Who Was Rick Baldwin? (Racing Stories #31)

In this episode of Racing Stories, I will be talking about the life, racing career, coma, and death of NASCAR Driver, Rick Baldwin.

Rick was fellow Texan driver who was the son of a roofer and driver, Jack Baldwin. Rick was a roofer just like his father. When it came to racing, he was helping his father as standby, holding spare parts while his father was racing in the 1971 Baja 1000.

In 1972, Rick Baldwin started racing in local race tracks at Texas, alongside with his Father.

He made his NASCAR debut at the 1981 NASCAR Cup Series race at Texas World Speedway and also competed at the 1983 Daytona 500, finishing 20th after being involved in a 3-car crash on Lap 145. (The crash was shown in slow motion, so I did speed it up).

Rick made 11 starts between 1981-1986. Unfortunately, he suffered head injuries while qualifying for the 1986 June Michigan Race, substituting for Buddy Arrington, who suffered a bad crash the previous week at Pocono. Rick Baldwin was in a coma for 11 years, and sadly passed away in 1997. He was 42 years old.

Sources:
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1986/06/08/Tim-Richmond-celebrated-his-birthday-one-day-late-Sunday/3152518587200/

http://www.moparwiki.com/index.php/Buddy_Arrington

https://tb98nj.wordpress.com/2017/06/18/the-forgotten-fatality-rick-baldwin/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Baldwin

https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Rick_Baldwin/

VIDEO CREDITS:
King Rose Archives
Randy Lewis
Michael McIntyre
SMIFF TV
Ryan Anthony
Buggy1Boy
FatalMotorsportChannel

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