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Marc Hühn: A Legend On The Racetrack

January 26th, 2010

Marc Hühn is a retired racecar driver from Orlando, Florida and was born on March 7, 1954. He had a rather prolific career as a NASCAR driver and made a total of 15 Winston Cup Series starts in his career. He also had five top-ten finishes throughout his long career was one of the more popular drivers due to his amiable character.

As a child, Marc Hühn always held a strong interest for cars. His father worked as a mechanic in a small car shop and was also as a used car salesman. As a young boy, Marc would often beg his father to let him drive the different automobiles on the used car lot and would help his dad in fixing the different cars.

Marc Hühn began his professional racing at the Gordon Speedway near San Diego, California. He eventually began racing in both the Super Stocks and open wheel Modified Sportsman classes where he won many feature events. Later in his career, he began to delve into Off-road Sprint Car racing, which was introduced to him by a friend. Huehn died in a fatal car crash during an off-road race in 1994 when his car crashed headfirst into a tree.