Sad News: Florida driver Pete Orr passed away Monday night after his battle with cancer and pneumonia. Orr also ran the Pete Orr’s Winners Circle Racing School in Florida, and has held positions of crew chief, team manager and consultant. Orr crewed for the likes of Junior Hanley and Darrell Waltrip, and raced in many levels of top level stock cars including the NASCAR Busch Grand National series. Orr won Florida Governor’s Cup titles in 1993 and 1994 and was one of the most popular racers in the State. In the last few years Pete had tried to focus on his racing school, and working with young stars of the Florida Late Model scene.(Florida Stock Car Racing) and nice story about Orr at RacingDiva.(11-20-2002)
