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	Tiny Lund - NASCAR Inactive - GoNascarGo.com
		Lund is perhaps most remembered for his heroic action of pulling driver Marvin Panch from a burning wreck in February of 1963 at Daytona.
		Lund drove to the checkered flag with an average speed of 151.566 and one set of tires.
		In 1965, Tiny Lund won the Columbia 200, though the race was shortened due to rain and in 1966 Lund had another victory at the Beltsville 200 when Richard Petty’s engine gave out on lap 71.
	www.gonascargo.com /drivers/tiny-lund.php (298 words)

	Tiny Lund (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Dewayne Louis Lund was born in Harlan, Iowa in 1929.
		Lund stayed with Modified's which earned him a reputation in Iowa when he was still a youngster.
		Tiny was the first to reach Panch and he pull him from the fire.
	www.developsource.com /chamber/tiny_lund.htm (200 words)

	Tiny Lund - Definition, explanation
		Tiny Lund (November 14, 1929 — August 17, 1975) was an American racecar driver.
		Born DeWayne Louis Lund in Harlan, Iowa, he was a large man given the affectionate nickname "Tiny" because of his size.
		Lund raced in NASCAR competition for twenty years until an accident at the 1975 Talladega 500 race claimed his life.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/t/ti/tiny_lund.php (183 words)

	5th Annual Tiny Lund Festival - 10 Tenths Motorsport Forum
		Tiny Lund, I read recently in another place, was a hero in that he lifted a blazing Maserati off Marvin Panch so that others could remove the trapped driver from the flames.
		It is really good to see that an event has been named after Tiny and that a museum is in the works to honor his memory.
		Yes Tiny did pull Marvin Panch from a blazing Masarati and on April 10, 1963 at a banquet honoring Tiny in Daytona, Tiny was awarded a life-size bust of himself for winning the 500 plus the Carnegie Medal for Heroism.
	www.ten-tenths.com /forum/showthread.php?t=12785 (408 words)

	Tiny Lund.com
		TINY LUND: Dwayne “Tiny” Lund was the first and still, to this day, the only driver to ever win the Daytona 500 (1963) on one set of tires.
		Lund's career was distinguished by one act of heroism in February, 1963, when he rescued fellow driver Marvin Panch from a burning car during a practice session at Daytona.
		Lund was fatally injured in an accident during the Talladega 500 in 1975.
	www.tinylund.com (5320 words)

	DesMoinesRegister.com \| Sports Hall of Fame (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Lund got his refill of 20 gallons of fuel at the 36th lap, rather than on the 40th lap as planned.
		Lund, at 6 feet 4 inches and 250 pounds, led rescuers through waist-high flames to free Panch from his overturned car.
		Lund also had relocated to the South, living in Lake Moultrie, S.C. When Lorenzen was 19 and racing on dirt tracks, he rolled his car before a race in North Carolina.
	desmoinesregister.com /sports/extras/hall/lund.html (1298 words)

	Tiny Lund Profile
		Tiny's first NASCAR race was on October 9, 1955 in Lehi, Arkansas.
		Lund would receive the Carnegie Medal of Honor for heroism when he pulled fellow driver and friend Marvin Panch from his burning sports car at Daytona in February, 1963.
		Lund would go on to win two other NASCAR Grand National events: on April 28th, 1965, he won the rain-shortened 100 mile event at the old Columbia, S. Carolina Speedway.
	www.decadesofracing.net /TinyLund.htm (421 words)

	Marvin and Tiny - 08/02/02
		Tiny was a huge man weighing well over 300 pounds, and a regular on the Grand National tour.
		Their replacement for Panch in the famed number 21 Ford, was "Tiny" Lund, the very man who saved Marvins life, and his career.
		Tiny raced only four events that year, and after making five starts in 1973 he decided to hang it up for good.
	www.gordonline.com /beyond/080202.html (803 words)

	Alabama Archives: Motorsports Hall of Fame (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Tiny started racing motorcycles at age 15, then tried Sprints and Midgets, but gave them up because of his size.
		Tiny was the first man to rach Panch and pulled him from the fire.
		Tiny won the biggest Winston Cup race of his career, the Daytona 500, and was subsequently awarded the Carnegie Medal for Heroism.
	www.archives.state.al.us /motor/people/lund.html (194 words)

	Race 2 Win: Sadler to Run Paint Scheme of '63 Daytona Win
		Tiny Lund was actually one of the guys with us.
		We chose Tiny because we knew how tough of a race car driver he was.
		Tiny helped rescue Marvin from the fire and then he went on to win the race.
	www.race2win.net /wc/00/es3.html (1048 words)

	Media.Ford.com: Do you recall these memorable Ford victories In the Daytona 500?
		Lund, who was filling in for the injured Marvin Panch, was followed across the finish line by Lorenzen, Ned Jarrett, Nelson Stacy and Dan Gurney â“ all in â63 Ford Fairlanes.
		Tiny Lund, driving the Wood Brothersâ famed No. 21 in place of the injured Marvin Panch, was across the finish line first.
		Lund made the most of his fill-in opportunity, earning his first NASCAR Grand National victory in his 134th start and Fordâs first victory at Daytona since the days of the beach-and-road course in 1950.
	media.ford.com /article_display.cfm?article_id=7337 (1941 words)

	Field of Dreams page 2
		Lund was a well-known stock car driver during the 1960s and ‘70s.
		The mechanic told me he traveled with the Lund crew all over the country, and back then it would cost one million dollars a year (entry fees, crew salaries, car parts) to keep one car competitive.
		The ‘gun’ finally fired for Tiny Lund in a high speed, fiery crash at Alabama’s Talledega 500 on Aug. 10, 1975.
	www.voteforjoe.com /columns/col_nascar.html (626 words)

	The Grand National East Division
		Tiny Lund captured the 1971 Grand American Season championship with NASCAR legend Buck Baker finishing second.
		Lund would compile 10 top-5 finishes in 14 races in route to capturing the 1973 championship.
		Tiny Lund began his NASCAR career in 1955 and had recorded five victories (including the 1963 Daytona 500) in 293 starts.
	www.grandnationaleast.com (1707 words)

	Tom Higgins' Scuffs: Once Upon A Time In Daytona
		Lund and four others leaped the safety barrier and ran to Panch's aid as the blaze grew in intensity.
		Tiny, whose nickname was a misnomer in that he was 6-5 and weighed about 275 pounds, somehow withstood the gathering inferno to grab Panch by the ankles and pull him free.
		Tiny worked at the "joint" on weekend nights, and was well known among locals to be the owner and bouncer..
	blogs.thatsracin.com /scuffs/2006/01/once_upon_a_tim.html (1472 words)

	Sports: Families deal with loss in different ways
		What Lund feared hearing on a race broadcast while she and a friend drove to a movie on Aug. 17, 1975, came instead over the phone when her mother-in-law called later that evening.
		More than 25 years after NASCAR driver Tiny Lund died in the Talladega 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, his widow, who remarried in 1979 and now goes by Wanda Lund-Early, was sitting in a cramped building at Daytona International Speedway when Dale Earnhardt crashed on the last lap of the Daytona 500.
		Lund pulled Panch out of a burning car after a practice crash and his actions earned the Carnegie Award for Heroism.
	www.sptimes.com /News/041401/Sports/Families_deal_with_lo.shtml (918 words)

	Untitled Document
		I don’t think anyone argued with the 6 ½ foot tall “Tiny” Lund after the race was over as to who was the victor.
		Lund qualified his 1970 Camaro in the sixth position.
		Lund won one other time in his Camaro in 1971, at Hickory.
	www.savethespeedway.net /71wilkes.htm (806 words)

	NASCAR Racing: Vintage NASCAR stories
		Lund, a 6-6, 280- pound behemoth, was one of the nicest people to ever climb into a stock car.
		Lund's reaction was even more intense, as he instantly realized that this snake was alive --- it was real.
		Lund was screaming bloody murder, and unable to free himself from the straps.
	members.aol.com /jalan5000a/com0044.html (1900 words)

	Fearless Men, Fast Cars and Whiskey (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Tiny Lund was not tiny; he was 6’5" and barely fit through the car’s window opening.
		Tiny Lund and fellow hell-raiser Larry Frank frequently combated boredom by finding the nearest drinking establishment and instigating a good old-fashioned barroom brawl.
		In 1963 DeWayne "Tiny" Lund won the prestigious Carnegie Medal of Honor that is given for heroism.
	insiderracingnews.com /om080802.html (1956 words)

	Dirtfans.com - Tiny Lund
		Tiny Lund at Smokey Mountain Raceway in 1965.
		Tiny Lund at Shawano, Wisconsin for a USAC stock car race which he
		Tiny Lund approaches an unidentified driver of car #29 in a Late
	www.dirtfans.com /TinyLund.html (99 words)

	The Mountaineer: ‘Return of the Ring’
		Lund got a trophy, but also a ring — diamond-encrusted, cast in white gold and heavy — on a par with the rings awarded to World Series winners.
		Lund’s wife, Wanda, recalls that the couple’s son, Chris — who was 3 years old at the time — showed an early fascination with the ring.
		Tiny Lund was killed during the Aug. 11, 1975, NASCAR race at Talladega, Ga. Wanda thought the ring had been buried with him but when that turned out not to be the case, she saved it and gave it to Chris on his 18th birthday.
	www.themountaineer.com /archives/2005/07/18/sports_returnofthering.html (1087 words)

