Legends of NASCAR - DeWayne Louis "Tiny" Lund Traditional Cache
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Legends of NASCAR - DeWayne Louis "Tiny" Lund
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This series is in honor of the legends of
the sport of NASCAR racing who have passed away. There is something
for everyone (the numbers hounds or the history buffs). The series
is meant to be done from east to west. Please park completely off
of the road and use caution at all times. Most weekends, there
isn't more than a handfull of cars along this road but 2 weekends a
year this becomes one of the largest cities in the
State!
(November 14, 1929–August 17, 1975)
was a NASCAR driver. He was ironically nicknamed "Tiny" due to his
rather large and imposing size.Along with his back-to-back Grand
American championships in 1970 and 1971, Lund "won" two Grand
National events in 1971 - the Buddy Shuman 100 at Hickory Motor
Speedway, and the Wilkes 400 at North Wilkesboro Speedway driving a
Camaro Grand American car for Ronnie Hopkins. As the number of
entrants for the fields were low, NASCAR allowed Grand American
cars to fill out the remaining spots on the grid. Lund controlled
the event at Hickory before falling into a win when Richard Petty
had problems at North Wilkesboro. Neither of these victories were
added to Lund's official win tally, as the legitimacy of whether or
not Lund should have been considered a Grand National competitor in
these events has been questioned. NASCAR had dictated that if a
Grand American car won it would not be credited with the victory;
first place points would not be awarded. Despite this, the wins
were counted as constructors victories for Chevrolet and starts for
Lund. Greg Fielden and Peter Golenbock's "Stock Car Racing
Encyclopedia" has credited Lund with the two victories, bringing
his career total to five. This also has disputed the win total
between Bobby Allison and Darrell Waltrip, both of whom are tied at
84. Allison had one win in such a race in a Grand American car,
which he claims should put him one greater than Waltrip. This also
would technically dispute Charlie Glotzbach, Richard Petty and Elmo
Langley's win totals. If, as NASCAR did with other combined
division races, wins were awarded based on classes similar to
sportscar racing and regional series (K&N Pro Series
currently), Petty would have a 201st win (in the same Grand
American win for Allison), Langley a third win (1971 at Hickory;
Lund in a Grand American), and Glotzbach a second win (1971 at
North Wilkesboro; Lund in a Grand American) based on winning the
Grand National class. After 1971, Lund began to fade from the Grand
National limelight and moved to the new Grand National East
Division (the replacement for the Grand American Series) and short
track Late Model Sportsman (now Nationwide Series). Lund twice won
the Sportsman season opener at Daytona and continued to rack up
victories on short tracks that he had raced on as a youth. In 1975,
he entered an A.J. King Dodge in the Talladega 500 as first
alternate; when Grant Adcox's car was withdrawn from the event,
Lund was in and after a short track event that Saturday was flown
down in Bobby Allison's private airplane. The race was delayed a
week by heavy rains but on August 17 the green flag was waved by
Juan Manuel Fangio. On the seventh lap, Lund and J. D. McDuffie
collided on the backstretch; Lund and McDuffie spun down the track
as it turned into chaos behind them. Rookie Terry Link was spun
straight into the drivers' door of Lund's Dodge and Link's Pontiac
exploded in flames. Two spectators in the infield climbed over the
catch fence, and with help from driver Walter Ballard, pulled Link
from his car and managed to revive him. Lund, however, was
pronounced dead at the scene. Drivers in race were not informed of
the tragedy. Buddy Baker was victorious in that Talladega 500 in a
Bud Moore Ford but there was no celebration as he fell to his knees
upon hearing of Lund's passing. Lund was survived by his family,
widow Wanda Lund and Christopher DeWayne Lund. Lund was inducted
into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 1994, and in
1998 named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers. There is a Tiny
Lund Grandstand at Daytona International Speedway, and in his
hometown of Harlan, Iowa, there is a local dirt-track International
Motor Contest Association (IMCA) Modified race, the Tiny Lund
Memorial, with over 200 entries annually for this popular
event.
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