Wayne Reutimann

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Wayne Reutimann
Born (1944-12-31) December 31, 1944 (age 80)
Zephyrhills, Florida
Car number00jr
Championship titles
1965, 1973 Florida Governor's Cup [1]
1976 New York State Fair Champion

Wayne Reutimann (born December 31, 1944) is a retired American racing driver from Zephyrhills, Florida. Never one to turn down a challenge, he successfully competed in dirt Modified, aslphalt Late Model, and Sprint cars. [2]

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Racing career

Wayne Reutimann followed his older brother Buzzie into racing with one of their father's old Modifieds, a 1935 Chevy coupe numbered as 00 jr. and powered by a GMC six-cylinder engine. Reutimann moved on to asphalt Late Models competing success fully at the Golden Gate and Sarasota-Bradenton Speedways in Florida, and in 1965 gained notoriety by becoming the youngest winner of the Florida State Late Model Championship with a half-car-length victory over Bobby Allison at Golden Gate. [3] [4] [5]

From 1972 to 1977 Reutimann went north to try his hand at dirt-track Modified competition and became a consistent winner at New Jersey's East Windsor Speedway and Pennsylvania's Nazareth Speedway. [2] He claimed the Orange County Fair Speedway (Middletown, New York) track championships in 1975 and 1977, and also won the 1976 New York State Fair Championship at the Syracuse Mile. [6] [7]

Wayne Reutimann. was inducted into the Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame in 2008. [2] [8]

References

  1. ↑ Kelly, Godwin (November 16, 2013). "Strong entry list for Saturday's Governor's Cup at New Smyrna Speedway". The Daytona Beach News-Journal . FL. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 "Wayne Reutimann Elected Into NE Modified Hall of Fame". DIRTcar. May 14, 2008. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Reutimanns, Mclnnis Big Winners at Gate". Tampa Times. July 6, 1964. p. 12. Retrieved February 16, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Reutimann wins race". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. September 27, 1965. p. 9. Retrieved February 16, 2024– via Google Books.
  5. ↑ Woods, William (November 11, 1969). "Reutiman gears for stock car title". St. Petersburg Times. p. 48. Retrieved February 16, 2024– via Google Books.
  6. ↑ "Wayne Reutimann threatens brother". The Evening News. June 9, 1972. p. 10. Retrieved February 16, 2024– via Google Books.
  7. ↑ O'Brien, Dick (September 7, 1985). "Wayne Reutimann cops Fair race". Herald-Journal. p. 43. Retrieved February 16, 2024– via NewspaperArchive.
  8. ↑ Hill, John (May 25, 2008). "Racing Icons to be honored". The Post-Standard. p. C13. Retrieved February 16, 2024– via NewspaperArchive.
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