Fred Lorenzen is NASCAR's Chicagoland connection: the groundbreaking 60s stock car racing champ is an Elmhurst native | ✍️ yolandanews
Lorenzen wins the 1965 Daytona 500, the first-ever 500 called off early because of rain. Lorenzen held off driver Marvin Panch just as the caution flag fell for rain on lap 129.
Lorenzen with his trophy after winning the National 400 NASCAR Cup race at Charlotte Motor Speedway in 1965.Amanda Lorenzen Gardstrom, Lorenzen’s daughter, has heard stories about how Lorenzen was different from other drivers while off the track. “I accidentally had the pool stick hit the Daytona 500 trophy and broke one of the wings off the side of it. And I thought, ‘Oh my gosh, Dad might get mad.’ I didn’t know what a big magnitude of a race that was until I became an adult.”She says Lorenzen didn’t talk much to her about his glory years, but she heard others tell stories.
“I think it’s going to be very exciting. It’s something NASCAR has never done before. It’s definitely going to draw some new fans just to see what it’s all about,” Lorenzen Gardstrom said.
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