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When Buck entered his first race in Greenville, SC, he was scared. He realized that everyone on the track was there to win the money. He lucked out when in that very same race a tire came off his car and he was out of the race. From that point, 1939, Buck went on to become one of the greatest drivers in NASCAR's history. He won the Grand National Championship in 1956 and 1957. He was second in the point standing in 1955 and 1958, and on four other occasions he placed among the top five. Buck ranks third in NASCAR starts with 682 and is 10th in the all-time victory list with 46. He won the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway three times. By 1967, Buck had shifted to NASCAR's Grand American division, and by 1972 he had 109 starts and had won eight races. Born March 4, 1919, in Hartville, SC, Buck continued racing well up into the late '70's. Buck was inducted into the international Motorsports Hall of Fame in 1990.
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Wylie Baker, Sr. attended his first stock car race while driving a bus in
Charlotte, NC. He figured that since he drove for a living and had driven
all his life, he too could drive a race car. The only difference was that
the cars were all going the same direction.
