# Buddy Baker

> Elzie Wylie "Buddy" Baker Jr. 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.

*Racecar driver (1941–2015)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Actor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999))
- **Category:** Actors
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1941-01-25
- **Died:** 2015-08-10
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 50.5 / 100
- **Momentum:** 6.2 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 7.3 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 50.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0048302/ (@nm0048302)

## Sources
- [Buddy Baker](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Baker)
- [بادى بيكر (سواق عربيات سباق)](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%89_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B1_(%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%82_%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%82))
- [Buddy Baker (Rennfahrer)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Baker_(Rennfahrer))
- [Buddy Baker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Baker)
- [Buddy Baker](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Baker)
- [Buddy Baker](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Baker)
- [Buddy Baker](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Baker)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q369796)
- [Buddy Baker](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2175902)

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