While the race was dominated by Speedy Thompson and his Pete DePaolo (1925 Indianapolis 500 champion driver, by now was operating a Ford factory team in NASCAR) owned Ford, Lund qualified mid-pack but experienced a frightening accident on lap sixty-five when his car flipped end over end and his flimsy safety belt broke. $100,000 to Win: Does it Draw Cars and Fans. Jason Kohl (outside) eked out a win as the IMCA hobby stocks crossed the line three-wide. Stuart also gives track points. In February of 1963, Lund went down to Daytona shopping around for any ride, but soon was thrust into the limelight when his good friend Marvin Panch, former driver for the now-famous Wood Brothers racing team, had a massive accident while testing an experimental Ford-powered Maserati sports car for the second Daytona Continental three-hour sports car race (it is now the Rolex 24, having adopted a 24-hour format in 1965) - it had suddenly swerved out of control, flipped over, and burst into flames. Lund went on to win the Daytona 500. For 1967, he teamed once again with Stelter for the majority of the year but it was with Petty Enterprises in a #42 liveried Plymouth with which he had most of his success; he finished fourth in the Daytona 500 despite running out of fuel with a lap to go behind the Ford factory contingent of USAC star Mario Andretti and Fred Lorenzen, handing third to perennial independent James Hylton, and then finished fifth in the World 600 in that same ride. It was a pretty good night. Nichols has enjoyed a lot of pretty good nights since first takingThe Class Too Tough To Tameby storm in 2002. This year marks the Outside Groove Director of Photographys 51st year of covering auto racing. I never saw Tiny Lund race, but Im sure he would like to have been out there with us.. Shelby County Speedway on MyRacePass Tow money is $50 for Modifieds, Late Models, Stock Cars and SportMods, $30 for Hobby Stocks and $25 for Sport Compacts. Lucky for me and unlucky for him, a lapped car kind of got him out of shape, Shryock said. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing national, regional, KMJ Performance State and tour points will be awarded. Festival Activities: Tiny Lund: Merchandise Results: Poem: Museum: Shelby County Speedway : Home. I just added the pay outs for both nights. IMCA will announce mid-week before the dates bonuses are to [Read More], WORTHINGTON, Minn. (June 7, 2022) Drivers in five IMCA divisions see action on five consecutive nights in the upcoming Midwest Madness Tour. Coos Bay Speedway 29 Apr 2023 2023_WHRRI_Drivers_School. The booth said that Eric [Stanton] was the winner. Read More, Search through our most frequently asked questions and find an answer to your question. If the feature winner is a previous Sunoco winner, the bonus moves to the next eligible position. To help provide the best possible experience, this site uses cookies to personalize content, improve your browsing experience, and analyze our traffic. All American Speedway . 103 Build your brand with MRP Digital Ads Holman-Moody gave him a car for several big races at Atlanta, Daytona, and Charlotte but nothing came of it. Its really cool to add my list to the names of the drivers who have won this event, he said. Then Ned Jarrett made the pass on Lund for the top spot but with three to go, he befell the same fate as Lorenzen. 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. Then download the Speedway mobile app and turn your purchases into redeemable points for Speedy Rewards. 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. 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. 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. [Nichols] has a bag full of tricks, and he is showing them to me. Read More, We invented automatic sports timing. Jason Kohl picked up $1,000 for the hard-fought win. 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. Dusty Van Horns IMCA Sunoco Stock Car win the same night was his first-ever in the division. . 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. Read More, The MYLAPS Speedhive app gives you quick access to the official results of motorized events. After tech, they announced that I won by .032 of a second. 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. Craig Graham (Webster City, IA), 2. 9/23/2022 - Shelby County Speedway on MyRacePass IMCA Modifieds run for $2,000 to win and a minimum of $200 to start their Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational qualifier on Saturday. The first of 18 "Chase to the Championship" nights for the 2023 season. Van Horn has been trying for five years. 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. In 1975, he entered an A.J. 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. 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. 