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Elzie Wylie “Buddy” Baker Jr., the NASCAR driver who spent most of the first 12 years of his 33-year stock car racing career behind the wheel of Chryslers, Dodges, and Plymouths, has died oflung cancer.
According to his family, Baker passed away at home on northwest of Charlotte, North Carolina, this morning, at the age of 74.
The six-foot, six-inch-tall Baker was the first NASCAR driver break the 200-mph barrier on a closed course. On March 10, 1970, Baker hit 200.096 during testing of the #88 Dodge Charger Daytona at the then-new Talladega Superspeedway.(Curtis Redgap provided more details about the No. 88 car in an Allpar feature, and this car — at one point altered to #93 — is currently being restored.)
Baker’s comment following the run was, “Gosh, I’m just tickled to death.”
Baker was born in South Carolina in March 1941, but, while he wasstill in school, the family moved to Charlotte, North Carolina. (...) →
Buddy Baker, former Petty Dodge driver, 200-mph record setter is from Allpar News.
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According to his family, Baker passed away at home on northwest of Charlotte, North Carolina, this morning, at the age of 74.
The six-foot, six-inch-tall Baker was the first NASCAR driver break the 200-mph barrier on a closed course. On March 10, 1970, Baker hit 200.096 during testing of the #88 Dodge Charger Daytona at the then-new Talladega Superspeedway.(Curtis Redgap provided more details about the No. 88 car in an Allpar feature, and this car — at one point altered to #93 — is currently being restored.)
Baker’s comment following the run was, “Gosh, I’m just tickled to death.”
Baker was born in South Carolina in March 1941, but, while he wasstill in school, the family moved to Charlotte, North Carolina. (...) →
Buddy Baker, former Petty Dodge driver, 200-mph record setter is from Allpar News.
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