| Wayne Reutimann | |
| Birth Date: | 1944 12, mf=yes |
| Car Number: | 00jr |
| Titles: | 1965 Florida State Late Model Champion 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.[1]
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-Brandenton 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.[2] [3] [4]
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.[1] He claimed the Orange County Fair Speedway track championships in 1975 and 1977, and also won the 1976 New York State Fair Championship at the Syracuse Mile.[5] [6]
Wayne Reutimann. was inducted into the Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame in 2008.[1] [7]