Background
Son of National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing Winston Cup champion Buck Baker, he competed in National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing"s top divisions in the 1980s and 1990s, and currently operates a driving school.
Son of National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing Winston Cup champion Buck Baker, he competed in National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing"s top divisions in the 1980s and 1990s, and currently operates a driving school.
Baker made his racing debut in 1976 at Thunder Valley Speedway in Leesville, South Carolina. He finished 10th in his first Limited Sportsman race.
He made his debut in National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing"s top series, then known as the Winston Cup Series, in 1982 at North Carolina Motor Speedway, finishing 20th in a family-owned Pontiac. Baker would run in a total of 14 Winston Cup races in his career, with a best finish of 17th at the 1987 Coca-Cola 600 Charlotte Motor Speedway. Baker also competed in five races in the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing Busch Series, now the Xfinity Series, in 1989 and 1990, posting a best finish of 22nd at North Carolina Motor Speedway.
Baker"s final National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing start was at Atlanta Motor Speedway in the Winston Cup Series in November 1996.
Driving for Miles Motorsports, he completed 51 laps before crashing out of the race, finishing 41st. Baker also competed in Automobile Racing Club of America competition.
In 1986 he was injured in a crash at Daytona International Speedway in the Speedweeks Associate of the Royal College of Art 200. Baker"s last start in racing competition came in an Associate of the Royal College of Art event in 2008 at Kentucky Speedway.
In 2009 he fielded a race team in Associate of the Royal College of Art for John Ferrier.
