Buddy Baker

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Buddy Baker
Baker in his car, 1970
BornElzie Wylie Baker, Jr.
(1941-01-25)January 25, 1941
Florence, South Carolina, U.S.
DiedAugust 10, 2015(2015-08-10) (aged 74)
Lake Norman of Catawba, North Carolina, U.S.
Achievements1980 Daytona 500 Winner
1970 Southern 500 Winner
1968, 1972, 1973 World 600 Winner
1975, 1976, 1980 Winston 500 Winner
1979 Busch Clash Winner
AwardsInternational Motorsports Hall of Fame (1995)
Charlotte Motor Speedway Court of Legends (1995)
National Motorsports Press Association Hall of Fame (1997)
Named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers (1998)
NASCAR Hall of Fame (2020)
Named one of NASCAR's 75 Greatest Drivers (2023)
NASCAR Cup Series career
700 races run over 33 years
Best finish5th (1977)
First race1959 untitled race (Columbia)
Last race1992 Winston 500 (Talladega)
First win1967 National 500 (Charlotte)
Last win1983 Firecracker 400 (Daytona)
Wins Top tens Poles
19 311 38
NASCAR Grand National East Series career
8 races run over 2 years
Best finish15th (1973)
First race1972 Sandlapper 200 (Columbia)
Last race1973 Buddy Shuman 100 (Hickory)
First win1972 Sandlapper 200 (Columbia)
Last win1973 Sunoco 260 (Hickory)
Wins Top tens Poles
4 7 2
Statistics current as of December 18, 2012.

Elzie 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. Known by the nickname "Gentle Giant", Baker was noted for his prowess at NASCAR's superspeedways, Daytona and Talladega, at which he won a combined six races. After his racing career, he worked as a broadcaster and co-hosted a number of radio shows on Sirius XM.

Early life[edit]

Replica of Baker's 1969 Dodge Daytona

Baker was born on January 25, 1941, in Florence, South Carolina, the son of two-time NASCAR champion Buck Baker. A high school athlete, Baker began racing in 1958 at age 17, and started his NASCAR career the following year. As a teenager, he idolized many of NASCAR's top drivers, including his father and Fireball Roberts, and he studied them closely during his early NASCAR career.[1]

Career[edit]

Baker won his first race in 1967, winning the National 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. On March 24, 1970, he became the first driver ever to exceed 200 mph (320 km/h) on a closed course, accomplishing the feat while testing the Chrysler Engineering #88 blue 1969 Dodge Daytona. That car was the only one to exceed 200 in 1970. He became known for his skill at superspeedways; in his career, he won four races at Talladega and two at Daytona, including the 1980 Daytona 500. Baker's victory in that race remains the fastest Daytona 500 in NASCAR history, posting an average speed of 177.602 mph (285.809 km/h).

Baker driving at Pocono Raceway in 1985

He is one of nine drivers to have accomplished a Career Grand Slam, a feat which involves winning NASCAR's four most prestigious races: the Daytona 500, Aaron's 499, Coca-Cola 600, and Southern 500. The only other drivers to have accomplished this feat are Richard Petty, David Pearson, Bobby Allison, Darrell Waltrip, Dale Earnhardt, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Kevin Harvick, and Denny Hamlin. Of the ten, Baker is one of two to have never won an Cup Series championship. He generally raced part-time, having only raced three full seasons, and co-owned his car from 1985 to 1989. He competed in two International Race of Champions series, IROC IV and IROC VII, and helped run the Buck Baker Racing School with his brother for a number of years.

Baker retired from NASCAR in 1992, finishing with 19 career victories. His 1,099 laps led at Talladega Superspeedway remain the track's all-time career record.

Broadcasting career and later life[edit]

After his retirement, Baker became a television broadcaster, acting as an analyst initially for The Nashville Network beginning in 1991, and later for TBS and CBS beginning in 1996. As a commentator, he helped call some of the most legendary moments in NASCAR history, including the first Winston All-Star Race held at night, the last 500-mile race at Dover in 1997, Dale Earnhardt's only Daytona 500 win, and the first race at Daytona to be held under the lights in Prime Time. He remained with all 3 networks until the new consolidated television package took effect beginning with the 2001 season, after which he stepped away from the broadcasting booth.

