NASCAR Hall of Famer Fred Lorenzen has passed away at age 89.
He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2015 after earning 26 wins in his NASCAR career, including the 1965 Daytona 500.
“Fred Lorenzen was one of NASCAR’s first true superstars. A fan favorite, he helped NASCAR expand from its original roots,” NASCAR Chairman & CEO Jim France said. “Fred was the picture-perfect NASCAR star, helping to bring the sport to the silver screen — which further grew NASCAR’s popularity during its early years. For many years, NASCAR’s ‘Golden Boy’ was also its gold standard, a fact that eventually led him to the sport’s pinnacle, a rightful place in the NASCAR Hall of Fame. On behalf of the France family and all of NASCAR, I want to offer our condolences to the friends and family of Fred Lorenzen.”
Lorenzen also accumulated 75 top fives and 84 top 10s in 158 starts.
He earned more than $100,000 in a single season in 1963, the first NASCAR driver to do so.
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