He was alive when he reached the track infield hospital, but he died less than ten minutes later of chest and internal crush injuries. Dusty Van Horn: A Huge "Tiny" Win - Outside Groove There's a dirt track in Harlan, Shelby County Speedway, that has the Tiny Lund Memorial race. Greg Fielden and Peter Golenbock's "Stock Car Racing Encyclopedia" has credited Lund with the two victories, bringing his career total to five. 28th annual Tiny Lund Memorial this weekend at Shelby County Speedway Events HARLAN, Iowa - Shelby County Speedway rolls out the red carpet for six IMCA divisions at the 28 th annual Tiny Lund Memorial Friday and Saturday, Sept. 25 and 26. The first of 18 "Chase to the Championship" nights for the 2023 season. Panch, stricken in hospital and originally told he would never race again, asked Lund to take over his ride and Glen Wood agreed, believing Lund the best replacement available at such short notice. Lund managed to take the lead very late in the going, but Lorenzen came out of nowhere with ten to go and passed Lund before his gas tank sputtered and he had to dive to pit road. For his actions, Lund was awarded the Carnegie Medal of Honor. Race Results - Race Monitor Read More, Contact Us We all agreed that the race was a crazy and a lot of fun. Cody Conquers the Tiny Lund Memorial Cody Thompson picked up his 13th win of the 2022 campaign on Saturday night with a trip to Victory Lane in the Tiny Lund Memorial at Shelby County Speedway (Harlan, Iowa). McDuffie on the backstretch; Lund and McDuffie spun down the track as it turned into chaos behind them. The finish definitely was like [how] old-school stock car racing is described, Kohl said. Drivers should pre-register atracescs.com; entry fees of $50 per day for Modifieds, Late Models, Stock Cars and Northern SportMods, $30 for Hobby Stocks and $25 for Sport Compacts, can now be paid using PayPal atscs.tiak@gmail.com. This year marked the 29 th running of the Tiny Lund Memorial weekend at Shelby County Speedway. IMCA Modifieds run for $2,000 to win and a minimum of $200 to start their Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational qualifier on Saturday. Randy Havlik, of Victory Race Cars, told me, I was there [performance-wise] it would be just a matter of time.. Tiny Fest Tiny Lund Memorial Building Fund . Pit passes are $30 for adults and $15 for students ages 6-15. ", Lund mentioned in regards to the UPS sponsorship, "I love UPS and plan to retire here. Lund was extricated from his car by track rescue teams. Vanderheiden Takes Part in Tiny Lund Memorial In 1966, he continued his partnership with Stelter and flexed his muscle, dominating at Spartanburg before a differential failed and at Manassas before his engine exploded; nonetheless, he took victory at Beltsville Speedway, but mechanical gremlins and accidents in the form of twenty-one DNF's kept him from more widespread success. He earned the ironic nickname of Tiny from his 65, 270-lb. Tiny Lund Merchandise - DECADES of RACING Apparel Drivers in the race were not informed of the tragedy until after it was over, however, Richard Petty ominously remarked on his radio that "I don't think he's going to get out of that one,". Tiny Lund | Stock Car Racing Wiki | Fandom MYLAPS Store This also has disputed the win total between Bobby Allison and Darrell Waltrip, both of whom are tied at 84. We went back and forth, nosing each other out on the last lap.. . IMCA Late Models, Sport Compacts, Hobby Stocks, Keast Motors Northern Sport Modifieds, Stock Cars. Adaskaveg got his start working for track photographer Lloyd Burnham at Connecticuts Stafford Motor Speedway in 1970. Providing motorsports marketing tools for drivers, teams, and promoters. It was pretty cool, said Nichols, the winningest driver in IMCAs 108-year history. HARLAN, Iowa Shelby County Speedway rolls out the red carpet for six IMCA divisions at the 28thannual Tiny Lund Memorial Friday and Saturday, Sept. 25 and 26. DeWayne "Tiny" Lund, the last winner of a Cup race at Hickory Motor Speedway, was most definitely not a tiny man. Ive raced both of them for many years, said Kohl. While Shryock has won his share and then some of IMCAs biggest events, races like the Tiny Lund stand out. Ticket Information Tiny Lund Pricing: Grandstand: Adults: $20.00 Seniors - Military $18 Students 6-18: $15.00 Kids 5 & under FREE Pit Pass 14+: $30.00 Pit Pass 0-13: $20.00 Reserve Pit Stall $25 for both days ATV $10 for both days Camping $50 per day Select Class Select the class to be registered. If the feature winner is a previous Sunoco winner, the bonus moves to the next eligible position. 