The united states auto club lost its brightest star on saturday night, july 21, 1990, when rich vogler was killed in a sprintcar crash on the high banks of indianas salem speedway. Richard s wife emily, mother eleanor, and sister dale ann vogler wanted to honor his memory in a special way. One the most crowd pleasing drivers to ever don a racing helmet in america started his. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover richards. Ryan newman set for usac silver crown race on eve of. Hoffman wrenched entries over the years that earned a total of 11 amsoil usac national sprint car series owners championships, wearing the crown in 1989, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2014 and 2016. Richard vogler business profile henna chevrolet lp. Billy inside rich vogler who is in the morales tamale wagon.
Race stats 19112019 driver stats career starts career wins rookies drivers az driver records winning drivers. Indianapolis don vogler, the veteran driver who was killed in a crash friday night at the indianapolis speedrome, may have lost control of his car because of. The night before a race he must win to make the cup playoffs, ryan newman will go back to his roots. He also was a highly regarded mechanic and car builder on the midget and sprint car circuits. Starting sixth in the hoffman auto racingdynamics, inc. History badger midget racing association badger micro sprint. Stories and images of vintage race cars and old race tracks, driver bios and more. Shuman finished fifth in the usac national midget standings for 1973 and 31st in the sprint car points.
Rich vogler the champ car and indy car online stats. Starting 33rd in the field of thirtynine, vogler fell some five laps down but still managed to drive to a solid 17th place finish. View richard voglers profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Rich vogler classic huge crash at the start of the usac midget. Rich vogler stock car racing wiki fandom powered by wikia. When a usac race is discontinued, scoring reverts back to the last completed lap and vogler was declared the winner. Threetime nascar champion tony stewart struck and killed a fellow sprintcar racer, 20yearold kevin ward, who was confronting stewart on.
Clip another cars wheels, or enter a corner too hard, and you may find yourself upside down in short order. Needless to say the experience made for a memorable night at the race track. Salem sprintcar crash claims the great rich vogler speed sport. He made one busch series and nextel cup series start in his career busch series edit.
Richard frank vogler was a champion sprint car and midget car driver. Rich with a wing car tshirt fan card richard frank vogler july 26, 1950 july 21, 1990 was a champion sprint car and midget car driver. In addition, rick vogler drove the same car to the 1988 usac national. The richard childress racing driver is set to compete in a usac silver crown champ car series. My grandpa raced from 1947 to 1963 and then agian in 1981 he was a great man his best friend was dick standridge. Cincinatti, ohio richard hoffman, one of the owners of the legendary hoffman auto racing openwheel team, died on tuesday. Starting sixth in the hoffman auto racing dynamics, inc. In the opening paragraph of his story in the july 25 issue of nssn, veteran journalist bill hill aptly described the milestone moment. People from the following companies have visited richard voglers profile most often. Knowitall from the 1989 live album suck on this and 1990s debut studio release frizzle fry. Educated racer college of engineering purdue university. Dick trickles legendary racing days remembered following suicide. Names that ring throughout sprint car history, names like chuck amati, dave blaney, dick gaines, jack hewitt, steve kinser, and rich vogler.
Jerry was a race car driver received heavy airplay on rock radio, and peaked at number 23 on the modern rock tracks in 1991. Usac national midget series 1977 standings championship points standings for the usac national midget series 1977. More often than not, the driver climbs out of the wreck unaided, and returns the next week or later that same night. He was a member of the richard petty fan club and his boyhood heroes included the intimidating dale earnhardt and the fearless a. Chases grandfather richard briscoe is a legendary sprint car owner, having 37 different drivers spanning 40 years. Simpson plus boyd shipler, duane larson and duane price pooled their resources to build their first race car, a 1950 plymouth with a wellpipe roll cage. Vogler was the national alliance of midget auto racing namar midget champion in 1973.
View all 10 companies visiting richard voglers profile most often. Eldora speedways world 100 and dream, the dirt track world championship, lucas oil late model knoxville nationals and all the major races are covered along with the. With tyler, the team claimed victory in the 1999 copper world classic at. Rich vogler 1989 indy car racing, indy cars, old race cars. He won the fireman nationals midget car race at angell park speedway in 1985. Hall of fame inductees national sprint car hall of fame. Richard, a 20 inductee of the national sprint car hall of fame, was also an author of seven career usac silver crown wins as a team owner, with johnny parsons, pat abold and brian tyler. Richards wife emily, mother eleanor, and sister dale ann vogler wanted to honor his memory in a special way. Subsequent midget victories came in the following weeks at charleston speedway in illinois for gamester and at idahos meridian speedway wheeling the no. Race driver rich vogler was considered to be in very critical condition saturday night after an accident at a u. Jan 2, 2015 marker rich vogler 1950 1990 race car driver, killed in a crash stay safe and healthy. Ned jarrett born october 12, 1932 is an american retired race car driver and twotime nascar grand national series champion. He began racing in 1936, winning an aaa midget championship, was the. Race driver vogler injured critically upi archives.
