Fred Lorenzen

Fred Lorenzen
Lahir	Frederick Lorenzen Jr. (1934-12-30)30 Desember 1934 Elmhurst, Illinois
Meninggal	18 Desember 2024(2024-12-18) (umur 89)
Pencapaian	1958, 1959 USAC Stock Car Champion First driver to win the same 500-mile superspeedway race three years in a row (Atlanta 500, 1962–1964). 1965 Daytona 500 Winner First driver to win at all five of the south’s original superspeedways (Daytona, Darlington, Atlanta, Charlotte, Rockingham, 1966)br>All-time superspeedway winner upon initial retirement in 1967 (12) 1963, 1965 World 600 Winner First NASCAR driver to surpass $100,000 in winnings in one season ($122,000 in 1963) First driver to sweep both Martinsville races from the pole in a season (1964) Only driver to win four consecutive 500 lap races at Martinsville Had a 50% winning percentage in 1964 (8 wins in 16 starts)
Penghargaan	1963, 1965 Grand National Series Most Popular Driver Named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers (1998) Motorsports Hall of Fame of America inductee (2001)[1] NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee (2015) USAC Hall of Fame inductee (2015)
Karier NASCAR Seri Piala
158 lomba dalam kurun waktu 12 tahun
Hasil terbaik	3rd (1963)
Lomba pertama	1956 untitled race (Langhorne Speedway)
Lomba terakhir	1972 Old Dominion 500 (Martinsville)
Menang pertama	1961 Virginia 500 (Martinsville)
Menang terakhir	1967 Daytona Qualifier (100 miler counted as a series win)
Menang Top 10 Pole 26 84 32
Terakhir diperbarui pada: April 2, 2013.

Frederick Lorenzen Jr. (30 Desember 1934 – 18 Desember 2024), dijuluki The Golden Boy, Fast Freddie, The Elmhurst Express dan Fearless Freddy, adalah mantan pembalap NASCAR dari Elmhurst, Illinois. Aktif dari tahun 1958 hingga 1972, ia memenangkan 26 balapan termasuk Daytona 500 1965.[2]

Setelah lulus dari sekolah menengah, Lorenzen mulai balap modifikasi dan late model, dan membuat debut NASCAR-nya pada tahun 1956 di Langhorne Speedway, menyelesaikan lomba di posisi ke-26 setelah mengalami pompa bahan bakar rusak. Ia memenangkan hadiah $25. Dia pindah ke mobil stok USAC dan memenangkan kejuaraan tahun 1958 dan 1959 dengan mengendarai Chevrolet buatan Talarico Bros.

Referensi

1. Fred Lorenzen at the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America
2. Adamczyk, Jay. "Sad News - Fred Lorenzen". Jayski's Silly Season Site. Diakses tanggal 18 December 2024. 

Pranala luar

• Situs web resmi
• Statistik Fred Lorenzen sebagai pembalap di Racing-Reference
• Fred Lorenzen Wins Diarsipkan 2022-08-15 di Wayback Machine.