1. Stock Car Racing Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. Revoke cookie consent. Dwight Wrich Tribute - dirtdrivers.com Ticket Information Tiny Lund Pricing: Grandstand: Adults: $20.00 Seniors - Military $18 Students 6-18: $15.00 Kids 5 & under FREE Pit Pass 14+: $30.00 Pit Pass 0-13: $20.00 Reserve Pit Stall $25 for both days ATV $10 for both days Camping $50 per day Select Class Select the class to be registered. Then download the Speedway mobile app and turn your purchases into redeemable points for Speedy Rewards. Harlan, IA 51537 . Lucky for me and unlucky for him, a lapped car kind of got him out of shape, Shryock said. Earning a trip to victory lane at Shelby County Speedway does not come easy. jumpstarted what had been a dead career but didn't spell instant success; he would stay in the Wood Brothers Ford for several races after Daytona and came close to another victory in the Southeastern 500 before his motor gave out, but regular driver Marvin Panch returned and Lund was kicked to the curb. Now chasing an IMCA record extending 11thnational crown, hes averaged better than 28 wins a season over the course of his Stock Car career and leads all IMCA drivers with 44 career track titles. The first of 18 "Chase to the Championship" nights for the 2023 season. He is survived by wife Wanda Lund and son Christopher DeWayne Lund. Hes Hes pretty fast. Tiny Lund Profile - Decades of racing Sunoco bonuses are being presented at IMCA Late Model sanctioned weekly tracks this year. The 28 th annual Tiny Lund Memorial is Sept. 25-26. Sadly, Lund died at age 45 in a NASCAR Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway. Both programs are draw/redraw and drivers should pre-register online atracescs.combefore Sept. 24; one-time entry fee for all divisions except the Sport Compact is $28 (early) or $40 (late). Lund went on to win the Daytona 500. Dirt Stock Cars/Street Stocks/Hobby Stocks/Factory Stocks, Jadon Frame: First Times the Charm (Video), Paulie Hartwig: Winning on Dirt & Pavement, Matt Stangle: When Second Feels like a Win. From that movie, I took away that you have to be in the right spot at the right time and great things can happen.. Shelby County Speedway Harlan, Iowa - Ok - Facebook Tiny Lund wins different kinds of IMCA firsts for Shryock, Van Horn $65.00 As the green flag waved on the Great American Race, it was Fireball Roberts on pole in a Banjo Matthews Pontiac and "Flying" Fred Lorenzen in a Holman-Moody factory Ford outside of him - the race had no clearcut favorite on the onset but as contenders like Junior Johnson fell by the wayside, Lorenzen took control. Register with Shelby County Speedway IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks run for $750 to win on Friday and for $1,000 to win on Saturday. I yelled, No, no, no! I told myself, Sorry Mike, Im driving to the wall and Im winning this thing.. Tiny Lund Race Results - Decades of racing 28th annual Tiny Lund Memorial this weekend at Shelby County Speedway Shelby County Speedway will kick off the regular season Saturday the 29th. On behalf of the staff, we can't thank each and every one of you enough that reserved a stall and made the commitment to run the 2023 Chase to the Championship season. MyRacePassTM All rights reserved. shelbycountyspeedway Archives - Page 2 of 2 - IMCA - International After tech, they announced that I won by .032 of a second. Dwight Wrich after capturing the 2000 Tiny Lund Grand National Championship (Photo courtesy of Shelby County Speedway) Dwight Wrich - a great husband, father, son, friend, and racing champion. DeWayne Louis Lund (November 14, 1929-August 17, 1975), affectionally known as "Tiny" due to his rather large and imposing size, was born in Harlan, Iowa, and started racing at a young age - first motorcycles, then trying his hand at sprints and midgets. This year marks the Outside Groove Director of Photographys 51st year of covering auto racing. Tiny Lund Night 1 / Battle of the Compacts on Hwy 59. Again major success eluded Lund and by 1963 he had no ride. Since then, hes been a columnist, writer, and photographer, in racing and in mainstream media, for several outlets, including the Journal Inquirer, Boston Herald, Stock Car Racing, and Speedway Illustrated. 1008 - 6th Street. King Dodge in the Talladega 500 as a 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. Dirt. Holman-Moody gave him a car for several big races at Atlanta, Daytona, and Charlotte but nothing came of it. 9/23/2022 - Shelby County Speedway on MyRacePass Lund, with no regard to his own safety, ran into the inferno and managed to pull Panch out of the wreckage. Friesen Performance IMCA Modifieds and IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars both race for $1,000 top prizes Sunday, June 26 at Minnesotas Worthington Speedway; and at Iowa venues Clay County Fair Speedway in Spencer on Monday, June 27; Buena Vista Raceway in Alta on Tuesday, June 28; Shelby County Speedway in Harlan on Wednesday, June 29; and at Stuart Speedway on Thursday, June 30. Your Speedy Rewards account and a credit card all in one! Craig Graham (Webster City, IA), 2. Entertainment in the pit area follows the Friday program and camping will be available at the fairgrounds. If the feature winner is a previous Sunoco winner, the bonus moves to the next eligible position. For 1968, he teamed with Big Bud Moore and his Mercury's and also ran Moore's cars in the new NASCAR Grand American division designed for light cars like Mustangs and Camaros; a fifth in the Firecracker 400 and a fourth in Rockingham highlighted his short Grand National season, but he won the Grand American championship. We may also share information about your use of our site with our analytics partners. Allison had one win in such a race in a Grand American car, which he claims should put him one greater than Waltrip. Night 1 of the 26th Annual Tiny Lund Memorial! For 1964 he was back to journeyman status, hooking up with a string of backmarkers before vaulting into the lead in the Columbia 200 and then overheating. We had people here all the time watching them work on the track starting in April, said Batz. He timed in fourth in individual qualifying trials, but could only muster a sixth-place finish in the second qualifying heat to determine the race lineup. When asked about Tiny, Christoper mentioned, "I didn't really know my father very well, but when I think about the shoes I would have to fill, I realize what a truly larger-than-life man he was. He drove to the IMCA stock car victory during the 28th annual Tiny Lund Memorial weekend at Shelby County Speedway in Harlan, Iowa. Richard Simpson and David Garmany, two Vietnam War veterans spectating in the infield, climbed over the catch fencing and with help from Walter Ballard, who was also involved in the crash, pulled Link from his car and managed to revive him. Gates open at 3:28 p.m. on Friday with hot laps and racing to follow the 6:28 pit meeting. He struggled in Stelter's Fords despite a promising run in Fonda, New York where he qualified second and lead some before an axle broke; plagued by horrific reliability, they parted at season's end. Anthony Roth ended in second, Chris Mills in third. The Shelby County Speedway was Dewayne "Tiny" Lund's home track when he first started racing. Its really cool to add my list to the names of the drivers who have won this event, he said. 2020 winners have been Jeff Aikey at Independence Motor Speedway, Matt Ryan at 34 Raceway, Joel Callahan at Dubuque Fairgrounds Speedway, Eric Pollard at 300 Raceway, Justin Kay at Davenport Speedway and