In 2007, Baker became the part-time co-host of "The Driver's Seat" with John Kernan on Sirius XM's new NASCAR Radio channel. He later became a regular on "Tradin' Paint" with Steve Post and co-host on "Late Shift" with Alex Hayden.[2]

On July 7, 2015, Baker announced his retirement from broadcasting, and revealed that he had been diagnosed with lung cancer. During his final broadcast, he told his audience, "Do not shed a tear. Give a smile when you say my name".[3]

Baker died on August 10, 2015, at his home in Catawba County, North Carolina.[4][5] During the August 2015 race weekend at Michigan International Speedway, the drivers in all three NASCAR series placed stickers on their cars to honor Baker's legacy.

Awards[edit]

In 1997, Baker was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in Talladega, Alabama, and the National Motorsports Press Association Hall of Fame. He was named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers in 1998.

He was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2008, and the NASCAR Hall of Fame in January 2020.[6]

Motorsports career results[edit]

NASCAR[edit]

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Grand National Series[edit]

NASCAR Grand National Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 NGNC Pts Ref
1959 Buck Baker Racing 89 Chevy FAY DAY DAY HBO CON ATL WIL BGS CLB
14
NWS REF HCY MAR TRN CLT NSV ASP PIF GPS
17
ATL CLB
7
WIL
7
RCH
19
BGS AWS
7
DAY HEI 26th 1692 [7]
Lynton Tyson 88 Chevy CLT
8
CON
4
89 MBS
11
CLT
21
NSV
30
AWS BGS GPS CLB
Julian Buesink 95 Ford DAR
40
HCY RCH CSF HBO MAR AWS NWS
1960 Lynton Tyson 88 Chevy CLT
27
CLB DAY DAY DAY CLT 38th 3070 [8]
Jess Potter 1 Chevy NWS
9
PHO CLB
17
MAR
23
HCY
17
WIL
14
BGS GPS AWS DAR
17
32 PIF
20
HBO RCH HMS
Spook Crawford 20 Ford CLT
19
BGS DAY HEI MAB
12
MBS ATL
DNQ
BIR NSV
64 AWS
28
PIF
15
CLB SBO BGS
Buck Baker Racing 87 Chevy DAR
34
HCY CSF GSP HBO MAR
Fred Harb 7 Ford NWS
13
CLT RCH
19
ATL
1961 CLT
17
JSP DAY 39th 3668 [9]
Buck Baker Racing 86 Chrysler DAY
14
DAY
40
PIF AWS HMS DAR
25
CLT CLT
15
RSD ASP CLT
26
PIF BIR GPS BGS NOR HAS STR DAY
27
ATL
8
CLB MBS DAR
24
HCY RCH CSF ATL MAR NWS CLT BRI GPS HBO
87 ATL
DNQ
GPS HBO BGS MAR
14
NWS
7
CLB HCY RCH MAR BRI
5
NSV
22
BGS AWS
16
RCH SBO
1962 86 CON AWS DAY
8
DAY DAY
29
CLB
13
NWS GPS MBS MAR BGS BRI
12
RCH HCY CON DAR
11
PIF CLT
35
ATL
11
BGS AUG
6
RCH
25
SBO
15
DAY
18
ASH
18
GPS
9
AUG
4
SVH
16
MBS
4
BRI
15
CHT
11
NSV
21
HUN
8
AWS
24
STR BGS PIF VAL DAR
37
HCY RCH DTS AUG MAR
13
NWS
23
CLT
33
23rd 9828 [10]
87 CON
5
AWS
3
SVH
9
HBO
5
RCH CLB
14
ATL
15
1963 J.C. Parker 49 Dodge BIR GGS THS RSD DAY DAY DAY PIF AWS HBO ATL
39
HCY
12
BRI AUG RCH GPS SBO BGS MAR 52nd 2102 [11]
Buck Baker Racing 7 Chrysler NWS
13
CLB
4
THS DAR ODS RCH
Cliff Stewart 2 Pontiac CLT
38
BIR ATL
29
DAY MBS SVH DTS BGS ASH OBS BRR BRI GPS NSV CLB AWS
10
PIF BGS ONA
Buck Baker Racing 87 Pontiac DAR
23
HCY RCH MAR DTS NWS THS CLT SBO HBO RSD
1964 CON AUG
10
JSP 31st 7314 [12]
30 Chevy SVH
19
RSD DAY DAY
David Walker 89 Plymouth DAY
29
RCH
