See more of Salem Speedway on Facebook. In 1947, Sweikert met his first wife, Marion Edwards, at a party at UCLA. He drove in northern California that year and later in Los Angeles. Mrs. Sweikerts last order before leaving Indianapolis, the neighbors said, was that the fence be completed at once. A dozen years later, Elisian and Sweikert were engaged in the racing duel that led to Sweikert's fatal crash at Salem Speedway. Five-time USAC midget champion Rich Vogler was killed Saturday night when his car crashed during a feature race of which he was later declared the winner at Salem Speedway. On the first lap of the first race held at Salem, on June 22, 1947, Clay Corbitt locked wheels with Jack Schultz, went over the banking and was killed. It was a time before safety thats just the way it was, said Steven Levinson, a semi-retired attorney and amateur auto racing historian, who grew up in Indianapolis in the 1940s and 50s. He was leading the race at the time, when his car crashed with just over a lap to go. Please subscribe to. "I still love to go to races," Cynthia says now. Vogler, who would have been 40 on Thursday, raced in five Indianapolis 500s. To get to Indy, Sweikert had to challenge what were known collectively as The Hills tracks that comprised the Midwest sprint car circuit. After a complicated, sometimes off-and-on courtship, they were married in 1953. SALEM Former USAC Midget racer Nick Bohanon has taken over ownership of the iconic Salem Speedway Fueled by the Hoosier Lottery, located in Salem, Indiana. waiting patiently for the boys. "He would be going if it were me that died. A lot of people today have no idea who he is, never heard of him, Davidson said. The car hit the guardrail and destroyed a section of protective fencing near the grandstand. 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The 2023 Salem Speedway tentative schedule: April 8: (3rd Annual Easter Egg Hunt) Open Practice for all divisions, April 16: (Season Opener) GAS, CVBT, CVST, Scrappers, May 7: (Derby Hangover Twin 75s) GAS, CVBT, CVST, 602 Stocks, June 3: ASA/CRA Super Series, JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour, GAS, June 17: (Semis on The High Banks) Semis, CVBT, Scrappers, July 1-2: (Firecracker 200 Weekend) GAS, CVBT, CVST, 602 Stocks, Legends, July 22: (Midwest Street Stock Battle and Late Models) GAS, CRA Street Stocks, CRA Late Model Sportsman, CVBT, Aug. 19: (Dollar Beer and Cruise In) GAS, CVBT, CVST, 602 Stocks, Scrappers, Sept. 9: (End of Summer 100) GAS, CVBT, CVST, Legends, Oct. 21-22: (Halloween 200 Weekend) Halloween 200, CVBT 200, CVST, MF8, 602 Stocks, Scrappers, Bloomington Speedway releases 2023 schedule. IRS delays tax deadline for Bay Area, but California hasnt followed: What should you do? Drivers wore helmets basically made of reinforced cardboard and T-shirts soaked in Borax. When the cheerleading coach broke the news to Katrina Kohel that she was the only one left on the cheer squad, Kohel was determined to compete anyway. "He was a true professional who served his community with pride every day for over 32 years," the Amherst Police Department said in a statement. Speedway. Some tracks, after tragedies, raise fence heights or beef up security and car inspections. "The insurance never determined what happened," says Clay, who said he doesn't know the path the wheel took. Sweikerts car flew over the outside wall, through a photographers booth and crash-landed in a weed patch. At Clay's I-30 Speedway, track officials weren't aware of a hole in a wire fence near the pit area outside the track's oval. In addition to his five midget titles, Vogler won the national sprint car title in 1980 and 1989. The season opener is set for April 16. I dont know how you could be the wife of a race car driver in those days. 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If you are experiencing difficulties logging in or are a subscriber getting a paywall, please try one or more of the following steps. But there are those who think he adapted to the track as well as anybody. There over the next couple years, he built his own track roadster. But he liked to race on them.. At smaller tracks, insurance companies are the primary arbiters of fence height and design. LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Racing is returning to Salem, Indiana. Such decisions are largely left up to speedways. 