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1980 FIA Cup Championship
In 1980, sophomore driver Dale Earnhardt squeaked by 3 time Champion Cale Yarborough by just 19 points to grab the first of his record tying 7 Winston Cup Championships. Dale used a commbination of of winning and consitency to get it done. His 5 wins were second best to Cale's 6, and he had 19 top 5's (to Cale's 19) and 24 top 10's (to Cale's 22).
Lets see how the FIA points stack up:
Code:001 Cale Yarborough........353 002 Dale Earnhardt.........340 003 Darrell Waltrip........289 004 Benny Parsons..........272 005 Bobby Allison..........258 006 Richard Petty..........243 007 Neil Bonnett...........193 008 Buddy Baker............184 009 Harry Gant.............150 010 Terry Labonte..........132 ___________________________ 011 Dave Marcis............099 012 Jody Ridley............091 013 David Pearson..........084 014 Donnie Allison.........055 015 Lennie Pond............051
The Bud Pole Award goes to Cale Yarborough with 14 poles!!!!
Congrats to Dale Earnhardt, the 1980 Winston Cup Champion
Congrats to Cale Yarborough the 1980 FIA Cup Champion#4 2014 Sprint Cup Champion, 2007 Daytona 500,2003 Brickyard 400,2x Coke 600,2014 Southern 500 Champ: 962 starts,90 wins, 345 T5s, 544 T10s, 44 poles, 2x NNS champ
It’s a bit sad they killed off all the small supermini hot hatches, and I’m sorry an ‘hot’ electric Ypsilon doesn’t cut it for me.
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