Cale Yarborough, 3-time NASCAR champ, dies at 84

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Cale Yarborough, a three-time NASCAR Cup Series champion, died Sunday morning. He was 84.

Yarborough had been battling a rare genetic disorder, according to his family.

Yarborough captured the Cup Series titles from 1976-78, making him the lone driver to win three straight NASCAR championships until Jimmie Johnson won five in a row from 2006-10. The two driv