Walter 'Bud' Moore was a championship car owner and master mechanic whose teams won 63 Winston Cup races and back-to-back titles with Joe Weatherly in 1962 and 1963. A decorated WWII veteran, he built his Spartanburg shop into one of the sport's great independent operations.
Moore died in 2017 at 92. He was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2011, honored as one of the last great owner-mechanics of the sport's golden age.
At a Glance
- Born: May 25, 1925, Spartanburg, South Carolina
- Died: November 27, 2017, Spartanburg, South Carolina
- Age: 92
- Cause of death: Natural causes
Final Resting Place
Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, Spartanburg, South Carolina.
Photo: Phil via Find a Grave
From the Book
This profile is adapted from Legends at Rest: NASCAR Legends by Howard Wear.
Portrait: from the Legends at Rest: NASCAR Legends book files. Grave photo: Photo: Phil via Find a Grave.