Fred Lorenzen, best known for his victory in the 1965 Daytona 500, has passed away at the age of 89.
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“Fred Lorenzen was one of NASCAR’s first true superstars. A fan favorite, he helped NASCAR expand from its original roots. Fred was the picture-perfect NASCAR star, helping to bring the sport to the silver screen — which further grew NASCAR’s popularity during its early years,” NASCAR Chairman Jim France said in a statement. “For many years, NASCAR’s ‘Golden Boy’ was also its gold standard, a fact that eventually led him to the sport’s pinnacle, a rightful place in the NASCAR Hall of Fame.
Lorenzen battled dementia in his later years and pledged his brain to the Concussion Legacy Foundation.His daughter said Lorenzen first showed signs of dementia around 2006. He had memory loss and used a wheelchair at Oak Brook Healthcare in Illinois. “The hardest part right now is that his racing memories are starting to go,” Gardstrom said in 2016. “That was the one thing that was really wonderful, to connect and see him light up when he talked about racing.”
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