Fred Lorenzen's brain showed stage 3 chronic traumatic encephalopathy, marking the first known diagnosis of the brain disease in a NASCAR driver. Neuropathologists at the Boston University CTE Center made the diagnosis from the brain he donated, on a scale that tops out at stage 4.
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October 20, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Fred Lorenzen's Stage 3 CTE Is the First Known Diagnosis of the Disease in a NASCAR Driver
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