Jack Anderson 20 Ford BRI
29
GPS BGS ATL AWS
Ray Osborne 92 Ford HBO
23
J.C. Parker 87 Dodge PIF
8
CLB
21
NWS
17
MAR
22
SVH
4
DAR
29
LGY
3
HCY
5
SBO
18
CLT
36
GPS
15
ASH
17
ATL CON
9
NSV
15
CHT
15
BIR
19
VAL
11
PIF
12
DAY
Curtis Crider 01 Mercury ODS
15
BRR
20
Fox Racing 03 Dodge OBS
21
3 ISP
20
GLN LIN BRI NSV MBS AWS DTS ONA CLB BGS STR
Bernard Alvarez 10 Ford DAR
31
HCY RCH ODS HBO MAR
37
SVH NWS
22
CLT
28
HAR AUG
9
JAC
22
1965 Buck Baker Racing 86 Plymouth RSD DAY DAY
14
AWS
21
RCH HBO DAY
2
CLT
23
CAR
24
9th 20672 [13]
88 Dodge DAY
40
PIF ATL
5
NWS
20
MAR
35
CLB
14
BRI
33
DAR
6
LGY BGS CLT
4
CCF
15
ASH HAR
17
NSV BIR ATL
5
GPS MBS
22
VAL
17
ODS
22
OBS
8
GLN
3
BRI
30
NSV
19
CCF AWS
4
SMR
2
PIF CLB
15
DTS
6
HCY
12
MAR
11
NWS
10
HBO
11
86 GPS
3
LIN
5
ODS
3
RCH
16
87 Olds HCY
5
Langley Racing 64 Ford ISP
17
BGS
18
95 Pontiac AUG
7
Gene Hobby 99 Dodge BLV
18
Buck Baker Racing 87 Chevy DAR
28
DTS
3
1966 88 Dodge AUG
15
RSD 22nd 14302 [14]
Chevy DAY
19
DAY DAY
32
CAR
13
BRI HCY
17
CLB
20
GPS
24
BGS MAR
10
DAR
21
LGY
87 Olds ATL
43
Gene Black 74 Ford NWS
14
Handy Racing 25 Ford MGR
12
Joan Petre 73 Ford MON
24
RCH DTS
20
ASH
20
PIF
20
SMR
9
AWS
23
BLV
12
GPS
14
ODS
20
BRR
22
CLB
8
AWS
28
BLV
6
HCY
17
RCH HBO
17
MAR
20
NWS
10
Fox Racing 3 Dodge CLT
37
DAY
11
ATL
2
DAR
33
CLT
35
CAR
6
Emory Gilliam 00 Dodge OXF
23
FON
19
ISP
29
BRI
31
SMR
22
NSV
Ford BGS
16
1967 Fox Racing 3 Dodge AUG RSD DAY
4
DAY DAY
28
AWS BRI ATL
3
CLB HCY NWS MAR SVH RCH DAR
24
BLV LGY CLT
7
ASH CAR
2
GPS MGY DAY
28
TRN ATL
23
DAR
30
HCY RCH BLV CLT
1*
CAR
19
AWS 15th 18600 [15]
Toy Bolton 47 Chevy GPS
4
BGS
Buck Baker Racing 87 Ford MGR
18
SMR BIR OXF
14
FDA ISP
Ranier Racing 68 Ford BRI
11
SMR NSV
Buck Baker Racing 88 Chevy BGS
11
Owens Racing 6 Dodge CLB
17
HBO
3
MAR
21
NWS
24
Buck Baker Racing 88 Olds SVH
17
1968 Owens Racing 6 Dodge MGR MGY RSD
25
13th 2310 [16]
Fox Racing 3 Dodge DAY
30
BRI
23
RCH ATL
7
HCY GPS
17
CLB
4
NWS
2
MAR
31
AUG
2
AWS
18
DAR
4
BLV
3
LGY
3
CLT
1*
ASH
2
MGR
26
SMR
19
BIR CAR
38
GPS
30
DAY
32
ISP
3
OXF
3
FDA
2
TRN
20
BRI
6
SMR
4
NSV ATL
36
CLB
16
BGS AWS SBO
5
LGY
17
DAR
3
HCY
3
RCH
5
BLV HBO
21
MAR
22
NWS
17
AUG CLT
43
CAR
25
JFC
1969 MGR MGY RSD DAY
27
DAY DAY
5
CAR
38
AUG BRI
29
ATL
36
CLB HCY GPS RCH NWS
4
MAR AWS 22nd 1769 [17]
Owens Racing 6 Dodge DAR
31
BLV LGY CLT
16
MGR SMR MCH KPT GPS NCF DAY
2
DOV TPN TRN BLV BRI
27
NSV SMR ATL
8
MCH
2
SBO BGS AWS DAR
3
HCY RCH TAL
Wth
CLB MAR
3*
NWS
5
CLT
3
SVH AUG CAR
3
JFC MGR TWS
8*
1970 RSD DAY DAY
2
DAY
27
RCH CAR
33
SVH ATL
20
BRI TAL
12*
NWS CLB DAR
15
BLV LGY CLT
23
SMR MAR MCH
7
RSD HCY KPT GPS DAY
2*
AST TPN TRN
34
BRI SMR NSV ATL
4
CLB MCH
6
TAL
5
BGS SBO DAR
1
HCY RCH DOV
11
NCF NWS CLT
26
MAR MGR CAR
5
LGY 24th 1555 [18]
Neil Castles 86 Dodge ONA
21
1971 Petty Enterprises 11 Dodge RSD DAY DAY
2*
DAY
2
ONT
2
RCH CAR
3
HCY BRI ATL
6
CLB GPS SMR NWS MAR DAR
1
SBO TAL
3
ASH KPT CLT
6
DOV
22
MCH
5
RSD HOU GPS DAY
3
BRI AST ISP ATL
25
BGS ONA MCH
3
TAL
36
CLB HCY DAR
3
MAR CLT
6
DOV CAR
2*
MGR RCH NWS TWS
2
15th 2358 [19]
Neil Castles 06 Dodge TRN
2
NSV

