Before and after his retirement as a NASCAR driver, Buddy Baker served as a consultant and coach for up-and-coming racers. Ryan Newman is perhaps his most famous pupil. There was a time, however, when ...

Buddy Baker, a former Daytona 500 winner and NASCAR Hall of Fame nominee, has died after a brief battle with lung cancer. Baker was 74. SiriusXM NASCAR Radio announced Baker passed away early Monday ...

He was one of racing's fastest drivers, the first in NASCAR to take a car to 200 mph on a closed course. Months after a lung cancer diagnosis,... He was one of racing's fastest drivers, the first in ...

The NASCAR community awoke to sad news Monday morning, as racing legend and all-around nice guy Buddy Baker passed away at the age of 74. After hearing the news, many took to their Twitter accounts to ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Buddy Baker, a NASCAR Hall of Fame nominee, has died after a battle with cancer, CBS News has learned. He was 74. According to CBS News, his death was announced on Sirius XM’s NASCAR ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Daytona 500 winner Buddy Baker says he has a "huge tumor" in his lung that is requiring him to immediately step down as co-host of his SiriusXM NASCAR show. The 74-year-old ...

To a whole generation of NASCAR fans, Buddy Baker was for years the gentle voice and big personality on television race broadcasts and a popular SiriusXM NASCAR Radio show. He loved to laugh and lift ...

Buddy Baker, who won 19 NASCAR races including the 1980 Daytona 500 in a 34-year career, died Monday morning from lung cancer. He was 74. The racing legend, who stood 6-foot-6 to earn the nickname the ...

Nobody ever called Elzie Wylie Baker Jr. by his real name. To most, he was simply Buddy. Some of his fellow racers nicknamed him "Leadfoot," for obvious reasons, while he was also dubbed "The Gentle ...

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 NASCAR ...

TALLADEGA, AL - Elzie Wylie "Buddy" Baker Jr., who, at Talladega Superspeedway in 1970, became the first driver to officially break the 200 mph barrier, has died after a battle with cancer. He was 74 ...