Lonnie "LeeRoy" Yarbrough (September 17, 1938 – December 7, 1984) was an American stock car racer. His best season was 1969 when he won seven races, tallied...
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Gaming Technologies Karen Yarbrough (1950–2024), American politician Kim Yarbrough, American singer and actress LeeRoy Yarbrough, (1938–1984) American race...
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(unrelated) LeeRoy Yarbrough traded the lead. With 5 laps to go, Cale made a successful slingshot pass on the third turn to take the lead from LeeRoy and never...
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Kabs-Kanu (born 1954), American journalist LeeRoy Yarbrough (1938-1984), American stock car racer Leeroy Jenkins, player character and Internet meme...
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record 154 mph, and started pulling out to a sizable lead. On lap 3, LeeRoy Yarbrough spun in turn four, briefly bringing out the yellow. His car was not...
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the race at Lap 238. Leeroy Yarbrough drove a second Howard Chevrolet, reuniting with team manager Junior Johnson, for whom Leeroy had driven earlier than...
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racing driver Rodger Ward racing driver Cale Yarborough racing driver LeeRoy Yarbrough racing driver 1972 Republican National Convention 1972 United States...
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95: LeeRoy Yarbrough took over the leaf from David Pearson. Lap 96: Roger McCluskey took over the lead from LeeRoy Yarbrough. Lap 98: LeeRoy Yarbrough took...
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track such as Bobby Isaac, ‘(Tiger Tom)' Tom Pistone, Jody Ridley, LeeRoy Yarbrough, Wendell Scott, Mark Martin, Freddy Fryar, Darrell Waltrip, Alan Kulwicki...
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Herb Thomas Curtis Turner† Rusty Wallace Darrell Waltrip Joe Weatherly† Bob Welborn† Rex White Glen Wood Cale Yarborough LeeRoy Yarbrough†...
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for the Wood Brothers, winning his first Daytona 500 in a duel with LeeRoy Yarbrough, the Firecracker 400, which made him the second driver in history to...
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race: LeeRoy Yarbrough began the event with the pole position. Lap 2: David Pearson took over the lead from LeeRoy Yarbrough. Lap 3: LeeRoy Yarbrough took...
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had a driver won three out of the four races: David Pearson in 1976. LeeRoy Yarbrough won Daytona, Charlotte, and Darlington in 1969, prior to the introduction...
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talking to Bobby Allison and LeeRoy Yarbrough, when France said to Allison "I think you're just afraid to race." Per Allison, LeeRoy from behind swung and hit...
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Leroy, also Leeroy, LeeRoy, Lee Roy, LeRoy, Le Roy or Roy is both a male given name and a surname. In France, this family name originated from the Normans...
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majority of the race (84 laps). Towards the end of the race the Torino of LeeRoy Yarbrough chased down the Dodge of Charlie Glotzbach, who had an 11-second lead...
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Speedway. LeeRoy Yarbrough joined Johnson in 1968, starting slowly but winning at Atlanta and Trenton. 1969 would be far more successful, as Yarbrough not only...
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Waltrip 1978, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1989 3 Banjo Matthews 1955, 1958, 1959 LeeRoy Yarbrough 1962, 1963, 1969 Bill Dennis 1972–1974 Randy LaJoie 1997, 1999, 2001...
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delayed until August 10, 1969. After 334 laps (3¾ hours of racing), LeeRoy Yarbrough defeated David Pearson by 5½ seconds in front of 14,300 people. The...
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2010. "Major Wright Profile". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 3, 2010. "LeeRoy Yarbrough". racing-reference.info. Retrieved January 7, 2007. "Steve Young Profile"...
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(b. 1958) 1984 – Jack Mercer, American voice actor (b. 1910) 1984 – LeeRoy Yarbrough, American race car driver (b. 1938) 1985 – J. R. Eyerman, American...
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from Bobby Isaac. Lap 50: Roy Mayne's vehicle had an oil leak. Lap 52: Marvin Panch had a terminal crash. Lap 60: LeeRoy Yarbrough took over the lead from...
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Fred Lorenzen, Fireball Roberts, Cale Yarborough, and LeeRoy Yarbrough. In 1965, LeeRoy Yarbrough drove a Fox-prepared Dodge Coronet racecar to a new closed-course...
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owner, he worked with many NASCAR drivers, including Darel Dieringer, LeeRoy Yarbrough, Cale Yarborough, Bobby Allison, Darrell Waltrip, Neil Bonnett, Terry...
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including substituting for LeeRoy Yarbrough in the Junior Johnson No. 98 Ford Torino Talladega in that year's Southern 500, as Yarbrough had a prior Indy car...
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over the lead from LeeRoy Yarbrough. Lap 200: LeeRoy Yarbrough took over the lead from Charlie Glotzbach. Finish: LeeRoy Yarbrough was officially declared...
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should another terminal crash injure or kill a member of the media. LeeRoy Yarbrough won the pole position with a qualifying speed of 140.058 miles per...
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August 4 98 LeeRoy Yarbrough Junior Johnson & Associates N/A Ford 334 501 (806.281) 3:56:34 127.068 Report 1969 August 10 98 LeeRoy Yarbrough Junior Johnson...
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repair. The team's only backup car was needed by eventual race winner LeeRoy Yarbrough, so Ickx did not have the opportunity to race. After he retired from...
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14- Richard Brickhouse -2 59- Jim Hurtubise -3 7- Ramo Stott -6 98- LeeRoy Yarbrough -7 30- Dave Marcis -7 The 1970 Alabama 500 was held on April 12, 1970...
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