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Cale Yarborough Incident

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Darlington Raceway History Tour! Inside Forgotten Details of NASCAR's Most Unique Track

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The discussion focuses on the Cale Yarborough incident, where his car went over the wall in this very turn. This historical event underscores the inherent danger and difficulty of the turn, which continues to challenge drivers to this day. A photo of the incident is shown.

Goal: Illustrate the historical impact of Turn 2's challenging design.

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track down there. what is now turns three and four about the about the middle where that Darlington sign is. That's where he and Sam McQu got together and that's where he went over the wall right there into a telephone pole. You should put a should put a plaque there. Yeah, I know. Kale's corner. That's it, man. Been here at the track for a little over a year altogether and this is my 12th season working in NASCAR for our

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