Winston Cup Series[edit]

NASCAR Winston Cup Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 NWCC Pts Ref
1972 Petty Enterprises 11 Dodge RSD DAY
34
RCH ONT
3
CAR
34
ATL
8
BRI DAR
20
NWS MAR TAL
3
CLT
1
DOV MCH RSD TWS DAY
24
BRI TRN ATL TAL
22
MCH NSV DAR
29
24th 3936.7 [20]
K&K Insurance Racing 71 Dodge RCH
17
DOV
11
MAR
4
NWS
3
CLT
2
CAR
3
TWS
1*
1973 RSD
35
DAY
6*
RCH
2
CAR
3
BRI
25
ATL
4
NWS
3
DAR
8
MAR
4
TAL
40
NSV
3
CLT
1*
DOV
7
TWS
6*
RSD
38
MCH
2*
DAY
3
BRI ATL
34
TAL
2
NSV
1
DAR
3
RCH
17
DOV
3
NWS
4
MAR
4
CLT
41
CAR
2
6th 6327.6 [21]
1974 RSD DAY RCH CAR BRI ATL
3
DAR
3
NWS MAR TAL
33
NSV DOV 7th 1016.88 [22]
Bud Moore Engineering 15 Ford CLT
22
RSD MCH
30
DAY
3
BRI
2
NSV
25
ATL
3
POC
2
TAL
6*
MCH
4
DAR
33
RCH DOV
2
NWS
3
MAR
2
CLT
37
CAR
34
ONT
5
1975 RSD DAY
20
RCH CAR
25
BRI
3
ATL
2
NWS
3
DAR
19
MAR
19
TAL
1*
NSV DOV
11
CLT
5
RSD MCH DAY
2*
NSV POC
3
TAL
1*
MCH
6
DAR
28
DOV
33
NWS
4
MAR
18
CLT
3
RCH CAR
28
BRI
24
ATL
1*
ONT
1*
15th 3050 [23]
1976 RSD
28
DAY
33
CAR
4
RCH
29
BRI
21
ATL
25
NWS
26
DAR
2*
MAR
27
TAL
1*
NSV
4
DOV
5
CLT
28
RSD
5
MCH
5
DAY
35
NSV
23*
POC
2
TAL
2*
MCH
31
BRI
5
DAR
31
RCH
5
DOV
5
MAR
3
NWS
4
CLT
4*
CAR
28
ATL
5
ONT
39
7th 3745 [24]
1977 RSD
12
DAY
3
RCH
9
CAR
4
ATL
5
NWS
4
DAR
7
BRI
29
MAR
24
TAL
33
NSV
6
DOV
9
CLT
5
RSD
5
MCH
6
DAY
7
NSV
6
POC
27
TAL
6
MCH
30
BRI
15
DAR
3
RCH
27
DOV
6
MAR
21
NWS
9
CLT
4
CAR
29
ATL
7
ONT
4
5th 3961 [25]
1978 M.C. Anderson Racing 27 Olds RSD DAY
7*
RCH ATL
27
BRI TAL
2
DAY
37
NSV TAL
28
MCH
36
BRI 24th 2130 [26]
Chevy CAR
33
DAR
6
NWS MAR DOV
23
CLT
7
NSV RSD MCH
8
POC
5
DAR
32
RCH DOV
3
MAR
26
NWS CLT
34
CAR
22
ATL
21*
ONT
4
1979 Ranier-Lundy Racing 28 Chevy RSD
7
CAR
31
RCH
29
NWS
8
BRI
25
DAR
5
MAR
2
NSV
8
DOV
3
CLT
36
TWS
3
RSD MCH
1*
POC
3
MCH
2*
BRI DAR
4
RCH DOV
4
MAR
1*
CLT
25
NWS CAR
33
ATL
39
ONT
4
15th 3249 [27]
Olds DAY
40
ATL
1
TAL
32
DAY
34
NSV TAL
39
1980 RSD DAY
1*
RCH ATL
7
BRI TAL
1*
NSV DAY
4
NSV TAL
32*
21st 2603 [28]
Chevy CAR
15
DAR
35
NWS MAR
24
DOV
3
MCH
3
MCH
6
BRI DAR
26
RCH DOV
3
NWS MAR
