Marvin Panch Race Car Driver. Oakland california marvin panch was born on may 28th 1926 in menominee wisconsin. Marvin found he had a natural talent for racing and won many races on the west coast including winning a.
Marvin panch the driver who won the 1961 daytona 500 in one of smokey s cars has rebuilt the car with lots of help from pontiac fanatics all across the country. Speedy thompson came out tops with jimmy massey reaching third and tim flock fourth place. Yunick said he didn t want both drivers caught up in a wreck.
Panch finished second in the second of two preliminary races leading up to the 1961 daytona 500 and he knew then that he had a great race car.
He started his racing career as a car owner in oakland california during the early 1950s and won one championship and several nascar races. Yunick said he didn t want both drivers caught up in a wreck. Panch was the runner up in this thrilling race against some of the great drivers of that time. This was the car that came from the back of the pack after fireball roberts driving a 1961 pontiac catalina as smokey s number 1 car was knocked out of the race after a mechanical failure.
