1. DeWayne Louis "Tiny" Lund was an American stock car racer.
37 Facts About Tiny Lund
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Tiny Lund was a journeyman racer-for-hire in the top level NASCAR Grand National Series, running partial seasons for a number of years, including a victory in the 1963 Daytona 500.
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Tiny Lund started racing at a young age on a motorcycle, then moved up to midget cars and sprint cars.
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Tiny Lund served in the Korean War in the United States Air Force, and in 1955 decided to try stock car racing in NASCAR.
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Tiny Lund went south with a 1955 Chevrolet and competed in the LeHi, Arkansas, event, with sponsorship from Carl Rupert and his safety belt company.
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Tiny Lund's car flipped end over end and his safety belt broke.
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For 1956, Tiny Lund teamed up with Gus Holzmueller, and their best result was a fourth-place finish in Columbia, South Carolina.
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Tiny Lund won the pole position, and led 136 laps when his right rear axle gave out with 14 laps left.
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Late in the 1957 season at the North Wilkesboro Speedway, a wheel from Tiny Lund's car was thrown into stands, and a spectator was killed.
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Tiny Lund left Bumgarner and continued his journeyman driving in 1958, winning the pole position at races in Gastonia and Hillsboro.
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Tiny Lund did not have major success, and he was without rides by 1963.
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In February 1963, Tiny Lund went to Daytona International Speedway shopping around for any ride in that year's Daytona 500.
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When Panch's car burst into flames, Tiny Lund ran into the inferno and pulled Panch out of the wreckage.
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Panch, in hospital, asked Tiny Lund to take his ride in the Wood Brothers Racing entry.
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Tiny Lund was fourth fastest in individual qualifying trials, and finished sixth in the second qualifying race, starting the race from 12th on the grid.
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Tiny Lund managed to take the lead very late in the race.
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Tiny Lund's car ran out of fuel on the final lap, but he managed to coast home to win the 1963 Daytona 500.
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Tiny Lund stayed in the Wood Brothers Ford for several 1963 races after Daytona, and holding a late lead in the Southeastern 500 before his motor gave out.
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Marvin Panch returned to the Wood Brothers and Tiny Lund was without a ride.
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Tiny Lund earned his second career Grand National victory in the 1965 Columbia 200, qualifying in fourth and taking the lead from Ned Jarrett before rains came and washed out the second half of the event.
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Tiny Lund finished fourth in the Daytona 500 despite running out of fuel with a lap to go.
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Tiny Lund finished fifth in the World 600 for Petty Enterprises.
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Tiny Lund struggled in Stelter's Fords despite a promising run in Fonda, New York, where he qualified second and led some laps before an axle broke.
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In 1968, Tiny Lund appeared as one of the race drivers in the racing scene of the MGM movie Speedway which starred Elvis Presley and Nancy Sinatra.
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In 1969, Tiny Lund entered one Grand National race, guesting for Bill France Sr.
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Tiny Lund drove into the lead but his clutch failed and he was classified ninth.
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From 1968 through 1971, Tiny Lund earned his greatest racing successes in the new NASCAR Grand American Series, winning 41 of the 109 Grand American races from 1968 through 1971.
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Tiny Lund drove a Cougar for the Bud Moore team in 1968, winning the inaugural season championship.
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Three of these Grand National races were won by drivers in Grand American cars; Tiny Lund drove the Camaro to victory in the Buddy Shuman 276 and the Wilkes 400, while Bobby Allison drove a Mustang to victory in the Myers Brothers 250.
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The flat tracks at the Shuman and Myers events favored the smaller pony cars, while Tiny Lund won the Wilkes event when Richard Petty's Grand National car had problems late in the race.
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Tiny Lund moved to the new series and the existing NASCAR Late Model Sportsman Series.
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Tiny Lund won the Sportsman season opener at Daytona twice and continued to rack up victories on short tracks that he had raced on as a youth.
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Meanwhile, Tiny Lund was extricated from his own car by track rescue teams.
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Tiny Lund died later at the track infield hospital of massive chest and internal crush injuries.
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Tiny Lund was survived by his wife, Wanda, and son, Christopher.
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Tiny Lund was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 1994, and in 1998 named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers.
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Tiny Lund was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America on March 17,2020.