Cale Yarborough Seated in Ford Motor Company's Special Edition Mercury Cyclone Spoiler II, during the Daytona 500 Race, Florida, February 25, 1968
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Cale Yarborough earned the first of his four Daytona 500 victories in 1968. It was the second Daytona 500 win for his team, Wood Brothers. Yarborough held the pole position that year, setting the fastest qualifying time in his Mercury Cyclone. It was a close race, with Yarborough besting second-place finisher LeeRoy Yarbrough by less than a second.
Cale Yarborough earned the first of his four Daytona 500 victories in 1968. It was the second Daytona 500 win for his team, Wood Brothers. Yarborough held the pole position that year, setting the fastest qualifying time in his Mercury Cyclone. It was a close race, with Yarborough besting second-place finisher LeeRoy Yarbrough by less than a second.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
25 February 1968
Creators
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2009.158.58
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Chromogenic processes
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 8 in
Width: 10 in
Inscriptions
Printed label with handwriting in categories adhered to back of image reads: Must Credit / The Dave Friedman Photo Collection / [address, Newport Beach, CA] Driver: Cale Yarborough Machine: Mercury Date and event: Daytona 500 2-68 This photograph is the copyright of Dave Friedman and must / not be reproduced without the expressed consent of the / photographer. Ink stamp from enlargement reproduction, l;ower left: 05/30/01 53 22 22 0 / CN 0021671 Frame 003 Handwritten in ink on lower right back corner: CN5205-509
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