yarborough is a three-time winston cup champion, winning the series, 1976, 1977 and 1978. he is the only driver to only win three consecutive titles. his wins was placed at number 5, yaroborough won the daytona 500 five times in his career. his win coming from wood brothers racing in his career, the second in 1977 for junior johnson, and back to back wins in 1983 and 1984, in 1984, he became the first driver to qualify for the daytona 500 with a speed of .