Dalton Simonsen at Marshalltown Speedway. Advertisement The event pays tribute to the Harlan's hometown son who went onto NASCAR fame. Van Horns time came in dramatic fashion. Tow money is $50 for Modifieds, Late Models, Stock Cars and SportMods, $30 for Hobby Stocks and $25 for Sport Compacts. IMCA Late Models, Stock Cars, Northern Sport Mods, Hobby Stocks and Sport Compacts will all take to the track in their quest We regret to inform you we are cancelling the Awakening Part I. IMCA will announce mid-week before the dates bonuses are to [Read More], HARLAN, Iowa (Aug. 20, 2022) Another win, another milestone. 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They started thinking the track wasnt as small as they thought it would be. Im learning fast.. The historic dirt oval at Harlan was reconfigured this spring from a big 4/10s to what promoter Doug Batz described as a momentum third. Banking was increased around the track, which remains some 80 feet wide. The event pays tribute to the Harlans hometown son who went onto NASCAR fame. Shelby County Speedway 9/24/2022 - Shelby County Speedway on MyRacePass Late in the year, he settled in with Lyle Stelter and despite little success they continued their partnership into the 1965 season and it was with Stelter that Lund got his second career victory in that year's Columbia 200, qualifying in fourth and wrestling control from short track ace Ned Jarrett before rains came after the race had been declared official, and washed away the second half of the event. The Harlan, Iowa, native made his mark in racing lore by winning the 1963 Daytona 500. VINTON, Iowa The payday gets even better this week for the IMCA Sunoco Late Model feature winner at Shelby County Speedway. IMCA Late Models, Stock Cars, Northern Sport Mods, Hobby Stocks and Sport Compacts will all take to the track in their quest.more The Awakening Part I cancelled 3/28/2023 Pizza Ranch and Staiert and Sons Custom Pumping have teamed up this year and are pleased to announce a new twist to the two day Tiny Lund Show, Friday Sept 13th and Saturday Sept 14th. Nichols regained his form and chased Van Horn down. In 1975, he entered an A.J. Colorado National Speedway. Terms & Conditions (Updated: 4/20/2021) | Privacy Policy (Updated: 4/20/2021), Cancelled - The Awakening Part 1 - Cancelled. Shelby County Speedway will kick off the regular season Saturday the 29th. Fridays Battle of Highway 59 for the Mach-1 Sport Compacts pays $1,000 to win; the 4-cylinders run for $250 to win on Saturday. After 1971, Lund began to fade from the Grand National limelight and moved to the new Grand National East and short track Late Model Sportsman (now Nationwide Series) series'; he twice won the Sportsman season opener down in Daytona and continued to rack up the triumphs on the short tracks that he had cut his teeth on. Speedhive - All Event Results - MYLAPS The thriller occurred during the Tiny Lund Memorial weekend, on night No. On the seventh lap, the race took a horrific turn when Lund got into fellow independent J.D. HARLAN, IOWA (September 13, 2013) - 22nd Annual Tiny Lund Memorial Results. To help provide the best possible experience, From his hospital bed, Panch told Lund he wanted him to sub for him in the famed Wood Brothers ride. Can't find your results? Pit gates open at 3:30 p.m. and the drivers meeting is at 6:15 p.m., with hot laps and racing to follow Friday night. Festival Activities: Tiny Lund: Merchandise Results: Poem: Museum: Shelby County Speedway : Home. Ben Sukup, Cory Dumpert and Jim Johnson claimed the bonus money with wins at US 30 Speedway, Boone County Raceway and Off Road Speedway respectively, and the most recent winner was Dustin Griffin at Pepsi Lee County Speedway. Friday night appears to be headed that direction as Chase to the Championship starts Saturday April 29th. IMCA Hobby Stocks & Sport Compacts bring the thrills here as we wrap up Night #1 of the Tiny Lund Memorial at the Shelby County Speedway.Watch this event and. Ok - to the best of my knowledge (Chris) All marked off in red are sold, reserved spaces. Lund would take the green flag from twelfth on the grid. Ben Sukup, Cory Dumpert and Jim Johnson claimed the bonus money with wins at US 30 Speedway, Boone County Raceway and Off Road Speedway respectively, and the most recent winner was Dustin Griffin at Pepsi Lee County Speedway. 