By chad meyer richard simpson, originally of irvington, ia, got his racing start in 1961. He made 11 indy appearances, and in 1952 became the only driver to qualify a. Mel kenyon, ronald james tripp, billy engelhart, richard frank vogler. Died after crashing, on the last lap, whilst leading a usac sprint car race. An ecellent sprint and midget driver, he was the first man to take both national titles in the same year 1980. Richs father, don, was a racing driver who died in a crash in 1981 and carpenter and vogler learnt both skills. Nigel mansell is a british racing car driver who has won both the formula one world championship and the cart indy car world series and was the f1 champion when he moved over to cart. Sep 06, 2018 the night before a race he must win to make the cup playoffs, ryan newman will go back to his roots. Stuart george lyndon, 34, a native of hastings, new zeland, was killed when the car he was driving crashed headon into a dirt bank. Richard james david dickie attwood is a british motor racing driver, from england. News, photos, results, and more from dozens of associations. Five starts at indy, best finish eighth in 1989 driving a penske. Tragically, the 40yearold driver crashed to his death while.
Richard frank vogler july 26, 1950 july 21, 1990 was an american champion sprint car and midget car driver. Indianapolis don vogler, the veteran driver who was killed in a crash friday night at the indianapolis speedrome, may have lost control of his car because of a heart attack. He was also a successful sports car racing driver and won the 1970 24 hours of le mans race, driving a porsche 917, the first of porsches record 19 victories at the famous race. Richard james david dickie attwood born 4 april 1940, wolverhampton, staffordshire is a british motor racing driver, from england. Marker rich vogler 1950 1990 race car driver, killed.
July 2, 2009 winchester, indiana winchester speedway rich vogler classic thursday night thunder qualifications. Dick trickle of wisconsin rapids, one of the most successful drivers in the history of stock car racing, died thursday in north carolina, apparently from a selfinflicted gunshot wound. Racing a number of shows at albuquerque, the family befriended local sprint car driver, mark high. Browse hundreds of tracks for news, events, photos, and more.
For his 31 year career he dominated ever type of open race driver before or after could match his prowess on the race track. Part of the excitement of sprint car racing is the danger. Jerry was a race car driver was the fourth primus single, after john the fisherman, too many puppies and mr. Voglers busch effort came in 1988, when vogler raced at rockingham. He competed in 17 world championship grands prix, achieved one podium and scored a total of 11 championship points. Vogler had been racing on the usac midget circuit since 1965.
Touring car championship grandam series american le mans series x1r pro cup series nascar southeast series nascar midwest series nascar southwest series nascar northwest series asa national tour fia formula two series whelen southern modified tour exhibition unclassified races. Richard frank vogler racing career profile driver database. His nicknames included the onearmed bandit earned when he raced with his right arm in a sling in 1964 after crashing through a board fence and the rhinestone cowboy, reflecting his. In 2018, 5,441 respondents provided 8,748 sets of ratings. Jun 16, 2009 music video by primus performing jerry was a race car driver. With tyler, the team claimed victory in the 1999 copper world classic at phoenix international raceway. Rich was once again on his rapid rich way to another checkered victory, while in lead during his last race. Til an arca driver was ejected from his car in 1985. Chuck had tremendous success as a sprint car driver in a career that spanned six decades, from 1959 to 2002, and included hundreds of race victories. He competed in the indianapolis 500 five times, his best finish was eighth in 1989. During his career he raced for the brm, lotus and cooper formula one teams. A south bend native and purdue grad ide 01, he got into racing when he was fourandhalf years old. In 1980, vogler became the first driver to win the usac sprint car and midget championships in the same year. If ever anyone was born to race cars, it may be ryan newman.
Tragically, vogler was killed in a racing accident in the prime of his racing career. Sprint car racing dirt track racing road racing auto racing outlaw racing vintage race car automotive art car and driver rc cars. Wall stadium modified driver refueses to leave the racetrack duration. Rich vogler, fivetime united states auto club midget champion, was killed saturday night when he crashed during a sprint car race at salem ind. He competed in the indianapolis 500 five times, and his best finish was eighth in 1989. Anyone familiar with racing knows the rich vogler legend. Aug 11, 2014 threetime nascar champion tony stewart struck and killed a fellow sprint car racer, 20yearold kevin ward, who was confronting stewart on the dirt track of the empire super sprints in. People drivers drivers by state compare drivers driver. York, illinois born on november 12, 1928 and passed on june 2, 1963 art zellers driver bob carrigan driver bob dunn jr.
Richard frank vogler july 26, 1950 july 21, 1990 was a champion sprint car and midget car driver. Then, as they are hitting the wall, another car comes out of nowhere and. Davey allison, son of race car driver bobby allison, won the georgia arca 500 at atlanta international raceway sunday in a race marred by the death of a fellow driver in a crash. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Burns became obsessed with rally driving when he was a teenager. Usac silver crown sprint car racing news, schedules. The 20 richest racing drivers in the world 2019 wealthy. Rich vogler july 26, 1950 july 21, 1990 was a nascar driver from chicago, il.
He then drove around gordon for the lead on lap 10 of the feature that was televised by espn. With simpson driving in their first race, which was at the algona track, a. In turn, vogler gave richard his firstever usac car owner championship. Usac national midget series 1977 standings driver database. Signed by famous nascar driver jeff gordan at just 18 years of age. First to win both the usac sprint car and midget championships in the same season. Salem sprintcar crash claims the great rich vogler. Click on the site to see rich voglers career results at that track glossary. Nascar driver tony stewart kills kevin ward in sprintcar.
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