2
CAR
27
Buick CLT
39
TWS RSD POC
2
CLT
3
ATL
4
ONT
1981 Ellington Racing 1 Olds RSD DAY
4
RCH CAR
5
ATL
40
BRI NWS CLT
33
TWS RSD DAY
4
NSV 27th 1904 [29]
Buick DAR
6
MAR TAL
2*
NSV DOV MCH
13
POC
7
TAL
32
MCH
5
BRI DAR
5
RCH DOV CLT
37
CAR
16
ATL
9
RSD
Kennie Childers Racing 12 Buick MAR
29
NWS
1982 Ellington Racing 1 Buick DAY
8
RCH BRI ATL
30
CAR
14
DAR
37
NWS MAR
28
TAL
25
NSV DOV CLT
5
POC
22
RSD 23rd 2591 [30]
Ranier-Lundy Racing 28 Pontiac MCH
31
DAY
8
NSV
24
POC
5
TAL
2
MCH
25
BRI
9
DAR
5
RCH
9
DOV
29
NWS
24
CLT
6
MAR
6
CAR
7
ATL
21
RSD
1983 Wood Brothers Racing 21 Ford DAY
3
RCH
10
CAR
32
ATL
3
DAR
32
NWS MAR
31
TAL
25
NSV DOV
5
BRI CLT
7
RSD POC MCH
7
DAY
1*
NSV POC TAL
28
MCH
10
BRI DAR
6
RCH
7
DOV
25
MAR
22
NWS CLT
6
CAR
29
ATL
2
RSD
20
21st 2621 [31]
1984 DAY
38
RCH CAR
5
ATL
23
BRI NWS DAR
33
MAR
10
TAL
3
NSV DOV
7
CLT
7
RSD POC
35
MCH
10
DAY
41
NSV POC TAL
2*
MCH
8
BRI DAR
3
RCH
19
DOV
26
MAR
6
CLT
29
NWS
10
CAR
7
ATL
20
RSD 21st 2477 [32]
1985 Baker-Schiff Racing 88 Olds DAY
4
RCH
29
CAR
25
ATL
39
BRI
4
DAR
27
NWS
30
MAR
12
TAL
6
DOV
22
CLT
37
RSD
35
POC
8
MCH
15
DAY
6
POC
10
TAL
14
MCH
14
BRI
11
DAR
15
RCH
16
DOV
35
MAR
31
NWS
29
CLT
8
CAR
11
ATL
13
RSD
35
17th 2986 [33]
1986 DAY
26
RCH CAR ATL
15
BRI DAR
30
NWS MAR TAL
3
DOV CLT
17
RSD POC
36
MCH
4
DAY
14
POC
36
TAL
20
GLN MCH
41
BRI DAR
19
RCH DOV
4
MAR NWS CLT
5
CAR
5
ATL
5
RSD
29
24th 1924 [34]
1987 DAY
4
CAR
31
RCH ATL
38
DAR
25
NWS BRI MAR TAL
32
CLT
7
DOV
11
POC
10
RSD MCH
16
DAY
2
POC
3
TAL
10
GLN
13
MCH
8
BRI DAR
17
RCH DOV
8
MAR
31
NWS CLT
41
CAR
7
RSD ATL
10
24th 2373 [35]
1988 DAY
9
RCH
15
CAR
11
ATL
7
DAR
10
BRI
31
NWS
31
MAR
7
TAL
16
CLT
29
DOV
13
RSD
19
POC
7
MCH
13
DAY
6
POC
23
TAL
10
GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT NWS CAR PHO ATL 29th 2056 [36]
1990 Donlavey Racing 90 Ford DAY RCH CAR ATL
21
DAR
40
BRI NWS MAR TAL
31
CLT
15
DOV SON POC MCH DAY
30
POC TAL
40
GLN MCH
23
BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT
37
CAR PHO ATL 41st 498 [37]
1991 Osterlund Racing 88 Pontiac DAY