5/6/2023. With two laps to go, Tom [Berry] got under Mike [Nichols] and they ramped tires, said Van Horn. Lund went south and managed to scrounge together a '55 Chevrolet for a big money Grand National event in Lehi, Arkansas - $2,900.00 to the winner, an unbelievable sum at the time, with Carl Rupert and his safety belt company footing the bill. $100,000 to Win: Does it Draw Cars and Fans. It was all down to whether or not Lund could make it on fuel; he sputtered on the final lap, but he managed to coast home to win what has been called the fairytale story of NASCAR. It is possible that some event results havent been published yet. Hobby Stock 9/13/2013 B-Feature 1:1. He was one of the most colorful drivers of his era. Night 1 of the 26th Annual Tiny Lund Memorial! | By Shelby County Tiny Lund Memorial Race Late August - Early September Check current schedule at the speedway link below. Thomas Nelson #34N; Full Results. Check Speedy Deals in our app daily for special coupons on drinks, snacks, and more! Dusty Van Horns IMCA Sunoco Stock Car win the same night was his first-ever in the division. Brushcreek Motorsports Complex. All American Speedway . Kelly Shryock was a first-time winner at Shelby County Speedway's Tiny Lund Memorial, earning $1,528 for his Saturday night IMCA Modified efforts. For 1956, Lund tacked on with Gus Holzmueller - they did little, a fourth in Columbia (SC) their best result. You can reload your Speedy Cash Gift Card from your Speedway Mobile App so your stops at Speedway are Speedy Fast! The race almost didn't get underway that Sunday, delayed over an hour and a half due to heavy rains, and then the first ten laps were run under caution. In 1969, he continued to toil in the Grand American division and ran one Grand National race, guesting for Bill France, Sr. himself who had placed himself on the entry list in the inaugural Talladega 500 as an abortive attempt to get an "in" with Richard Petty's new drivers' association on the eve of their boycott over tire safety protests; Lund drove into the lead but his clutch packed in and he was classified ninth. MyRacePass had me as the winner [and] a photo backed that up. Years and years ago, my first win was at Harlan and it was good to get this milestone win at the same track with so many friends, fans and sponsors here. The environment couldnt have been any better, he added. | By Shelby County Speedway Harlan, Iowa Facebook Log In Watch Home Live Shows Explore More Home Live Shows Explore Shelby County Speedway hosts 29th Tiny Lund Memorial. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, regional and KMJ Performance State points will be awarded both nights. TINY LUND MEMORIAL - Shelby County Speedway Harlan, Iowa - Facebook After a stint in Korea in the Army, Tiny was ready for the big time and in 1955 decided to try his hand in stock car racing. Shelby County Speedway hosts 29th Tiny Lund Memorial Memorial races have a special place in my heart. 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Now, nobody is complaining about the size. New lighting was installed in [Read More], VINTON, Iowa The payday gets even better this week for the IMCA Sunoco Late Model feature winner at Shelby County Speedway. Cole Vanderheiden returned to the driver's seat on Friday night for the opening round of the Tiny Lund Memorial doubleheader at Shelby County Speedway (Harlan, Iowa). Thirty-two competitors ente. As the number of entrants for the fields was low, NASCAR allowed Grand American cars to fill out the remaining spots on the grid; Grand American cars equally fast if not more so than the regular Grand National cars at short tracks, and Lund controlled the event at Hickory before falling into a win when dominator Richard Petty fell by the wayside at North Wilkesboro.