	SpeedwayMedia.com, Online Resource For Motorsports Information
		DeWayne “Tiny” Lund was born on November 14, 1929 in Harland, Iowa.
		Lund received the Carnegie Medal of Honor for heroism after he pulled Marvin Panch from his burning Maserati at Daytona in February 1963 during practice for the 250-mile American Challenge Cup race.
		Lund grabbed the naked Red Farmer and carried him down to the pool and threw him into the water.
	www.speedwaymedia.com /Articles/04/120904Madding.asp (540 words)

	Rare Sports Films - Vintage Baseball Video Sports Auto Racing Events
		This DVD is the remarkable story of Tiny Lund's storybook victory in the '63 Daytona 500.
		One of the heros on the scene was Tiny Lund, who helped rescue Panch from the burning car.
		Lund brings his Ford home on fumes and is shown beaming in victory lane with his wife and the happy Wood Brothers crew.
	www.raresportsfilms.com /1963day.html (568 words)

	SpeedwayMedia.com, Online Resource For Motorsports Information, NASCAR stats, NASCAR tickets, NASCAR news, and more!
		Tiny Lund was a giant of a man, both physically and metaphorically.
		Tiny was one of the first on the scene, and in a super-human effort, lifted the car to free and save Marvin’s life.
		Tiny is also a sad part of history, part of the so-called Talladega curse.
	www.speedwaymedia.com /Articles/05/121505Gathercole.asp (814 words)

	Motorsports Hall of Fame
		Such legendary competitors as David Pearson, Tiny Lund, A.J. Foyt, Cale Yarborough, Donnie Allison, Marvin Panch, Dan Gurney, Neil Bonnett, and Parnelli Jones have all been behind the wheel of a Wood Brothers entry.
		Since Panch was injured in the accident, and the Wood Brothers' red and white #21 Ford needed a replacement driver, Lund was given the chance to compete in the Daytona 500.
		Tiny Lund and the Wood Brothers ran a masterful race, using effective drafting techniques and smart pit strategy to conserve fuel and stay ahead of challengers like Ned Jarrett and Fred Lorenzen.
	www.mshf.com /hof/wood_brothers.htm (556 words)

	Myths
		Lund peaked as a driver in the 1960's long after the decade of NASCAR pioneers was over.
		Ironically Tiny Lund with only five wins, (some say four, as many records of his era were poorly kept) and a much lower win percentage gets in.
		Tiny, a genuine hero who helped rescue Marvin Panch from a burning Massarati at Daytona in 1963, seldom ran up front, and usually raced in a pack of cars several laps behind Darel Derringer.
	www.fireballroberts.com /Myths.htm (2001 words)

	Race Card #99- Nothing Tiny About This Except....... - HobbyTalk
		Tiny was following Lee doen the stairs of the scoring tower when he hauled off and kicked ol' Lee right where he sits.
		Good thing too because Tiny was hot on his trail until he almost ran down a lady on the sidewalk.
		Tiny just stopped, bowed, said excuse me ma'am and stepped around her and resumed his chase.
	www.hobbytalk.com /bbs1/showthread.php?t=89467 (650 words)

	The Glory Days - H.B. Bailey's Grand American Firebird
		Tiny Lund was the fastest GA qualifier in fifth place.
		Tiny Lund driving either a Camaro or a Firebird was always competitive, as were the Javelins.
		Pontiac, for instance, sent nearly all of their supply of the temperamental 303 engines and parts to H.B. Bailey and Tiny Lund in support of their Grand American programs.
	www.firebirdgallery.com /Bailey_Firebird.htm (491 words)

	Tiny Lund - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He won a pair of pole positions at Gastonia and Hillsboro but did nothing much else and for 1959 he fielded self-owned Chevrolets.
		For his actions, Lund was awarded the Carnegie Medal of Honor.
		Lund would take the green flag from twelfth on the grid.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tiny_Lund (1511 words)

	Checkered Flag Waves for NASCAR Legends stories
		Tiny Lund was as well known for the practical joking side of his personality as he was for his racing talent. It seemed that as long as Tiny had fun all was right in his world.
		The practical jokes weren't excluded from the track either. Below is a story about one of those times on the track at Bristol.
		Tiny Lund and Donnie Allison were battling at Bristol. There were only 11 laps to go and Donnie was leading. Into turn 1 they went. As they came through turn 2 Tiny slammed into the side of Donnie’s car. Donnie looked over to see Tiny laughing.
	www.laidbackracing.com /TheOldDays/TinyDonnieBristol.html (231 words)

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