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TINY LUND MEMORIAL - Shelby County Speedway Harlan, Iowa - Facebook "The finish definitely was like [how] old-school stock car racing is described," Kohl said. West Coast Kart Club 2023 Race 2 @ Greg Moore Raceway . He was one of the most colorful drivers of his era. As part of a regular points night of racing, the August 15 IMCA Late Model winner pockets an extra $250 courtesy of Sunoco Race Fuels. I race one night a week, at Harlan, and every week I have to race against Mike Nichols, IMCAs winningest driver of all-time, Van Horn said. Events HARLAN, Iowa - Shelby County Speedway rolls out the red carpet for drivers in six IMCA divisions competing in the 29 th annual Tiny Lund Memorial this Friday and Saturday, Sept. 24 and 25. Bandolero. $65.00 I was out-driven by a guy with a lot more experience than me for five seasons. 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. Ive been at the Tiny Lund Memorial since the first or second race, said Van Horn, of Atlantic, Iowa. If the feature winner is a previous Sunoco winner, the bonus moves to the next eligible position. 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,". Van Horns time came in dramatic fashion. Both race night programs will be broadcast by IMCA.TV. I got the monkey off my back, said Van Horn. IMCA Modifieds run for $2,000 to win and a minimum of $200 to start their Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational qualifier on Saturday. Sons of Lund and Jarrett Together by Sponsorship. Jason Kohl picked up $1,000 for the hard-fought win. He was often seen giving away his trophy to a child at the end of the race day. Hobby Stock 9/13/2013 B-Feature 1:1. MyRacePassTM All rights reserved. In 2001, Christopher Lund, who by this time has grown to be a financial analyst at United Parcel Service, was profiled on the firm's Web site in preparation for their NASCAR sponsorship with Dale Jarrett. 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Among Adaskavegs many awards are the 1992 Eastern Motorsport Press Association (EMPA) Ace Lane Photographer of the Year and the 2019 National Motorsports Press Association (NMPA) George Cunningham Writer of the Year. 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. Entertainment in the pit area follows the Friday program and camping will be available at the fairgrounds. Legends. IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks run for $750 to win on Friday and for $1,000 to win on Saturday. 28th annual Tiny Lund Memorial this weekend at Shelby County Speedway IMCA Late Models return to Shelby County Speedway Randy Havlik, of Victory Race Cars, told me, I was there [performance-wise] it would be just a matter of time.. 1973 . The entire NASCAR community was saddened by the death of one of their most colorful stars. We went back and forth, nosing each other out on the last lap.. Izac Mallicoat #11; 3. That was amazing.. Born into a racing family, Dwight followed in his famous racing father's footsteps and started racing regularly in the early 90's in the Pro Am class. With a heart as big as his stature, Tiny was a very generous man who loved fast cars, fishing, good times and children. 953 views, 24 likes, 1 loves, 12 comments, 4 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Shelby County Speedway Harlan, Iowa: Night 1 of the 26th Annual Tiny Lund Memorial! Tiny Lund wins different kinds of IMCA firsts for Shryock, Van Horn Stock Car Racing Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. Advertisement The event pays tribute to the Harlan's hometown son who went onto NASCAR fame. 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. level 1 VINTON, Iowa The payday gets even better this week for the IMCA Sunoco Late Model feature winner at Shelby County Speedway. frame. 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. Ironically, Jarrett's father Ned had raced Lund's father in that 1963 Daytona 500, and it was ironic that UPS chose Lund to be profiled to celebrate their employee and his racing heritage. Tiny Lund's Grand National East Record. Twenty-nine IMCA RaceSaver Sprint competitors registered for battle, and Cole slid backwards from fourth to fifth in his heat race, which relegated him to a B-Main. The Shelby County Speedway was Dewayne "Tiny" Lund's home track when he first started racing. improve your browsing experience, and analyze our traffic. Tiny Fest: Powered by . Privacy policy Thousands of events that previously used stopwatches and thumbs to keep track of results now rely on MYLAPS technology. Neither of these victories was added to Lund's official win tally, as the legitimacy of whether or not Lund should've been considered a Grand National competitor in these events has been questioned. Festivals - SHELBY COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY You can reload your Speedy Cash Gift Card from your Speedway Mobile App so your stops at Speedway are Speedy Fast! Memorial races have a special place in my heart. 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