 Buck Baker Elzie Wylie "Buck" Baker established himself as one of NASCAR's early greats, becoming the first driver to win consecutive Cup Series championships. That repeat performance, in 1956-57, was the meat of an incredible four-year span; in 1955 and '58 Baker finished as the series' runner-up. Baker drove a bus before becoming an auto racer -- perhaps a partial explanation for his versatility behind the wheel, as he also won races in NASCAR's Modified, Speedway and Grand American series. But his legend was made in NASCAR's premier series; his career victory total (46) ranks 13th all time.
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Sprint Cup Series
CAREER STATISTICS
| YEAR | RANK | RACES | POLES | WINS | TOP 5 | TOP 10 | AVG. START | AVG. FIN | LED | LAPS | LLF | RAF | DNQ | DRIVER RATING | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 17 | 9 of 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 13.4 | 18.7 | 10 | 389 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -- | |
| 1951 | 42 | 11 of 41 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12.5 | 30.5 | 0 | 275 | 0 | 1 | 9 | -- | |
| 1952 | 10 | 14 of 34 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7.4 | 15.7 | 139 | 1550 | 1 | 6 | 0 | -- | |
| 1953 | 5 | 33 of 37 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 5.5 | 7.5 | 415 | 1392 | 3 | 9 | 17 | -- | |
| 1954 | 3 | 34 of 37 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 2.2 | 7.0 | 473 | 2033 | 5 | 11 | 21 | -- | |
| 1955 | 2 | 42 of 45 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 34 | 8.0 | 6.3 | 689 | 6788 | 9 | 36 | 1 | -- | |
| 1956 | 1 | 48 of 56 | 12 | 14 | 31 | 38 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 1395 | 8305 | 19 | 39 | 1 | -- | |
| 1957 | 1 | 40 of 53 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 37 | 5.7 | 4.8 | 792 | 7808 | 18 | 35 | 1 | -- | |
| 1958 | 2 | 44 of 51 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 32 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 364 | 7238 | 8 | 33 | 3 | -- | |
| 1959 | 3 | 35 of 44 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 19 | 10.9 | 11.8 | 183 | 6056 | 6 | 22 | 0 | -- | |
| 1960 | 4 | 37 of 44 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 24 | 11.2 | 10.4 | 213 | 7271 | 2 | 31 | 0 | -- | |
| 1961 | 10 | 42 of 52 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 11.1 | 14.2 | 114 | 7195 | 4 | 22 | 0 | -- | |
| 1962 | 14 | 37 of 53 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 14.0 | 14.4 | 18 | 6707 | 1 | 19 | 0 | -- | |
| 1963 | 10 | 47 of 55 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 30 | 9.6 | 11.4 | 63 | 9509 | 4 | 32 | 0 | -- | |
| 1964 | 9 | 36 of 62 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 18 | 10.4 | 11.3 | 159 | 7270 | 4 | 20 | 0 | -- | |
| 1965 | 17 | 31 of 55 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 15.8 | 17.3 | 0 | 5266 | 1 | 13 | 0 | -- | |
| 1966 | 21 | 35 of 49 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 16.5 | 15.7 | 0 | 6589 | 0 | 19 | 0 | -- | |
| 1967 | 27 | 20 of 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17.0 | 15.3 | 0 | 4303 | 0 | 8 | 0 | -- | |
| 1968 | 40 | 17 of 49 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 19.1 | 17.6 | 0 | 2675 | 0 | 7 | 0 | -- | |
| 1969 | 141 | 1 of 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 18.0 | 0 | 108 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | |
| 1970 | 135 | 1 of 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 17.0 | 0 | 267 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -- | |
| 1971 | 58 | 6 of 48 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 14.0 | 12.3 | 0 | 1775 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -- | |
| 1972 | 133 | 5 of 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.2 | 30.6 | 0 | 660 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -- | |
| 1973 | 110 | 1 of 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.0 | 27.0 | 0 | 357 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | |
| 1976 | 48 | 8 of 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27.3 | 22.1 | 0 | 1977 | 0 | 5 | 0 | -- | |
| TOTALS | 634 of 1124 | 45 | 43 | 217 | 333 | 10.6 | 11.6 | 5027 | 103763 | 85 | 377 | 55 | -- |
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