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Fred Lorenzen Part 2

A NASCAR Hero

This is the second part of the comic book story of Fred Lorenzen. Don’t you wish history was this much fun when you were in school?

Fred Lorenzen had historical career and was a well loved Ford driver. His close relationship with Fireball Roberts was important to his career. Fred also reached against the likes of Junior Johnson, Ned Jarrett and Richard Petty to name but a few. He is a member of the NASCAR Hall of Fame.

He went down south from his home in Chicago but as a Yankee, he was well liked by race crowds in the South. His later years were troubled with health issues that many blame on his many serious wrecks druing NASCAR’s most dangerous time.

Read Part 1 first, click here!https://www.legendarycollectorcars.com/2020/07/fred-lorenzen-goes-racing/

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Richard

I grew up and lived in Iowa for a good portion of my life before moving to Southern California. After 20+ years we now live outside Nashville Tennessee. I have been into cars since I was old enough to remember. I don't have a brand loyalty although I do prefer American Muscle especially the 1969/1970 NASCAR Aero Cars. (Check out our other web site at www.TalladegaSpoilerRegistry.com site) As long as it has four wheels and an engine I get excited. Few men are lucky enough to be able to share their passion for cars with the woman they love. Fortunately, my wife, Katriana, is also a gear head and many of our activities revolve around the cars. We have a small collection that includes at least one car from each of the Big Three. It includes a Best of Show winner, a survivor, a driver with lots of patina and several others. Katrina prefers all original cars while I like to modify them so we have a few of each. When we aren't playing with cars we are out working with or showing our miniature donkeys. You can see more about that part of our lives at http://www.LegendaryFarms.com.

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