Buddy Baker | | Born: | January 25, 1941 (1941-01-25) (age 66) | | Birthplace: |
 Florence, South Carolina | | Awards: | Named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers (1998) International Motorsports Hall of Fame inductee (1995) January 25 is the 25th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Official language(s) English Capital Charleston(1670-1789) Columbia(1790-present) Largest city Columbia Largest metro area Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson Area Ranked 40th - Total 34,726 sq mi (82,965 km²) - Width 200 miles (320 km) - Length 260 miles (420 km) - % water 6 - Latitude 32°430N to 35...
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National Motorsports Press Association Hall of Fame inductee (1997)
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| | NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Statistics | | 699 races run over 33 years. | | Best Cup Position: | 5th - 1977 (Winston Cup) | | First Race: | 1959 untitled race (Columbia Speedway) | | Last Race: | 1992 Winston 500 (Talladega) | | First Win: | 1967 National 500 (Charlotte) | | Last Win: | 1983 Firecracker 400 (Daytona) | | Wins | Top Tens | Poles | | 19 | 311 | 38 | Elzie Wylie "Buddy" Baker, Jr. (also "Leadfoot") (born January 25, 1941 in Florence, South Carolina) is a former American NASCAR racecar driver. The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of motorsports in the United States. ...
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Buddy Baker is the son of Buck Baker (1919-2002), a two time winner of the NASCAR Championship and a Hall of Fame member. Baker began his NASCAR career in 1959. In 1970, he became the first driver to ever exceed 200 mph (320 km/h) on a closed course. The same year, with a victory at the Southern 500, he became the first NASCAR driver to win the same race at the same venue as his father. (Buck did it in 1953.) The Legend Elzie Wylie Baker Sr. ...
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Career
During his career, Baker won nineteen races including the 1980 Daytona 500, NASCAR's most prestigious race. His victory remains the fastest Daytona 500 ever run, with an average speed of 177.602 mph (285.809 km/h). The Daytona 500 is a 200-lap, 500 mile (805 km) NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series race held annually at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. ...
Baker is one of eight drivers to have won a Career Grand Slam, by winning the sport's four majors (Daytona, Talladega, Charlotte, and Darlington); Richard Petty, David Pearson, Bobby Allison, Darrell Waltrip, Dale Earnhardt, Jeff Gordon, and Jimmie Johnson are the other seven to have accomplished the feat. Daytona International Speedway is a superspeedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. ...
Talladega Superspeedway is a motorsports complex located north of Talladega, Alabama. ...
Lowes Motor Speedway (formerly Charlotte Motor Speedway) is a superspeedway in Concord, North Carolina, a few miles north of Charlotte. ...
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He generally raced part-time, competing in every race in only three seasons. He owned a car with Danny Schiff from 1985 to 1989, and was instrumental in the career of Jimmy Spencer. He competed in two International Race of Champions series. His final race in NASCAR was in 1992. Jimmy Spencer Jimmy Spencer (born February 15, 1957 in Berwick, Pennsylvania) is an American NASCAR driver and commentator. ...
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Buddy currently helps run the Buck Baker Racing School with his brother.
Commentator From 1991 until 2000, he became a television commentator on The Nashville Network and later (1994-2000) races produced by their World Sports Enterprises division, including CBS races. As of 2007, Buddy can be heard as the part-time co-host of The Driver's Seat with John Kernan on Sirius Satellite Radio's NASCAR channel 128. Spike TV logo Spike TV is a cable television network. ...
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Trivia - Buddy Baker appears in the 1968 Elvis Presley movie, Speedway.
- He is a mentor of Ryan Newman. He also is a spotter for the #12 Alltel Dodge driven by Ryan Newman.
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Ryan Joseph Newman (born December 8, 1977 in South Bend, Indiana) is a driver in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series. ...
Awards In 1997, Buddy Baker joined his father as an inductee in the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in Talladega, Alabama. He was inducted into the Charlotte Motor Speedway Court of Legends in 1995, and into the National Motorsports Press Association Hall of Fame inductee in 1997. He was named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers in 1998. The International Motorsports Hall of Fame is a Hall of Fame dedicated to enshrining those who have contributed the most to auto racing either as a driver, owner, developer or engineer. ...
Talladega is a city located in Talladega County, Alabama. ...
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