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May 19, 2020
1 minute
Fred Lorenzen was born in Elmhurst, Illinois, on December 30, 1934, and began his racing career at the age of 13, building a car from scrap parts. After winning a high-school demolitionin 1956 and rose through the motorsport ranks to become the first driver to win more than $100,000 in one season, amassing $113,570 in 1963 when driving for the Holman Moody team. More impressively, he achieved this having competed in only 29 of the 61 races scheduled for the season.
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