Lake Speed Autographs
Lake Chambers Speed (born January 17, 1948) is an American retired stock car racing driver. He formerly competed in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, scoring one career win in 402 starts.
Lake was named after the best friend of his father, Bob Lake. Lake's father, Leland S. Speed, took office as the Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, in 1948, the same year that Lake was born. He started his racing career at the age of thirteen racing karts, much to the displeasure of his family. Over the years, Speed won the International Karting Federation (IKF) National Championship six times and in 1978 he won the prestigious Karting World Championship over, among others, future three-time Formula One champion Ayrton Senna. Speed had been the only American to win the Karting World Championship until 2015 when 14 year-old Logan Sargeant of Florida won the KFJ World Karting Championship.
In 1980 after considering racing in other series such as Formula One, CART, and IMSA, and getting advice from current Charlotte Motor Speedway promoter, Humpy Wheeler, Speed chose to go NASCAR racing. According to Speed, "It was the highest mountain to climb." Speed's relative unfamiliarity with the NASCAR scene led him to buy his first car from someone in Chicago. Speed started 19 races in his rookie year scoring an eighth at Darlington Speedway in his third career start. Speed also scored finishes of seventh at the spring Talladega Superspeedway race, eighth at Talladega's fall event, seventh at Charlotte's fall event and eighth at the season ending race at Ontario Motor Speedway. Speed finished 22nd in overall points and second to Jody Ridley in the rookie of the year standings.
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Current items with a signature of Lake Speed
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Traded items with a signature of Lake Speed
The most expensive item with a signature of Lake Speed (Lake Speed Signed 1996 MAXX Made in America NASCAR) was sold in November 2025 for $500.30 while the cheapest item (NASCAR Veteran Lake Speed Autographed Signed Card) found a new owner for $0.01 in March 2010. The month with the most items sold (17) was November 2025 with an average selling price of $6.29 for an autographed item of Lake Speed. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in August 2023 with $68.97 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.01 was March 2010. In average, an autographed item from Lake Speed is worth $3.00.
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Latest News about Lake Speed
Folsom Lake speed for boaters dropped to 5 mph (09/01/2014): Due to the California drought, boaters can no longer go above 5 mph in Folsom Lake because the water level has dropped so low. 
BNSF puts the breaks Devils Lake speed dispute (07/31/2014): U.S. Senator John Hoeven says BNSF Railway has agreed to hold off on a plan to increase speed limits for trains traveling through Devils Lake. Lake speed thrills (07/29/2014): Wet and wild action drew dozens to Lake Waihola earlier this month. read more Waterskiers seek to raise Applegate Lake speed limit (11/14/2013): A group of waterskiers wants state boating officials to lift the 10-mph speed limit on Applegate Lake, opening what they consider to be an untapped recreational resource at an under-used reservoir.
