The "Fire" Story

"Fussin"
Isn't New

 

November 14, 1929 - August 17, 1975

 

News 7/1/06: Former Tiny Lund Car Owner, Bill Gazaway, Passes at Age 76

Grand National / Winston Cup DRIVER Statistics

Year	Age	Races	Win	T5	T10	Pole	Laps	Led	Earnings	Rank	AvSt	AvFn	Miles
1955	25	1 of 45	0	0	0	0	65	0	60	217	23.0	25.0	97.5
1956	26	21 of 56	0	1	8	0	3998	0	2,810	19	19.0	13.2	2476.3
1957	27	32 of 53	0	6	15	3	4922	209	6,424	11	11.1	14.0	3024.1
1958	28	22 of 51	0	4	7	2	3506	14	3,155	25	14.4	18.0	1990.6
1959	29	27 of 44	0	5	10	0	4837	0	4,940	20	11.6	13.1	2971.8
1960	30	8 of 44	0	0	2	0	1254	0	2,440	32	29.8	25.4	1706.0
1961	31	10 of 52	0	0	2	0	2583	0	5,545	23	25.2	16.1	2756.1
1962	32	10 of 53	0	0	0	0	2487	8	2,880	34	23.3	18.9	2579.5
1963	33	22 of 55	1	5	12	0	5093	127	49,396	10	9.5	10.9	4880.6
1964	34	22 of 62	0	3	9	0	3551	14	9,913	20	15.5	14.1	3662.3
1965	35	30 of 55	1	8	17	0	5224	209	11,750	21	14.7	12.5	3426.6
1966	36	31 of 49	1	5	10	1	4306	654	11,880	29	16.7	18.5	3624.6
1967	37	19 of 49	0	4	5	0	3597	36	17,331	19	15.9	16.2	3274.2
1968	38	17 of 49	0	5	10	0	4547	1	17,785	22	8.7	13.4	4381.4
1969	39	1 of 54	0	0	1	0	152	28	1,675		13.0	9.0	404.3
1970	40	5 of 48	0	2	2	0	819	7	11,365		12.8	19.0	1539.6
1971	41	15 of 48	2	6	9	0	3783	258	18,965		15.7	13.3	3254.5
1972	42	4 of 31	0	0	0	0	638	0	2,345	104	23.0	25.5	704.1
1973	43	5 of 28	0	0	0	0	388	0	4,420	94	24.8	34.6	410.2
1975	45	1 of 30	0	0	0	0	6	0	620	116	31.0	46.0	16.0

20 years 303 5 54 119 6 55756 1565 185,699   15.3 15.6 47180.4

 

Grand National / Winston Cup OWNER Statistics

Year	Driver	Races	Win	T5	T10	Pole	Laps	Led	Earnings	Rank	AvSt	AvFn	Miles
1959	Tiny Lund	18	0	5	8	0	3374	0	4,940	20	9.9	9.7	1771.1
1959	Bunk Moore	2	0	0	0	0	522	0	530	73	15.0	26.5	261.0
1959	Tom Pistone	1	0	0	1	0	192	0	12,724	6	19.0	9.0	48.0
1959	Rex White	1	0	0	0	0	27	827	12,360	10	5.0	21.0	10.8
1960	Tiny Lund	1	0	0	0	0	54	0	2,440	32	19.0	21.0	27.0
1960	Bunk Moore	1	0	0	0	0	66	0	285	115	16.0	23.0	33.0
1971	Ben Arnold	1	0	0	0	0	33	0	18,491	26	40.0	38.0	49.5
1971	Tiny Lund	4	0	0	0	0	754	0	3,130		32.2	28.5	1047.3
3 years		29	0	5	9	0	5022	827	54,900		15.1	15.7	3247.8

 

Tiny Lund's Grand American Record

Year	Races	Wins	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6-10	11-30	DNF	Poles	Earnings
1968	18	9	3	0	0	1	2	0	3	7	$18,120.
1969	35	6	2	2	2	0	6	6	11	8	27,469.
1970	35	19	1	2	1	0	3	4	5	20	34,010.
1971	17	6	3	1	1	1	1	2	2	4	22,735
1972	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	6,840.
TOTAL	109	41	10	5	4	2	12	13	22	39	$109,174.

Tiny Lund's Grand National East Record

Year	Races	Wins	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6-10	11-30	DNF	Poles	Earnings
1972	11	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	5	1	$5,025.
1973	14	5	3	1	0	1	1	0	3	2	18,330.
Total	25	5	3	1	0	2	4	2	8	3	$23,355.

Tiny Lunds' Convertible Record

Year	Races	Wins	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6-10	11-30	DNF	Poles	Earnings
1957	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	$ 560.
1958	17	0	1	1	0	2	5	5	3	1	3,895.
1959	10	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	4	0	1,210.
TOTAL	30	0	1	2	1	2	6	10	8	1	$5,665.

John McConnell Car Winged Plymouth #55 Statistics

Owner: John McConnell Car #55 Total Events Driven: 5 Total Event Wins: 0 Total Poles: 0 Average Starting Position: 12.8 Average Finishing Position: 19.0

Race	Date	Starting Position	Finishing Position	Laps Completed/ Total Laps	Laps Lead	Status
Daytona 125 Daytona Beach, FL	2-19-70	5	4	49/50	0	Running
Daytona 500 Daytona Beach, FL	2-22-70	8	13	187/200	3	Engine
World 600 Charlotte, NC	5-24-70	15	4	395/400	0	Running
Talladega 500 Talladega, AL	8-23-70	23	39	101/188	4	Heating
American 500 Rockingham, NC	11-15-70	13	35	87/492	0	Engine

This table was adapted from information in "Forty Years of Stock Car Racing -- Volume Three" by Greg Fielden

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