NASCAR legend Marvin Panch passed away Thursday at the age of 89. Panch was found unresponsive in his car Thursday morning and was pronounced dead from natural causes shortly thereafter, the Daytona ...

I'm saddened by the losses our sport has suffered of late. We lost our dear friend from FOX Sports Steve Byrnes, former driver and broadcaster Buddy Baker, Bobby Allison's wife Judy Allison and now ...

DARLINGTON, SC - AUGUST 31: The side of an early model stock car driven by Marvin Panch in the garage area during the Darlington Vintage Racing Festival at Darlington Raceway on August 31, 2008 in ...

Panch was always a fan favorite. He’s seen here signing autographs recently during an event at Darlington Raceway. Getty Images The world of NASCAR is mourning the passing of another legendary name in ...

The ranks of NASCAR’s founding drivers grew a little thinner when Marvin Panch died Thursday. The 89-year-old Panch made his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start in 1951 but skyrocketed to fame by ...

PORT ORANGE, Fla., Dec. 31 (UPI) --Thursday was a somber day for NASCAR, as Marvin Panch was found unresponsive in his car. The 17 time winner in NASCAR's top series and 1961 Daytona 500 winner, was ...

Those who don’t learn from the past are condemned to repeat it. So I guess that would explain how NASCAR drivers don’t need anymore to take a glass cutter and cut dime-sized holes into their race cars ...

Marvin Panch, Daytona Beach winner of the 500-mile late model stock car race, waves to the crowd on Feb. 26, 1961, along with his two children. AP file photo Even after the passage of 53 years, the ...

Marvin Panch’s racing career reads like a NASCAR novel. The Californian was urged to come east and give NASCAR racing a try at the behest of NASCAR founder Bill France Sr. and leader of the legendary ...

If young Marvin Panch had stayed in his adopted home of California and taken to the stage instead of race tracks, he would’ve undoubtedly made a career as a supporting actor. Only once, on one big ...

The 500-hour countdown has officially begun, and now there are just 20 days until the 59th running of the Daytona 500, which takes place Feb. 26 at 2 p.m. on FOX. In the prior 58 Daytona 500s, only ...