How wonderful to hear the short interview with Fred Lorenzen on our Racing Through History broadcast Tuesday night.
We have all heard the story many times of Tiny Lund helping to rescue Marvin Panch from a burning car at Daytona in 1963 then getting in Marvin's Wood Bros. GN car to win the Daytona 500.
The following year, 1964, LeeRoy Yarbrough was trapped in a burning car during one of the SpeedWeeks preliminary events.
Fred Lorenzen was one of several men to rescue LeeRoy from his burning car. Truly a "Fearless" act on the part of Fred and the other men.
Ironically, this race was also won by Tiny Lund, followed by Junior Johnson, Jimmy Pardue and Ray Hendrick.
Video from a Wide World of Sports excerpt.
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updated by @dave-fulton: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM