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Only Yesterday: Celebrate Each Win Like It’s the Last

September 30, 2025 by Frank Velat
Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 Progressive Toyota, celebrates after winning the NASCAR Cup Series AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400 at Dover Motor Speedway on July 20, 2025 in Dover, Delaware. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)

Take a look at when the last wins came for several NASCAR greats.

Categories Cup Series, Featured Content, Frank Velat, Only Yesterday

Waid’s World: Remembering Buddy Baker, a Big Man With a Bigger Personality

August 26, 2024 by Steve Waid

Baker drove fast on the racetrack and in his personal life. Steve Waid has more on the tale.

Categories Cup Series, Featured Content, Steve Waid, Waid’s World

Waid’s World: Multi-car Teams in NASCAR Aren’t New, But They Weren’t Always the Same

June 17, 2024June 17, 2024 by Steve Waid
2021 Cup Las Vegas Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Toyota, and Kyle Busch, No. 18 Toyota (Credit: NKP)

Steve Waid looks back on the history of multi-car teams in NASCAR.

Categories Cup Series, Featured Content, Steve Waid, Waid’s World

Waid’s World: When an Especially Snowy Day in Rockingham Affected Racing

February 26, 2024 by Steve Waid

Steve Waid recalls when the Cup schedule was different in 1980 and Mother Nature still did not play nice.

Categories Cup Series, Featured Content, Steve Waid, Waid’s World

22 Days ‘Til Daytona: The 22nd (1980) Daytona 500

January 26, 2024 by Taylor Kornhoff
Daytona 1980 Throwback Buddy Baker Nascar Media : Isc Images & Archives Via Getty Images

The 1980 Daytona 500 sealed the Gray Ghost’s spot in NASCAR lore.

Categories Cup Series, Days 'Til Daytona, Featured Content, Taylor Kornhoff

NASCAR’s 75 Greatest Drivers: The Next Generation

February 8, 2023January 26, 2023 by Dalton Hopkins, Brad Harrison, Garrett Cook and Steve Leffew
Dale Earnhardt Jr., Nigel Kinrade NKP

Some of NASCAR’s legendary drivers had legendary fathers, too.

Categories Brad Harrison, Cup Series, Dalton Hopkins, Featured Content, Garrett Cook, Greatest of All Time, Steve Leffew

Waid’s World: Victory at Martinsville Was Special for Buddy Baker

October 27, 2021 by Steve Waid

The next episode of The Scene Vault Podcast features a roundtable discussion with three long-time crewmen for, and friends of,  NASCAR Hall of Famer and …

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Categories Cup Series, Featured Content, Waid’s World

Funeral Service Information for Buddy Baker Released

April 22, 2022August 11, 2015 by Brett Winningham

Funeral service information has been released for former Sprint Cup Series driver and broadcaster Buddy Baker. Baker passed away on Monday at the age of …

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Categories Brett Winningham, Cup Series, Cup Series News, News

Buddy Baker Diagnosed With Lung Cancer, Steps Away from SiriusXM Hosting Duties

April 22, 2022July 7, 2015 by Brett Winningham

Buddy Baker announced late Tuesday evening that he will step away from SiriusXM NASCAR Radio effective immediately. The sad news comes as the former driver …

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Categories Brett Winningham, Cup Series, Cup Series News, News

That’s History Profile: Buddy Baker

March 16, 2022February 8, 2007 by Vito Pugliese

Buddy Baker was born Jan. 25, 1941, in Florence, S.C., the son of the late Buck Baker, himself a Hall of Fame NASCAR driver.

Categories Cup Series, That's History, Vito Pugliese
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