Cale Yarborough Motorsports was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series team that ran from 1987 to 2000. The team accomplished 13 top fives, 32 top 10s and three poles in total.

Ownership In 1986, the Race Hill Farms owner Jack Beebe sold his No. 47 Team to Cale Yarborough, who wanted to drive part-time. He bought the team and switched car numbers from 47 to 29.

During the 1988 season, Yarborough split time in the 29 car with Dale Jarrett, who had one top-ten finish in nineteen starts. Following Yarborough's retirement, Jarrett was named the full-time driver for 1989, as he posted two top-five finishes and finished 24th in points. Hardee's left at the end of the season, and was replaced by Phillips 66/TropArtic and Jarrett was replaced by Dick Trickle in the now No. 66 car. Trickle posted two top-fives and won his only career pole at Dover International Speedway, finishing 24th in points. Trickle began 1991 with Yarborough, but left after four races. Lake Speed took over as his immediate replacement, and had three top-ten qualifying efforts. Despite an eleventh-place run at the Busch 500, Speed left and was replaced for the duration of the season by Dorsey Schroeder, Chuck Bown, and Randy LaJoie.

Yarborough hired Chad Little to be his driver in 1992. After six races and no finishes better than 22nd, Little was replaced by Bobby Hillin Jr. for one race, before Jimmy Hensley took over for the rest of the season, posting four top-ten finishes and winning Rookie of the Year honors. In 1993, the team switched to the No. 98 Ford Thunderbird with Bojangles' sponsorship and Derrike Cope driving. Cope had an eighth-place finish at Talladega Superspeedway and finished 26th in points. Cope began 1994 with Fingerhut sponsorship, but after no top-tens, he was replaced by Jeremy Mayfield, whose best finish was a nineteenth at North Carolina Speedway.

RCA became the team's new primary sponsor in 1995, and Mayfield had an eighth-place run at Pocono Raceway, finishing 31st in points despite missing four races. In 1996, Mayfield had two top-five finishes and won the pole at the DieHard 500. Towards the end of the season, Mayfield left to drive for Michael Kranefuss, whose previous driver John Andretti moved to 98, finishing fifth at Martinsville Speedway. Andretti won the pole at Talladega again in 1997, and at the Pepsi 400, he led 113 laps and won Yarborough's only race as a car owner.

Despite the win and a 23rd-place points finish, RCA left the sport and Andretti signed with Petty Enterprises. Yarborough signed Greg Sacks to drive his Thorn Apple Valley Ford in 1998, but Sacks suffered a neck injury at the Texas 500 and was unable to race for the rest of the year. Rich Bickle took his place, and had three top-five qualifying runs and a fourth-place finish at Martinsville. Bickle resigned to drive for Tyler Jet Motorsports and Thorn Apple departed due to financial problems within the organization. Due to the lack of financing, Yarborough originally closed his team up, but soon reopened and hired Rick Mast as its driver and car dealer Wayne Burdett as a co-owner. Despite having no primary sponsor, Yarborough and his team ran the full schedule, picking up short-term deals with Sonic Drive-In and Hobas Pipe. Soon after, Burdette left the team and the team signed Universal Studios/Woody Woodpecker as its primary sponsor. At the end of the season, Mast posted two top-tens and did not have a DNF all season, the second driver since Yarborough to accomplish that feat. Despite rumors of a second team with Mike Ciochetti driving, Mast departed for Larry Hedrick Motorsports and Universal left for Team Gordon. Yarborough attempted to sell the team to various businessmen, none of the deals going through. In January 2000, Yarborough closed the team until a buyer could be found. He sold the team in the summer of 2000 to Atlanta area developer Chip MacPherson, who debuted the new team at Lowe's Motor Speedway with Jeff Fuller, finishing 41st after suffering engine failure. Geoffrey Bodine ran the Pennzoil 400 later that year, but wrecked. The team soon disappeared from the Cup circuit.

