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(born ? in
Nashville ,
Tennessee ) is a former
NASCAR racecar driver. He has counted 748 total wins in his career.
His first race was at
Opa-locka Speedway near
Miami ,
Florida in a
1934 Ford in
1946 . He became famous as a member of the
Alabama Gang . Estimates of Farmer's career victories range from 700 to 900 victories, most occurring in the late 1950s and early 60's. He raced 36
NASCAR races from 1953 to 1975. He won numerous championships at local tracks. He was the NASCAR National Late Model Sportsman champion (later
Busch Series ) for three consecutive years from 1969 to 1971. Farmer's best finish in
NASCAR 's top division was a fourth at both the 1972
Talladega 500 , and the 1968 Middle Georgia 500 near
Macon, Georgia ). He had so few Cup races because he was content to run primarily in the Late Model Sportsman. He was named
NASCAR 's most popular driver 4 times. Red later raced in the white and gold #97 car. In the mid 60's, however, Red raced a white, gold, and red Ford Fairlane, #F-97.
He was
Davey Allison 's
Crew Chief in the
Busch Series .
Red has retained his skills as a driver in spite of his age. He competed in 2 Busch Grand National races in 1992. On June 2005, Farmer, now over 70, turned heads in winning a heat over current NASCAR
NEXTEL Cup stars, and finished 8th in the feature during the
Nextel Prelude to the Dream at
Eldora Speedway , owned by
Tony Stewart .
His accolades are numerous. He's a member of 5 halls of fame. Red was named one of the 50 Greatest Drivers in NASCAR history in
1998 . He was a member of the first Class of Inductees into the Talladega-
Texaco Walk Of Fame. When the
International Motorsports Hall Of Fame inducted Red, they had to waive their rule of 5 years of retirement - they figured that he never would retire.
The ,
1932 .
Career NASCAR statistics at racing-reference.info He was asked by
stockcarracing.com : "You've been coy about your age over the years. I've read that you were born in 1928, 1929, or maybe even 1930 or 1931. What year was it?" Farmer replied: "Hey, I ain't sure. When I was born I was too young to read the birth certificate." The interviewer followed up with "We'll just go with 1928, how's that?" Farmer replied "There is so many that I can't even figure it out. I ain't even sure myself anymore."
StockcarRacing.com interview
On
July 12 ,
1993 Farmer was a passenger in the helicopter crash at
Talladega Superspeedway that took the life of
Davey Allison , when the two were arriving at the track to assist young driver
David Bonnett (
Neil Bonnett 's son) around the track. He escaped with only broken bones.
