Cale Yarborough Motorsports
| Owner(s) | Cale Yarborough |
|---|---|
| Base | Concord, North Carolina |
| Series | Winston Cup Series |
| Car numbers | 98, 66, 29 |
| Race drivers | Cale Yarborough, John Andretti, Jeremy Mayfield, Lake Speed, Dick Trickle |
| Sponsors | RCA, Phillips 66, Hardee's |
| Manufacturer | Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Ford |
| Opened | 1987 |
| Closed | 2000 |
| Career | |
| Drivers' Championships | 0 |
| Race victories | 1 |
Cale Yarborough Motorsports was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series team that ran from 1987 to 2000.
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 relocated the team from Connecticut to South Carolina 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,
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