DeWayne 'Tiny' Lund – 6-foot-6 and 270 pounds – won the 1963 Daytona 500 driving for the Wood Brothers, just weeks after pulling fellow driver Marvin Panch from a burning car at Daytona, an act of heroism that earned him the Carnegie Medal for bravery.
Lund was killed in a multi-car crash at Talladega in 1975 at age 45. He remains one of the most beloved figures of his era, remembered as much for saving Panch's life as for anything he did behind the wheel.
At a Glance
- Born: November 14, 1929, Harlan, Iowa
- Died: August 17, 1975, Lincoln, Alabama
- Age: 45
- Cause of death: Injuries from a crash in the 1975 Talladega 500
Final Resting Place
Berkeley Memorial Gardens, Moncks Corner, South Carolina.
From the Book
This profile is adapted from Legends at Rest: NASCAR Legends by Howard Wear.
Portrait: Photo by Cdlund (uploader; authorship assumed from copyright claim), CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons.