LeeRoy Yarbrough
Lonnie Yarbrough
September 17, 1938
December 7, 1984
Jacksonville, Florida
September 17, 1938
December 7, 1984
Lonnie Yarbrough
Jacksonville, Florida
| NASCAR Cup Series Statistics |
|---|
| Year | Rank | Starts | Wins | Top5's | T5's | Top10's | T10's | Poles | Laps | Led | Races Led |
DNF's | Avg Start |
Avg Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 137 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18.0 | 33.0 | ||
| 1962 | 36 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1478 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 19.4 | 24.2 | ||
| 1963 | 26 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2564 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 16.2 | 16.9 | ||
| 1964 | 15 | 34 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 5896 | 200 | 5 | 17 | 12.2 | 11.7 | ||
| 1965 | 37 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1747 | 42 | 2 | 11 | 18.1 | 19.3 | ||
| 1966 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1545 | 364 | 5 | 5 | 8.0 | 18.4 | ||
| 1967 | 37 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2647 | 34 | 4 | 11 | 9.1 | 20.3 | ||
| 1968 | 16 | 26 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 6423 | 1318 | 14 | 11 | 5.5 | 12.1 | ||
| 1969 | 16 | 30 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 0 | 8190 | 1156 | 16 | 13 | 5.5 | 8.9 | ||
| 1970 | 43 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 4250 | 251 | 12 | 8 | 6.3 | 13.8 | ||
| 1971 | 73 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1144 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10.8 | 18.7 | ||
| 1972 | 34 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 4174 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 12.9 | 17.6 |
LeeRoy is the older brother of NASCAR driver Eldon Yarbrough
Yarbrough died of Internal head injuries caused by fall
Yarbrough was the first driver to win three Crown Jewel races in a single season
