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Bookmark or Share- Buddy Baker, NASCAR's 'Gentle Giant,' dies at 74 | AP NewsCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Buddy Baker, who won the 1980 Daytona 500 and at 6-foot-6 was NASCAR’s “Gentle Giant,” died Monday. He was 74. Baker died after a brief battle with lung cancer, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio said. Baker left his job as co-host of “The Late Shift” for the station last month when he announced he had a “huge” inoperable lung tumor.
- Buddy Baker - WikipediaElzie Wylie " Buddy " Baker Jr. (January 25, 1941 – August 10, 2015) was an American professional stock car racing driver and commentator. Over the course of his 33-year racing career, he won 19 races in the NASCAR Cup Series, including the 1980 Daytona 500.
- Buddy Baker - International Motorsports Hall of FameBuddy was the king of speed, winning at the fastest tracks, Daytona and Talladega, with regularity. He won the Winston 500 in 1975, 1976 and 1980, and the Talladega 500 in 1975. At Daytona, he won the Daytona 500 in 1980, and the Firecracker 400 in 1983. He is still the all-time lap leader at Talladega with 1,099.
- NASCAR legend Buddy Baker, 74, dies of cancer - ESPNESPN. Buddy Baker, noted for a 34-year career in NASCAR's top series that produced 19 victories, including the 1980 Daytona 500, died Monday morning from lung cancer. He was 74.
- Legendary driver and broadcaster Buddy Baker dies - NBC SportsBuddy Baker, a NASCAR legend as an affable broadcaster and a star driver who won many of the sport’s biggest races, died Monday morning after a brief battle with cancer, according to SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
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