Buddy Baker Leaving the Announcer Booth

[Ghoste]

http://nascartalk.nbcsports.com/2015/07/07/buddy-baker-announces-he-has-huge-tumor-in-lung-leaving-siriusxm/

[hemi68charger]

Sad... He has a great attitude about it all and that's what makes him a great man..........  Hang in there Buddy !!!

[wingcar]

He is a huge part of "Wingcar " history.  We will miss hearing his unique voice and insights on the radio.....God Bess you Buddy

[Aero426]

Had heard this in February when I was in Daytona and that Buddy was in "bad shape" and not leaving the home.   But no one else would confirm or deny.       Very sad news that I had hoped was not true.

[moparchris]

What a bum deal... When I was a little bitty kid, I always rooted for Buddy just because of his name.  To a little kid he "sounded" like a nice man.  I finally got to meet him at the meet is '88.  My prayers go out to Mr. Baker and his family

[odcics2]

Just plain sucks. Simple as that.   

[tan top]

 what the other guys say , shame !! sad 

[odcics2]

One of the moments Buddy is most proud of is the 200 run. Here's a few pics.

[odcics2]

Buddy  - In his own words:

http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/franchises/sirius-xm.nascar-buddy-baker-diagnosed-with-cancer.4344224164001.html

[moparstuart]

Buddy  - In his own words:

http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/franchises/sirius-xm.nascar-buddy-baker-diagnosed-with-cancer.4344224164001.html

Class Act

[odcics2]

Buddy  - In his own words:

http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/franchises/sirius-xm.nascar-buddy-baker-diagnosed-with-cancer.4344224164001.html

Class Act

Very classy.  Talked to Buddy a few time.  Soft spoken guy.  But, you'd like to stay on his good side!
Found this seldom seen pic of Buddy's run.     

[odcics2]

Buddy Baker facing death with predictable courage: Buddy Baker is facing the end of his life with the same courage he demonstrated during a long NASCAR career, when he sometimes drove at more than 200 mph. "I'm right with The Man Upstairs," Baker said Saturday when I [Tom Higgins] visited him along with Humpy Wheeler and Waddell Wilson at the Baker home on the western shore of Lake Norman near Terrell. "If I feared death I never would have driven a race car." Baker, 74, is stricken with inoperable lung cancer, discovered in December.(full article at Charlotte Observer)(7-28-2015)