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Buddy Baker vs Jack Ingram: NASCAR’s 64 Greatest Drivers Match Up

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by Charlie Turner

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March 21, 2009 1:27 pm EDT 7 Comments

The “Gentle Giant” goes against one of the Busch Series‘ all-time greats in a first round tilt in the NASCAR 64 Greatest Drivers Tournament at Bench Racing with Steve and Charlie.

Buddy Baker is 6-foot-6, hence the nickname above. He was also flat out fast and so aka “Leadfoot” stuck to him too. Baker had 19 wins and 38 poles, won the ‘80 Daytona 500 and consecutive World 600s. He was a beast on the fastest tracks -before restrictor plates - and still holds the record for the fastest ever Daytona win. One of NASCAR 50 Greatest Drivers, he also did TV commentary after retiring from racing.

Jack Ingram won three consecutive Grand National Division championships (’72-’74). He then won two more in ‘82 and ‘85. His 31 Busch Series wins were the most ever until Mark Martin passed him in ‘97.  29 of his 31 wins were on short tracks. Ingram is also one of NASCAR’s 50 Greatest Drivers.

You pick between two of NASCAR’s best, with different backgrounds and careers. Tough. Leave your comment.

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7 Responses to “Buddy Baker vs Jack Ingram: NASCAR’s 64 Greatest Drivers Match Up”

  1. User Avatar Matt Mercer on March 21st, 2009 9:35 am

    Buddy Baker.

  2. User Avatar Marc on March 21st, 2009 1:45 pm

    Jack “Iron Man” Ingram.

    Trivia: As late as the 2007 season Jack was still competing (at age 70) at Greenville Pickens Speedway.

  3. Default NASCAR Guest Avatar okla21fan on March 21st, 2009 1:55 pm

    Better ‘cheater’ > lesser series legend

    Baker

  4. User Avatar Steve Wronkowicz on March 21st, 2009 11:19 pm

    Ingram gets the vote. Buddy was fast at the fastest tracks, but i like Jack for owning the Secondary series.

  5. User Avatar Charlie Turner on March 23rd, 2009 10:13 pm

    Jack Ingram. And it was a tough choice.

  6. AllisonIngram on April 3rd, 2009 11:34 pm

    Jack Ingram!!!! Iron man has my heart… my grandpa

  7. User Avatar Charlie Turner on April 3rd, 2009 11:48 pm

    Hey Allison! Granpa’s in the second round. Make sure you vote there too. Thanks for stopping by.

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