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During his 37 years as a car owner, he has achieved 63 wins, 43 poles and two NASCAR Grand National Division championships. |
During his 37 years as a car owner, he has achieved 63 wins, 43 poles and two NASCAR Grand National Division championships. |
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Bud Moore is among the 25 nominees for the 2010 inaugural class into the NASCAR Hall of Fame. Fans are invited to participate by voting for up to five nominees to be inducted. The NASCAR Hall of Fame (HOF) voting committee will hold a ballot to select the inductees to the HOF. The top five nominees in fan voting will be submitted to the NASCAR Hall of Fame voting panel to be cast as the Fan Vote Ballot. NASCAR is the only professional sports league where fans can vote for the Hall of Fame inductees. Voting is only available on NASCAR.COM; to cast your vote, go to http://www.nascar.com/halloffame |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
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Revision as of 15:12, 29 July 2009
Walter M. "Bud" Moore (born May 25 1925) is a retired NASCAR car owner. He was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina. A decorated veteran of World War II, he described himself as "an old country mechanic who loved to make 'em run fast". There was a different person named Bud Moore who raced in NASCAR in the 1960s and 1970s.
In 1957, driver Buck Baker won the NASCAR Grand National championship with Bud Moore as crew chief. In 1961, Moore got much of his success as a car owner for Joe Weatherly, who won eight of his twenty-four races driving Moore's Pontiacs. Weatherly also ended up winning the 1962 and 1963 NASCAR Grand National championships, again driving for Moore.
In 1964, Billy Wade managed to grab five poles and win four Grand National races in a row driving for Bud. Then four years later in 1968, Tiny Lund won the Grand American division championship driving for him.
In 1970, Parnelli Jones won the Sports Car Club of America's Trans-Am championship driving for Moore in the famous Boss 302 Mustang. Buddy Baker won three straight Talladega races in 1975 and 1976, and in 1978, Bobby Allison won the Daytona 500 driving for Moore.
Other notable motor racers have driven for Moore, including Fireball Roberts, Darel Dieringer, David Pearson, Cale Yarborough, Bobby Isaac, Dale Earnhardt, Darrell Waltrip, Donnie Allison, Geoff Bodine, Ricky Rudd, Brett Bodine, and Morgan Shepherd.
During his 37 years as a car owner, he has achieved 63 wins, 43 poles and two NASCAR Grand National Division championships.
Bud Moore is among the 25 nominees for the 2010 inaugural class into the NASCAR Hall of Fame. Fans are invited to participate by voting for up to five nominees to be inducted. The NASCAR Hall of Fame (HOF) voting committee will hold a ballot to select the inductees to the HOF. The top five nominees in fan voting will be submitted to the NASCAR Hall of Fame voting panel to be cast as the Fan Vote Ballot. NASCAR is the only professional sports league where fans can vote for the Hall of Fame inductees. Voting is only available on NASCAR.COM; to cast your vote, go to http://www.nascar.com/halloffame