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| Yes. That is who I was thinking of. Vogler was killed taking the checkered flag if remember right. | 
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02-29-2008, 10:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Fine Vol  He was the USAC king. Chili Bowl  | I was watching Thursday Night Thunder coverage of that race, a terrible accident, if I remember it was at Richmond IN. a dangerous track. I believe you are correct Doozer.
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| Was that at Winchester? | |
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02-29-2008, 10:52 AM
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| Nevermind. It all came back to me. | |
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02-29-2008, 10:55 AM
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| I have had the pleasure of pitting with Kenny Jacobs one hell of a nice guy. KJ.jpg | |
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02-29-2008, 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted by doozer Yes. That is who I was thinking of. Vogler was killed taking the checkered flag if remember right. | He was a hell of a driver. He always wore those glasses  | |
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02-29-2008, 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Fine Vol I loved Doug Wolfgang but after the fire he basically quit. I got to meet Sammy Swindel one time, he was a nice guy. | Wolfgang was one of the best no doubt. So is Slamming Sammy. You probably never heard of my all time favorite, Rick Ferkel, "Mr Ohio". I also pull for Jac Haudenschild, I met him when he first got started.
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02-29-2008, 10:59 AM
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| Stan Fox was another great driver who survived a horrific wreck at Indy only to be killed years later in an auto accident. | |
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02-29-2008, 11:00 AM
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Originally Posted by rbroyles Wolfgang was one of the best no doubt. So is Slamming Sammy. You probably never heard of my all time favorite, Rick Ferkel, "Mr Ohio". I also pull for Jac Haudenschild, I met him when he first got started. | I actually got to race with Jac the wild child down here in a mini sprint one time. Kenny Jacobs was her with jac and get this, Jeff Hammond drove a tide Mini that night, he was crew chief for Boogety boogety boogety That was a special night. | |
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02-29-2008, 11:02 AM
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Originally Posted by doozer Stan Fox was another great driver who survived a horrific wreck at Indy only to be killed years later in an auto accident. | That is crazy huh survive all of that open wheel racing and get killed in a turn lane. | |
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02-29-2008, 11:07 AM
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| Was there a Vucovich killed in a sprint car? Seem to recall it might it might have been Billy III. | |
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02-29-2008, 11:08 AM
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Originally Posted by doozer Stan Fox was another great driver who survived a horrific wreck at Indy only to be killed years later in an auto accident. | He drove for Foyt I believe, I remember seeing his wreck on TV, and yes it was one of the bad ones. A guy I raced against in enduro karts also had an unbelievable wreck he survived at Indy-Mark Dismore. He was hospitalized for weeks, at first not expected to live.
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02-29-2008, 11:10 AM
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Originally Posted by doozer Was there a Vucovich killed in a sprint car? Seem to recall it might it might have been Billy III. | You got me on that one, of course I'm sure you know Bill, Sr was killed at Indy.
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Originally Posted by rbroyles He drove for Foyt I believe, I remember seeing his wreck on TV, and yes it was one of the bad ones. A guy I raced against in enduro karts also had an unbelievable wreck he survived at Indy-Mark Dismore. He was hospitalized for weeks, at first not expected to live. | Get this Royals, my friend won the Daytona enduro cart race and had it taken away because when they tecked him the restrictor plate was on the wrong side of the carbarator.LOL It was a true mistake. It would not have affected the speed.  | |
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02-29-2008, 11:11 AM
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