Tiny Lund
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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 began racing motorcycles as a boy and in 1955 had worked his way up to Grand National stock car racing. In 1963, he was awarded the Carnegie Medal of Honor for his heroism after he pulled badly-injured fellow driver Marvin Panch from his burning car following a crash during a race at the Daytona Speedway. Later that year, Lund won the Daytona 500, his sports single most important race.
Tiny Lund appeared in the 1968 stockcar racing movie Speedway starring Elvis Presley.
Lund raced in NASCAR competition for twenty years until an accident at the 1975 Talladega 500 race claimed his life. In 1994 he was inducted posthumously into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in Talladega, Alabama.
Categories: 1929 births | 1975 deaths | NASCAR drivers | International Motorsports Hall of Fame | People from Iowa
