William Caleb "Cale" Yarborough is a former NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver. He is a three-time NASCAR Winston Cup Champion, winning the series in 1976, 1977 and 1978. He is the first driver to ever win three consecutive titles. Yarborough also won the Daytona 500 four times. His first win coming in 1968 for the Wood Brothers, 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 top speed of more than 200 mph.

Yarborough was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 1993, the National Motorsports Press Association Hall of Fame in 1994 and the Court of Legends at Charlotte Motor Speedway in 1996. It wasn't until 2011 that Yarborough was elected into the NASCAR Hall of Fame.