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Buddy Baker, NASCAR's 'gentle giant', dead at 74

Started by AustinF1 , Aug 10 2015 18:31

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#1 AustinF1

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Posted 10 August 2015 - 18:31

Godspeed Buddy Baker: the gentle, generous giant

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#2 SR388

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Posted 10 August 2015 - 19:32

Very sad. I loved his radio show.

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#3 Volcano70

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Posted 10 August 2015 - 22:00

RIP buddy, we'll miss your voice and your great personality.

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#4 nosaj100

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Posted 10 August 2015 - 23:25

Loved him as an announcer. He might be the best one to cover the sport. He didn't last long after being diagnosed with the inoperable tumor. My only hope is he didn't suffer in the few days he had. RIP.

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#5 JacnGille

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Posted 11 August 2015 - 01:32

damn

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#6 arebin

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Posted 11 August 2015 - 01:43

RIP Buddy.

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#7 loki

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Posted 11 August 2015 - 18:49

It happened pretty quickly. He announced the cancer on the show a month or so ago and said it was pretty advanced and left the show right then.

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#8 B Squared

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Posted 11 August 2015 - 19:46

I remember seeing his Daytona 500 victory and was as happy as when Mario and A.J. won it. If I remember correctly, after his retirement he was still in demand to test cars. I believe he was involved with the testing and equalizing of the cars for the IROC series also. RIP