’63: Five men pull driver out of burning race car Posted on February 19, 2025 by Griffin Erdely On Valentine’s Day, 62 years ago, Marvin E. Panch, 36, a stock car racing driver, was slated to make a practice run at the speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, in …
Friends remembered: William R. Wimble Posted on March 1, 2017 by Jewels Phraner William R. Wimble, 84, of Valrico, Fla., died April 24, 2016. He was one of five men awarded the medal in 1963 for that year’s Feb. 14 rescue of the …