9 6 4 ▁NAS C AR ▁Grand ▁National ▁season , ▁the ▁first ▁year ▁he ▁competed ▁in ▁more ▁than ▁ 1 4 ▁races . ▁Two ▁years ▁later , ▁Y ar br ough ▁scored ▁his ▁first ▁su pers pe ed way ▁win ▁at ▁Charlotte . ▁D riv ing ▁an ▁un sp ons ored ▁and ▁light ly ▁regarded ▁D odge ▁Char ger ▁owned ▁by ▁Jon ▁Thor ne , ▁Y ar br ough ▁domin ated ▁the ▁race , ▁leading ▁for ▁ 4 5 0 ▁of ▁the ▁ ▁in ▁the ▁October ▁ 1 6 ▁National ▁ 5 0 0 . ▁Factory - back ed ▁r ides ▁followed . ▁His ▁Junior ▁Johnson - owned ▁Ford ▁team ▁started ▁out ▁poor ly ▁early ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 8 ▁season . ▁Lee Ro y ▁reb ounded ▁and ▁won ▁at ▁Atlanta ▁and ▁Tr ent on . ▁▁ 1 9 6 9 ▁and ▁later ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 9 ▁Day ton a ▁ 5 0 0 , ▁Y ar br ough ▁found ▁himself ▁trailing ▁Charlie ▁G lot z bach ▁by ▁ 1 1 ▁seconds ▁with ▁ten ▁la ps ▁remaining . ▁On ▁the ▁final ▁lap , ▁Y ar br ough ▁du ck ed ▁to ▁the ▁low ▁side ▁to ▁make ▁the ▁pass , ▁but ▁a ▁la pped ▁car ▁was ▁in ▁that ▁l ane . ▁Y ar br ough ▁div ed ▁to ▁the ▁low ▁side ▁in ▁turn ▁ 3 ▁to ▁clear ▁the ▁la pped ▁car , ▁nearly ▁cli pping ▁the ▁apr on . ▁He ▁took ▁the ▁lead ▁from ▁G lot z bach ▁and