Did John Andretti win a Cup race at Talladega driving for Cale Yarbrough in the RCA T-Bird?

Question

This is driving me nuts. I can't even find it in my Nascar Fact book. I swear I saw him start from the pole and lead virtually every lap and it was a caution free 'Dega race and one of the fastest races there because there were no cautions ! It was a white T-bird owned by Yarbrough and was sponsored by RCA. What year/race was it! (spring/fall)

Remember it was T-Bird so it was a while ago.

Answer 1

The only race I ever remember Andretti winning was for Petty Enterprises at Martinsville

He was on the pole for a Dega race driving the RCA car

Answer 2

According to these sources he has never won a Cup  race at Talladega. Now he did win a poll in the 5/10/97 Winston 500 race but Mark Martin won the race in a Ford.

http://www.rauzulusstreet.com/racing/nas...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron%27s_4...

According to this source http://www.racing-reference.info/race?id... he did drive a #98 RCA car at Talladega for Cale Yarborough but he came in fourth

So what you may be thinking is he won the poll in that car at Talladega.

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Is this the car you remember?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...

This pic is from Pocono I think. You can see the Pocono sign in the background.

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The 5/10/97 race was supposedly a caution free race.

May 10, 1997: Winston 500

"Mark Martin prevails in the nonstop Winston 500 at Talladega Superspeedway and holds off Dale Earnhardt to win in record time. Martin averages a staggering 188.354 mph in the caution-free event. It is Martin's first NASCAR Winston Cup victory since the 1995 season."

http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/1...

Answer 3

Andretti won the Pepsi  400 at Daytona in 1997 driving the RCA car for Yarborough. He led 113 of the 160 laps that day.

Answer 4

Yes... i believe 1997... where i think youre going wrong is that it was the PEPSI 400 at daytona, it was a day race

Answer 5

Here are his stats...sorry:

http://www.racing-reference.info/rquery?...

His highest finishes at dega were 3rd and 4th in 1997

Answer 6

It wasn't Talladega. It was the 1997 Firecracker 400 at Daytona. I don't think he led the most laps either. John Andretti has only won at Daytona and Martinsville.