Car results Year Driver No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 Pts 1987 Cale Yarborough 29 Olds DAY10 CAR28 RCH ATL8 DAR15 NWS BRI MAR TAL37 CLT42 DOV POC4 RSD MCH33 DAY24 POC TAL5 GLN MCH40 BRI DAR13 RCH DOV36 MAR NWS CLT24 CAR37 RSD ATL40 29th 1450 1988 DAY38 ATL32 TAL18 CLT38 MCH9 DAY41 TAL9 MCH18 CLT22 ATL10 26th 2622 Dale Jarrett RCH26 CAR16 DAR12 BRI28 NWS21 MAR13 DOV20 RSD8 POC13 POC25 GLN11 BRI26 DAR34 RCH15 DOV28 MAR32 NWS23 CAR32 PHO31 1989 Pontiac DAY32 CAR11 ATL9 RCH23 DAR40 BRI22 NWS19 MAR15 TAL40 CLT28 DOV11 SON42 POC7 MCH22 DAY31 POC18 TAL23 GLN23 MCH38 BRI10 DAR20 RCH35 DOV23 MAR5 CLT24 NWS27 CAR39 PHO5 ATL16 24th 2789 1990 Dick Trickle 66 DAY12 RCH5 CAR23 ATL14 DAR22 BRI13 NWS24 MAR9 TAL27 CLT12 DOV3 SON39 POC25 MCH24 DAY19 POC15 TAL36 GLN30 MCH32 BRI17 DAR11 RCH7 DOV23 MAR22 NWS29 CLT30 CAR36 PHO40 ATL37 22nd 2863 1991 DAY11 RCH15 CAR29 ATL28 31st 2048 Lake Speed DAR40 BRI25 NWS13 MAR18 TAL31 CLT29 DOV22 SON12 POC17 MCH18 DAY38 POC30 TAL36 GLN33 MCH15 BRI11 DAR34 RCH17 DOV35 MAR32 Chuck Bown NWS26 Dorsey Schroeder CLT Randy LaJoie CAR24 PHO32 ATL31 1992 Chad Little Ford DAY39 CAR22 RCH23 ATL23 DAR33 BRI23 27th 2610 Bobby Hillin Jr. NWS25 Jimmy Hensley MAR15 TAL25 CLT11 DOV8 SON30 POC9 MCH29 DAY15 POC14 TAL31 GLN26 MCH29 BRI7 DAR15 RCH17 DOV13 MAR17 NWS25 CLT18 CAR18 PHO21 ATL8 1993 Derrike Cope DAY29 26th 2787 98 CAR18 RCH19 ATL17 DAR17 BRI12 NWS30 MAR25 TAL8 SON18 CLT36 DOV31 POC33 MCH27 DAY24 NHA22 POC29 TAL36 GLN11 MCH21 BRI27 DAR17 RCH28 DOV32 MAR20 NWS20 CLT39 CAR19 PHO23 ATL19 1994 DAY21 CAR29 RCH29 ATL34 DAR16 BRI27 NWS27 MAR28 TAL31 SON43 CLT18 DOV23 POC40 MCH37 DAY23 NHA35 34th 2277 Jeremy Mayfield POC TAL IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO ATL 1995 DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL SON CLT DOV POC MCH DAY NHA POC TAL IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO ATL 31st 2637 1996 DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL SON CLT DOV POC MCH DAY NHA POC TAL IND GLN MCH BRI DAR 21st 3016 John Andretti RCH36 DOV14 MAR5 NWS24 CLT39 CAR26 PHO19 ATL24 1997 DAY25 CAR34 RCH31 ATL15 DAR25 TEX12 BRI24 MAR28 SON30 TAL4 CLT30 DOV29 POC40 MCH37 CAL21 DAY1* NHA14 POC24 IND17 GLN20 MCH35 BRI11 DAR37 RCH22 NHA17 DOV15 MAR29 CLT32 TAL3 CAR31 PHO39 ATL22 23rd 3019 1998 Greg Sacks DAY39 CAR36 LVS25 ATL31 DAR42 BRI36 TEX38 36th 2173 Rich Bickle MAR41 TALDNQ CALDNQ CLT24 DOV31 RCH27 MCH27 POC32 SON31 NHA38 POC28 IND39 GLN22 MCH28 BRI18 NHA40 DAR19 RCHDNQ DOV19 MAR4 CLT17 TALDNQ DAY39 PHO11 CAR18 ATLDNQ 1999 Rick Mast DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR TEX BRI MAR TAL CAL RCH CLT DOV MCH POC SON DAY NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH NHA DOV MAR CLT TAL CAR PHO HOM ATL 32nd 2845

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