American racecar driver.

 

1919 – Born on the 4th of March in Richburg, South Carolina.

 

1939 – Entered his first race in Greenville, South Carolina.

 

1953 – Won in the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway.

 

1956-1957 – He won back-to-back of the Grand National (now Nextel Cup) Championship.

 

1960 – He got to won again in the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway.

 

1964 – Elzie Wylie Baker won the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway.

 

1967 – Baker switched to NASCAR’s Grand American division, where he was also very successful.

 

1976 – opened up the Buck Baker Racing School.

 

1982 – National Motorsports Press Association’s Hall of Fame.

 

1998 – He was named one of the NASCAR’s 50 Greatest Drivers.

 

2002 – Buck Baker died on 14th of April at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, N. Carolina.