TAL 31 | CLT 29 | DOV 22 | SON 12 | POC 17 | MCH 18 | DAY 38 | POC 30 | TAL 36 | GLN 33 | MCH 15 | BRI 11 | DAR 34 | RCH 17 | DOV 35 | MAR 32 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 31st | 2048 |
| 1991 | Chuck Bown | 66 | Pontiac | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | NWS 26 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 31st | 2048 |
| 1991 | Dorsey Schroeder | 66 | Pontiac | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CLT 41 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 31st | 2048 |
| 1991 | Randy LaJoie | 66 | Pontiac | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CAR 24 | PHO 32 | ATL 31 | | | | | | | | | | 31st | 2048 |
| 1992 | Chad Little | 66 | Ford | DAY 39 | CAR 22 | RCH 23 | ATL 23 | DAR 33 | BRI 23 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 27th | 2610 |
| 1992 | Bobby Hillin Jr. | 66 | Ford | | | | | | | NWS 25 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 27th | 2610 |
| 1992 | Jimmy Hensley | 66 | Ford | | | | | | | | MAR 15 | TAL 25 | CLT 11 | DOV 8 | SON 30 | POC 9 | MCH 29 | DAY 15 | POC 14 | TAL 31 | GLN 26 | MCH 29 | BRI 7 | DAR 15 | RCH 17 | DOV 13 | MAR 17 | NWS 25 | CLT 18 | CAR 18 | PHO 21 | ATL 8 | | | | | | | | | | 27th | 2610 |
| 1993 | Derrike Cope | 66 | Ford | DAY 29 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 26th | 2787 |
| 1993 | Derrike Cope | 98 | Ford | | CAR 18 | RCH 19 | ATL 17 | DAR 17 | BRI 12 | NWS 30 | MAR 25 | TAL 8 | SON 18 | CLT 36 | DOV 31 | POC 33 | MCH 27 | DAY 24 | NHA 22 | POC 29 | TAL 36 | GLN 11 | MCH 21 | BRI 27 | DAR 17 | RCH 28 | DOV 32 | MAR 20 | NWS 20 | CLT 39 | CAR 19 | PHO 23 | ATL 19 | | | | | | | | 26th | 2787 |
| 1994 | Derrike Cope | 98 | Ford | DAY 21 | CAR 29 | RCH 29 | ATL 34 | DAR 16 | BRI 27 | NWS 27 | MAR 28 | TAL 31 | SON 43 | CLT 18 | DOV 23 | POC 40 | MCH 37 | DAY 23 | NHA 35 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 34th | 2277 |
| 1994 | Jeremy Mayfield | 98 | Ford | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | POC 21 | TAL 32 | IND 26 | GLN DNQ | MCH 23 | BRI 21 | DAR 33 | RCH DNQ | DOV 24 | MAR DNQ | NWS 27 | CLT 20 | CAR 19 | PHO 20 | ATL DNQ | | | | | | 34th | 2277 |
| 1995 | Jeremy Mayfield | 98 | Ford | DAY 35 | CAR 18 | RCH 17 | ATL 36 | DAR 31 | BRI DNQ | NWS DNQ | MAR 16 | TAL 14 | SON DNQ | CLT 22 | DOV 17 | POC 25 | MCH 22 | DAY 32 | NHA 26 | POC 8 | TAL 13 | IND 29 | GLN 25 | MCH 12 | BRI 30 | DAR 30 | RCH 23 | DOV 19 | MAR 16 | NWS DNQ | CLT 29 | CAR 11 | PHO 20 | ATL 18 | | | | 31st | 2637 |
| 1996 | Jeremy Mayfield | 98 | Ford | DAY 19 | CAR 19 | RCH 28 | ATL 5 | DAR 18 | BRI 21 | NWS 20 | MAR 4 | TAL 32 | SON 32 | CLT 41 | DOV 12 | POC 15 | MCH 30 | DAY 27 | NHA 36 | POC 12 | TAL 16 | IND 25 | GLN 22 | MCH 20 | BRI 17 | DAR 37 | | | | | | | | | | | | 21st | 3016 |
| 1996 | John Andretti | 98 | Ford | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | RCH 36 | DOV 14 | MAR 5 | NWS 24 | CLT 39 | CAR 26 | PHO 19 | ATL 24 | | | | | | 21st | 3016 |
| 1997 | John Andretti | 98 | Ford | DAY 25 | CAR 34 | RCH 31 | ATL 15 | DAR 25 | TEX 12 | BRI 24 | MAR 28 | SON 30 | TAL 4 | CLT 30 | DOV 29 | POC 40 | MCH 37 | CAL 21 | DAY 1* | NHA 14 | POC 24 | IND 17 | GLN 20 | MCH 35 | BRI 11 | DAR 37 | RCH 22 | NHA 17 | DOV 15 | MAR 29 | CLT 32 | TAL 3 | CAR 31 | PHO 39 | ATL 22 | | | 23rd | 3019 |
| 1998 | Greg Sacks | 98 | Ford | DAY 39 | CAR 36 | LVS 25 | ATL 31 | DAR 42 | BRI 36 | TEX 38 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 36th | 2173 |
| 1998 | Rich Bickle | 98 | Ford | | | | | | | | MAR 41 | TAL DNQ | CAL DNQ | CLT 24 | DOV 31 | RCH 27 | MCH 27 | POC 32 | SON 31 | NHA 38 | POC 28 | IND 39 | GLN 22 | MCH 28 | BRI 18 | NHA 40 | DAR 19 | RCH DNQ | DOV 19 | MAR 4 | CLT 17 | TAL DNQ | DAY 39 | PHO 11 | CAR 18 | ATL DNQ | | 36th | 2173 |
| 1999 | Rick Mast | 98 | Ford | DAY 10 | CAR 35 | LVS 19 | ATL 16 | DAR 13 | TEX 30 | BRI 19 | MAR 42 | TAL 24 | CAL 31 | RCH 16 | CLT 34 | DOV 34 | MCH 37 | POC 12 | SON 23 | DAY 32 | NHA 30 | POC 19 | IND 36 | GLN 23 | MCH 12 | BRI 21 | DAR 30 | RCH 41 | NHA 9 | DOV 34 | MAR 29 | CLT 25 | TAL 26 | CAR 38 | PHO 36 | HOM 28 | ATL 41 | 32nd | 2845 |