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Petty won the 1979 Daytona 500 but who won the brawl?
< ► > The 1979 Daytona 500 title may have gone to The King, but it is most memorable for the infield brawl between Cale Yarborough and the Allison brothers, Donnie and Bobby, the tussle came after Yarborough and Donnie Allison wrecked while running 1-2 on the last lap of the race, giving Petty his opening. Below is The Associated Press story on the fight and what the drivers said afterward as it appeared in The Decatur (Ill.) Herald on Feb. 19, 1979, the day after the race. The byline was Jerry Garrett and the story was labeled an 'analysis' of what happened. 'You look back at all the great crashes in history — Cale and Donnie, Cale and me, Cale and Richard Petty, Richard and...
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