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In 1986, when USAC came to Minnesota, Rich Vogler argeed to arrive two days ahead of the race and go on a PR tour. He promoted not only the speedway where the USAC'ers were to run he also was an excellent spokesman for sprint car racing and the USAC organization. I accompanied him to 2 TV stations and 3 radio stations and he was gracious and accomodating to the media people and left a good impression of sprint car racing. He was also very confident in his abilities and told every interview that " I will win the race" He didn't win but made no excuses afterward. The fee he charged for this two day excursion? The speedway paid for the fuel in his airplane and that was all. He was the epitome of a professional race car driver and handled all of the PR duties like a businessman / executive.
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