On this day

mlamb (Offline)
#1 7/21/19 11:09 AM

July 21, (Saturday) 1990. Rich Vogler lost his life in a crash at the Salem speedway.
Rich was a USAC National sprint car champion in ‘80 & ‘89 USAC National midget champion in ‘78 ‘80 ‘83 ‘86 ‘88. He won the Hut Hundred 8 times. Won the innagural Chili Bowl in ‘87. Raced in the Indianapolis 500 in ‘85 ‘86 ‘87 ‘88 ‘89
I rank him right up there as one of the best to strap into a race car that I’ve seen.
Gone....but not forgotten.

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flagboy55 (Offline)
#2 7/21/19 11:24 AM

You’re not wrong. We were blessed to watch him “ply his craft” Certainly one of the goats

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ronmil (Offline)
#3 7/21/19 1:10 PM

I was there that tragic evening. I still miss him.

Ron Miller

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tirespinner (Offline)
#4 7/21/19 1:42 PM

Me Too. RIP RICH Vogler

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jeffc5227 (Offline)
#5 7/21/19 3:04 PM

I was watching it on tv I had lots of nightmares after that tragedy. He was a great driver. I love talking to Jon Johnson about the night Rich punted him at Oklahoma City and the crowd was so upset they had to sneak Rich out of State Fair Speedway.

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copper14 (Offline)
#6 7/21/19 4:07 PM

he was my sons hero.met him at sante fe during a woo race.owned a jimmy white midget for several years.old car but won a lot of races for us.rip rich.

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Speedwrench (Offline)
#7 7/21/19 4:10 PM

Peculiar situation. I was watching the race on TV and do not remember seeing the crash ,but I knew it had happened. I do remember the look on the USAC official's face when he looked in the cockpit after the car had come to a stop at the bottom of the track. The only other time I remember seeing that look was on Kenny Shrader's face when he looked in Earnhart's car after the Daytona crash.

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ronmil (Offline)
#8 7/21/19 4:32 PM

Originally Posted by Speedwrench:
Peculiar situation. I was watching the race on TV and do not remember seeing the crash ,but I knew it had happened. I do remember the look on the USAC official's face when he looked in the cockpit after the car had come to a stop at the bottom of the track. The only other time I remember seeing that look was on Kenny Shrader's face when he looked in Earnhart's car after the Daytona crash.

I was there and I recorded it on my VCR as well. The actual crash was not on TV.

Ron Miller

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TQ29m (Offline)
#9 7/21/19 4:45 PM

Wasn't Rich driving for Watson that day, I know he drove for AJ back in those days, friend of mine was helping crew. I miss both of them.

"Being old, isn't half as much fun, as getting there"! Ole Robert I!

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ronmil (Offline)
#10 7/21/19 5:25 PM

Originally Posted by TQ29m:
Wasn't Rich driving for Watson that day, I know he drove for AJ back in those days, friend of mine was helping crew. I miss both of them.

He was driving the Hoffman car

Ron Miller

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