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TRIBUTES/MEMORIALS TO
LEGENDS
Tiny
Lund
(1929-1975)
| DeWayne
Louis Lund was born in Harlan, Iowa in 1929. Tiny started racing
motorcycles at age 15, then tried Sprints and Midgets, but gave them
up because of his size. He was 6-4 and 275 lbs. Lund stayed
with Modifieds, earning a good reputation in Iowa even as a
youngster. In 1955, after serving in the US Air Force, he returned
to racing. On February 14, 1963, Marvin Panch was driving a Maserati
experimental car in practice at Daytona International Speedway when
the car became airborne, slid on it's top and caught fire. Tiny was
the first man to reach Panch and pulled him from the fire. Because
of his burns, Panch was not able to compete in the Daytona 500.
Panch suggested to the Wood Brothers that they let Tiny drive their
Ford in the Daytona 500. Tiny won the biggest Winston Cup race of
his career, the Daytona 500, and was subsequently awarded the
Carnegie Medal for Heroism. During his career, Tiny won over 500
major features and 49 major racing events. He was a four-time
champion in the Grand American division, winning titles in 1965, 70,
71 and 74, Lund died August 10, 1975 after a racing accident.
Tiny
Lund
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