37
RCH CAR ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR 40th 552 [38]
Moroso Racing Olds TAL
36
CLT DOV SON POC
20 MCH
30
DAY
13
POC TAL
13
GLN MCH
13
BRI DAR RCH DOV
DNQ
MAR NWS CLT
DNQ
CAR PHO ATL
1992 Close Racing 47 Olds DAY
11
CAR RCH ATL
36
DAR
DNQ
BRI NWS MAR MCH
DNQ
DAY POC TAL GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO ATL 48th 255 [39]
Chevy TAL
31
CLT DOV SON POC
1993 Hendrick Motorsports 46 Chevy DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL SON CLT DOV POC MCH DAY NHA POC TAL
DNQ
GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO ATL NA - [40]
1994 Moroso Racing 20 Ford DAY
DNQ
CAR RCH ATL
DNQ
DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL SON CLT DOV POC MCH DAY NHA POC TAL IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO ATL NA - [41]
Daytona 500 results[edit]
Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish
1961 Buck Baker Racing Chrysler 28 40
1962 15 29
1964 David Walker Plymouth 42 29
1965 Buck Baker Racing Dodge 18 40
1966 Chevrolet 36 32
1967 Fox Racing Dodge 9 28
1968 13 30
1969 1 5
1970 Owens Racing Dodge 2 27
1971 Petty Enterprises Dodge 6 2
1972 31 34
1973 K&K Insurance Racing Dodge 1 6
1975 Bud Moore Engineering Ford 13 20
1976 5 33
1977 8 3
1978 M.C. Anderson Racing Oldsmobile 31 7
1979 Ranier-Lundy Racing Oldsmobile 1 40
1980 1 1
1981 Ellington Racing Oldsmobile 6 4
1982 Buick 4 8
1983 Wood Brothers Racing Ford 5 3
1984 5 38
1985 Baker-Schiff Racing Oldsmobile 7 4
1986 17 26
1987 7 4
1988 18 9
1991 Osterlund Racing Pontiac 16 37
1992 Close Racing Oldsmobile 24 11
1994 Moroso Racing Ford DNQ

International Race of Champions[edit]

(key) (Bold – Pole position. * – Most laps led.)

International Race of Champions results
Year Make Q1 Q2 Q3 1 2 3 4 Pos. Pts Ref
1976–77 Chevy MCH
1
RSD
6
RSD
8
DAY
8
5th NA [42]
1979–80 Chevy MCH
4
MCH RSD RSD
8
ATL
9
10th 14 [43]

References[edit]

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Achievements
Preceded by Daytona 500 Winner
1980
Succeeded by