[ISF]

Today is a sad anniversary. It's been 28 years since the great Rich Vogler left us.

Rest in peace Mr. Vogler, you were certainly one of the very best!

[BrentTFunk]

Rich was my favorite

[racer-x]

The first thing I did when I got to Plymouth last night was go to the Usac trailer and buy the book “Modern Thunder” .. I was beat when I got home last night but still spent a hour looking at pictures in the book. There are a bunch of pictures of Rich and many of our fallen sprint car heroes!


I can still remember hearing on the radio the next morning the sad story of him dying in the race he won. What a way to leave this earth.

[ronmil]

That was on my mind last night. I was there when this tragedy occurred and I will never forget it. Rich was at his peak and would have certainly had many more victories in his future.

[Charles Nungester]

Me and my brother were on our way home from the Kings Royal and heard about it on the radio 700WLW.

I considered Rich the King of Non Wing anything, If you beat him in any of USAC's top three divisions you'd accomplished a great feat.

Hate that we often have to learn from accidents but this one lead to cage nets and later head rest and I see some drivers even use both.

RIP Rich, your missed and your accomplishments live on.

[bsmith8]

My hero and my idol. I was running a HSCA 360 race at Montpellier that night and got word of this just before we pushed off for the A and it was hard to run that race. RIP Rapid Rich you were the best.

[tj39]

I think I was like 11 or 12 for some reason I think it was televised I remember the helmet rolling down the track maybe I'm wrong but think he was like a lap ahead of Gordon but had a lot happen since then

[flagboy55]

Without a doubt one of the GOAT! Our group of friends up here frequently quote Rich with one of the greatest lines ever spoken by a racecar driver. This is not verbatim but it was after his chili bowl win talking about the Oklahoma fans. He said something like “they’ll learn to appreciate my winning style of driving”. He certainly drove with winning style

[Charles Nungester]

My favorite quote from rich. Points racing sucks! Every time I hit that track weather its just hotlaps, Im racing to win.

[cleatziff]

Originally Posted by tj39 I think I was like 11 or 12 for some reason I think it was televised I remember the helmet rolling down the track maybe I'm wrong but think he was like a lap ahead of Gordon but had a lot happen since then

I was about 9 and this is what I remember as well.