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The tire hit a concrete barrier in front of the grandstand. which Sweikert was building of tall cedar stakes when he was killed at Salem, The car hit the guardrail and destroyed a section of protective fencing near the grandstand. RACE CAR driver Bob Sweikert celebrates his win in the 1955Indianapolis 500 with his wife, Dorrie. I just raced. Always open. February 27, 2023 (100 years old) View obituary. another. One of his frequent local competitors on the streets was Ed Elisian, a teenage boy from nearby Oakland, California. Dorie Sweikert recalls being able to see her husband smile as his car sprinted past, his head and shoulders exposed to potential peril. Drivers sit so low in modern cars, nestled safely into a protective cockpit, that you can hardly see them. Dr. Dan Anderson pronounced Vogler dead at 11:40 p.m. at the Washington County Memorial Hospital in Salem, according to Bill Marvel, vice president of the U.S. Auto Club. Robert Charles Sweikert (May 20, 1926 June 17, 1956) was an American racing driver, best known as the winner of the 1955 Indianapolis 500 and the 1955 National Championship, as well as the 1955 Midwest Sprint car championship - the only driver in history to sweep all three in a single season. priest, took them word that the boys were dead. SALEM, IND. Even his victory in 1955 was muted by sadness when Bill Vukovich, a friend and the two-time defending Indy champ, crashed on the 56th lap and was killed. On July 21, 1990, during the Joe James / Pat O'Connor Memorial sprint car event at the Salem Speedway, which was nationally broadcast on ESPN Thunder, sprint car driver Rich Vogler sustained fatal head injuries due to a crash in turn 4. Bradway died from injuries suffered in a tragic sprint car crash during the Super Dirt Cup at Skagit Speedway in Washington State on June 21, 1987. Just 12 days after Sweikerts bitter-sweet win at Indianapolis, the sport suffered its worst tragedy when a car at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France went off the track and into the crowd, killing 80 spectators. If you wanted to be a racer, thats what you had to do, Rathmann said. Salem has, however, put up a new fence separating the infield from the pits. Waltrip, preparing to make his 500th NASCAR start in that July 7 race, sustained a slight concussion and broke his left leg the day before in a crash in practice and couldn't start. "We don't want anybody killed, but we sure don't want our customers killed," says Lanny Edwards, owner of Devil's Bowl Speedway in Mesquite, Texas, one of thousands of small tracks dotting the country. Martin took the pole for today's 12:10 p.m. race, qualifying his Ford at 158.264 mph. William M. Ostapenko, 38, who was working in his yard at Layton, Utah. CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The wheel came off in Turn 2, snapped from its axle in a two-car collision. Vogler, a native of Glen Ellyn, Ill., who lived in Indianapolis with his wife and three children, was pronounced dead from massive head injuries at Washington County Memorial Hospital, said USAC Vice President Bill Marvel. 1 most stressful city for U.S. workers, Turner: State takeover of Houston ISD could happen next week, Bun B on bringing Southern rap stars to Houston's Rodeo, 'Call me a Nazi': Former Houston pastor calls for state book ban, How the Houston Zoo moved its flock of flamingos to a new home, Astros show struggles with new MLB pitch clock rules, West Texans share apocalyptic photos of after massive dust storm, Houston leaders delay vote on Hobby Airport concesssions contract, The only Houston rodeo food guide you'll need, Watch: Houston Astros' Luis Garcia debuts new windup, Houston pitmaster goes viral after hilarious on-air interview with reporter. Ostapenko and Karsch removed the boys from the water. Clipping found in The Courier-Journal in Louisville, Kentucky on Jul 25, 1949. Community See All. Richard Frank Vogler (July 26, 1950 July 21, 1990) was an American champion sprint car and midget car driver. He was scheduled to make his NASCAR Winston Cup (now NASCAR Cup Series) series debut at Pocono Raceway the day after his fatal crash. Paved Oval located in Salem, IN: Track Status: Still In Operation (Opened: 1947 ) TOURING SERIES & MAJOR EVENTS ; Date Sanction Winner Laps 22 June 1947: AAA Midwest Big Car Series: The track has 33 degrees of banking in the corners. Sheriff Robert A. ONeal ordered the pool be drained. He won numerous major national events: the Hut Hundred eight times, the 4-Crown Nationals midget car event four times, the Copper Classic twice, the Hoosierdome Invitational twice, the WWRA Florida Winter Nationals in 1983, and the Night Before the 500 once. 