Buddy Baker, NASCAR’s ‘Gentle Giant,’ dies at 74
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August 10, 2015

Buddy Baker, NASCAR’s ‘Gentle Giant,’ dies at 74

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

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