Cale Yarborough, one of the most successful drivers in the history of Bristol Motor Speedway, has been added to the lineup of stars for the Scotts "Saturday Night Special" at Bristol Motor Speedway, March 21.
Yarborough won nine times in only 29 career appearances at BMS, including eight times in 12 races from 1973 through 1978. Of the 10,878 laps he completed on the high banks, Yarborough led 4,305 or 39.57 percent. In March of 1973, Yarborough led all 500 laps of the Southeastern 500 and followed four years later by leading 495 in the 1977 spring race.
"Cale Yarborough is one of the greatest drivers in NASCAR history and his performances at Bristol are legendary," said Jeff Byrd, president and general manager of Bristol Motor Speedway. "We're tickled to have him as part of this event."
Darrell Waltrip, Bristol's all-time winner with 12, has had to pull out of the race because of a scheduling issue that has arisen.
"It seems crazy, but I am busier now than I was when I was a driver," Waltrip said. "I have some commitments to Fox Sports that have come up since we began talking with the folks at Bristol about this race. I was looking forward to getting out there with some of those guys again; and some of them for the first time. After years with Junior Johnson as my boss, I was excited about rubbing fenders with him. But, sometimes things are unavoidable."
Rusty Wallace also has nine wins at Bristol Motor Speedway, his last two coming in 2000 when he swept both races at the .533-mile oval.
A $100,000 purse to be paid to the charity of choice by each driver will be up for grabs. Competing in late model stock cars, $25,000 will be donated to the charity of choice of the winning team as well as taking home that big Bristol trophy. The second-place team will have $10,000 given to the charity of its choice and $5,000 will go to the designated charity of the other entrants.
Other drivers expected to compete are Harry Gant, David Green, Jack Ingram, Junior Johnson, Terry Labonte, Sterling Marlin, L.D. Ottinger, Phil Parsons, Jimmy Spencer and Rusty Wallace.
The Saturday Night Special will take place after the completion of the Scotts Turf Builder 300 Nationwide Series race and will be followed by a 100-lap UARA late model event.
Tickets, which include all three races, start at $45 and are available by calling the BMS ticket office at 423-989-6900 or by visiting www.bristoltix.com
