Fred Lorenzen has passed away at age 89. Lorenzen got his start as a mechanic for Holman-Moody in 1960. That quickly turned into a driver role in the same year. He race 158 races over just 12 seasons.

I have been chasing race cars since the first Michigan 500 in 1981. Fred Lorenzen, winner of the 1961 and 1964 Rebel 300s. (Photo by ISC Archives/CQ-Roll Call Group ... [+] via Getty Images ...

Fred Lorenzen was one of the earliest superstars in NASCAR, a man whose good looks and smooth driving style earned him the nickname “Golden Boy.” With a career spanning the 1950s to the early ...

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Fred Lorenzen, a NASCAR Hall of Famer and the 1965 Daytona 500 champion, died Wednesday. He was 89. NASCAR released a statement that Lorenzen had died and had confirmed ...

DAYTONA BEACH — The seventh Daytona 500, in 1965, was dramatically shortened by rain — just 133 of 200 laps were completed before rain halted things and Fred Lorenzen left with the wet trophy.