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Bud Moore through the years

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Racing mechanic and car owner Bud Moore won 63 races at what is now the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series level. He was a premier series team owner from 1961 to 2000, with entries in 958 races.

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Legendary NASCAR owner Bud Moore was a decorated veteran of World War II.

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1968: NASCAR Cup car owners Bud Moore, left, and John Holman of the Ford factory Holman-Moody team talk in the garage area.

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1973: Darrell Waltrip drove for Bud Moore in five races during the latter part of the 1973 season.

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1973: Driver Bobby Isaac chats with his car owner Bud Moore before a race at Atlanta International Raceway. Isaac abruptly got out of Moore's car during the Talladega 500 in August and retired briefly from racing in what is now the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series.

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1979: Bobby Allison is joined by car owner Bud Moore, left, in Victory Lane at North Wilkesboro Speedway after Allison won the Northwestern Bank 400.

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1979: Car owner Bud Moore and driver Bobby Allison won five races during the NASCAR Winston Cup season.

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1982: Owner Bud Moore chats with driver Dale Earnhardt before the Winston 500 race on May 2, 1982 at the Alabama International Motor Speedway in Talladega, Alabama. Earnhardt was a longtime Chevrolet campaigner, but his two-year partnership with Moore (1982-83) placed him in Ford equipment.

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1984: Ricky Rudd takes a few photos with car owner Bud Moore in Victory Lane after winning the Miller High Life 400 at Richmond. Rudd would take home $31,775 for the race.

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1988: Brett Bodine takes some last-minute advice from team owner Bud Moore before racing in the First Union 400 at North Wilkesboro Speedway.

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1990: Bud Moore at the Winston 500 at Talladega.

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2009: NASCAR legend Bud Moore and Indy 500 champion Johnny Rutherford field questions from fans during the Darlington Historic Racing Festival.

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2011: The Class of 2011 NASCAR Hall of Fame inductees (from left): Ned Jarrett, Bobby Allison, David Pearson and Bud Moore. Lee Petty was inducted posthumously.

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2011: NASCAR Hall of Famer members David Pearson (from left), Leonard Wood, Bobby Allison, Bud Moore and Ned Jarrett pose in the garage area before practice for the Daytona 500.

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2012: From left, Junior Johnson, Ned Jarrett, Bud Moore and David Pearson tell stories to fans before the 2012 NASCAR Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

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2013: Bud Moore poses for a portrait at the NASCAR Hall of Fame.

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2014: Bud Moore speaks with Junior Johnson during the NASCAR Media Tour kicking off the 2014 season.

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2016: Just prior to the meeting of NASCAR Hall of Fame voters, Bud Moore blew out the candles on the cake celebrating his 91st birthday.