Baker won 19 races, highlighted by the 1980 victory at Daytona. He also won the 1970 Southern 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 in 1968, 1972 and 1973. He ranks 14th in NASCAR with 38 poles from 700 ...

Buddy Baker, the 1980 Daytona 500 champion who became a popular commentator after his racing career ended in 1992, died on Monday of lung cancer at the age of 74, NASCAR said. Baker, known as the ...

The two were victorious in the 1980 Daytona 500, the first of Wilson’s 22 wins atop the pit box. Meanwhile, Baker’s first win came in 1967 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Following the 1980 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season, a then 21-year-old Larry McReynolds hooked up a UHaul trailer to the back of his 1971 Ford Pinto and set sail for Greenville, North Carolina.

CHARLOTTE, 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 NASC… ...