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I had to work very hard at that, not to make it a negative. As a sad, ironic twist, Sweikerts tragedy helped fuel "I told her I'd see her as soon as Uncle Pete was done," says her father, Jeff Mayden. His mother Eleanor started a college scholarship fund for aspiring Indiana students as part of Rich's concern over his sons, and the fund was started by USAC officials and sponsor Valvoline. Ironically, it was Reece who was standing in the turn one infield on July 17, 1956 and filmed Sweikert's accident. It had been there in my head and in my heart for a long time, she said. Drivers, nursing accumulated grudges, satisfy them on and off the track. The tragic death of Bill Vukovich during the 1955 Indianapolis 500 unfairly cast a long, dark shadow over the career of the winner of that year's race Bob Sweikert. During most of his IndyCar tenure he was sponsored by KFC, whom he had a longtime professional relationship with. The wheel, witnesses would say later, bounced through the unrepaired hole in the fence, then struck Baker above his right eye. Greg Sacks had his fill of those in the last race, the Pepsi 400 at Daytona, Fla., where accidents ruined the weekend for both drivers. Not now. Most race fans don't. Sweikert was born in Los Angeles, California. Yard of Sweikert Home. Star, as published on Aug. 12, 1956, Mother Finds Pair in The engine came out of the thing the wheels were off the car disintegrated like nothing Id ever seen. He was nicknamed "Rapid Rich". It opened in 1947; two drivers were killed on the first lap of the first race. Find an obituary, get service details, leave condolence messages or send flowers or gifts in memory of a loved one. No other cars were involved. A naturally gifted mechanic, he frequently won street races throughout the East Bay. As the field favorite going for his third consecutive win at Indy, Vuky, who was leading when he crashed, would have been tough to [4], USAR ran seven races at the track between 2002 and 2008; winners include Brian Ross, Joel Kauffman, Mikey Kile, Jeff Agnew, Gary St. Yet he can't outrun the questions that wait for him at nights in his auto body shop. And there were sad ones. He died a week later. ". Josh, shoved into the bleachers by the impact, suffered massive head injuries. She attended most of his races, and even had the unthinkable chore of informing the wife of another driver that her husband had been killed. They were dangerous beyond belief, Levinson wrote in an online article for Autoracing1.com. Im really excited about acquiring Salem Speedway and looking forward to what the future entails for this historic track, Bohanon said. The .555-mile oval that features imposing 33-degree banks was built strictly for speed. In May 1956, at his final return to the Indianapolis 500, Sweikert began in the 10th starting position and came in for a 6th-place finish, with the team's D-A Lubricant roadster. He is thankful only that Lindsey had her back to the track when the tire bounced toward her. Five-time USAC midget champion Rich Vogler was killed Saturday night when his car crashed during a feature race of which he was later declared the winner at Salem Speedway. With the deaths have come questions -- about track fencing, about uninspected cars, about supervision in restricted areas. After Sweikert was buried in California his widow returned Lindsey, who liked her daddy to play Pretty, Pretty Princess with her at night, and who, on this day in 1996, kissed him and waited while he worked as a spotter for his brother in the afternoon's last race. She searched for nearly an hour before finding the tricycles I definitely want to clean the place up, paint it, do something with the signage out front. About. He ran seventy-two races that first BCRA season, finishing 14th out of 130 active members in the annual point standings. Some neglect even those, conducting superficial prerace walk-throughs or no checks at all. firemen drained it before leaving the scene. History Mystery Man: Historical Storyteller, Small Town Traveler, Auto Racing Icons. Now, he says softly, he doesn't know. Bohanon, a Southern Indiana native, has raced on the famous High Banks of Salem Speedway and looks forward to shaping the tracks future. Fifteen were gone within just seven years. Country Club golf course behind the Sweikert home. left their home at 5241 Will Scarlett Lane, a block from the Sweikert home, for Ind. We will keep the other local divisions that have been running at the track and plan to continue to bring in some additional outside touring series to keep fans interested in coming to all our events. Weeks later, Sweikert's fatal sprint car crash occurred on June 17, 1956, at Salem Speedway. Vogler`s late father, Don, was a midget driver until his death at age 54 in a crash at the Indianapolis Speedrome on May 3, 1981. Sweikert's car, on the outside, brushed a piece of metal . In early 1948, he married Marion Edwards. 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