He would have raced, anyway.. Built in 1946/47, the. In late 1952 his first wife, Marion, started divorce proceedings. As Baker left his seat for a drink from the concession stand, a wheel came loose from a car on the track. Both boys were It will be a process of getting those done over the next several years. 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. Learn More Such is what Jeff Mayden believed before his daughter was killed. Auto racing in the post-World War II era wasnt the slick, big money business its become today. Mike Harrington: His team looks good, even without Alex Tuch. 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. 2980 N. National Road, Suite A, Columbus, IN 47201, Main Switchboard: (812) 372-7811 Their cars, after months of mutual insult, begin to take on the appearance of crumpled paper. They were joined by Myron Weinberger, 221 East 70th Layton, Utah. He died the day after his sister, on his 10th birthday. Ostapenko and Karsch removed the boys from the water. two months, went home while firemen worked. Last edited on 17 December 2022, at 23:08, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bob_Sweikert&oldid=1128015419, This page was last edited on 17 December 2022, at 23:08. "It didn't belong on that car," Hall says. ", But: "Everywhere I go, I check out their fence.". The 2023 Salem Speedway tentative schedule: March 18: Riverside Drift Clinic April 8: (3rd Annual Easter Egg Hunt) Open Practice for all divisions April 16: (Season Opener) GAS, CVBT, CVST,. Sam was sitting on the driveway, He learned to race on go-karts at age 9, graduated to stock cars as an adult. There, Dawn Mayden and her daughter had left their lawn chairs for some barbecued chicken at a concession stand. I had a son who was killed in a crash as well.''. Your email address will not be published. Im ready to get started on making improvements as soon as the weather lets us. The first major fund-raiser for the fund has been a Daytona 500 viewing party in Indianapolis, today well-attended with a silent auction and notable names in auto racing in the state as guests. You just couldnt be afraid all the time.. Try 7 Days Free to get access to 836 million+ pages, 1949_07_25 -2 Drivers Killed at Salem Speedway- Louisville Courier-Journal pg 1 (1 of 2), Search the Largest Online Newspaper Archive. SALEM - Salem Speedway is set to host the 33rd Halloween 200 from Oct. 22-24. There are improvements that I want to make to the pavement, the pit area, lighting, infield concessions, infield restrooms and the scoreboard. "I don't think it's unfinished business," said Sacks, whose Chevrolet is one of the cars he drove as a stand-in for Tom Cruise in the movie Days of Thunder. It is definitely going to be an investment, but this place has such a great history that I think it can still be one of the nicest short tracks in the country., Bohanon added, We want to continue our Great American Stocks series, they have a great following and put on great racing. 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. He had reached the first pinnacle, but not the pinnacle, recalled Dorie Sweikert, his wife at the time. "And it gets worse at the end of the night.". Bob and Dorie first crossed paths at Hayward High in the fall of 1942, when Sweikerts family moved to the East Bay from San Francisco. 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. Salem, IN (April 20, 2021) - Champion Racing Association Powered by JEGS will head to the famous High Banks of Salem Speedway Fueled by the Hoosier Lottery, located in Salem, Indiana, this coming weekend for the Midwest 250 Presented by Scott County Tourism & Lucas Oil. The season opener is set for April 16. To get to Indy, Sweikert had to challenge what were known collectively as The Hills tracks that comprised the Midwest sprint car circuit. At their funeral, the Rev. Sweikert, who graduated from Hayward High in 1944, won the Indy 500 at age 29, the first and only Bay Area racer to capture the event. hunting for them, to call them to supper. He was awarded a 40th-place finish (as a "Did Not Start").[6]. 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. tragedy after two-time 500 winner Bill Vukovich cartwheeled over the Weeks later, Sweikert's fatal sprint car crash occurred on June 17, 1956, at Salem Speedway. "When it came down, it came down on us.". In Charlotte, speedway officials made no changes in the 10 months after the Michigan wreck, then raised their fences from 15 to 21 feet after their own open-wheel racing accident. Vogler, now dead at the age of 39, was declared the winner posthumously because of USAC National Sprint Car Series rules on a red flag reverting to the previous completed lap. Drivers wore helmets basically made of reinforced cardboard and T-shirts soaked in Borax. February 27, 2023 (100 years old) View obituary. 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. From age 16 Sweikert worked after school as a mechanic at the local Ford dealership in Hayward. Steven Levinson, not yet a teen-ager at the time, got the news over the radio. Drive. Finishing first among the survivors was a young driver from Pittsboro, Indiana, named Jeff Gordon. Most prominently, three spectators were killed and six injured by a flying wheel and debris in June 1998 when driver Adrian Hernandez hit the Turn 4 wall during a Championship Auto Racing Teams race at Michigan Speedway. This was his 170th win. Dr. Dan. It was a very scary thing the sound was so frightening, said Dorie Sweikert, now 79 and living in Redding. left their home at 5241 Will Scarlett Lane, a block from the Sweikert home, for Star, as published on Aug. 12, 1956, Mother Finds Pair in 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. He actually maintained his sprint car, even after he won (Indy).. For Dorie Sweikert, the loss never really went away. In 1947, Sweikert met his first wife, Marion Edwards, at a party at UCLA. I didnt see him airborne.. The other thing that was really noteworthy about him is most drivers then were hands-on, technically, but he more than most. In July 1995, Michael "Buzz" Baker, a visiting construction worker from Sabetha, Kan., paid to watch a Saturday night of races from the pit bleachers. The Salem Speedway joined The Hills circuit in 1947, and immediately demonstrated its potential for disaster. 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. An Observer survey of track officials showed that few speedways inspect cars closely for more than basic safety items such as restraints and helmets. You go to Salem, and you go home a widow. Obituary Pam Williams, age 65, of Salem passed away Tuesday, November 22, 2022 at Kindred Hospital Central in Indianapolis. their lives while wading in the pool behind Sweikerts house at 5301 Lancelot And there were sad ones. The Indianapolis native raced in five Indianapolis 500s. [3] Former driver Nick Bohanon bought the racetrack in December 2022. I was 17 when I first started racing. Report: Houston is the No. LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Racing is returning to Salem, Indiana. A year later, on June 17, 1956, Sweikert, just turned 30, was killed when his sprint car shot over the edge of the high-banked, half-mile track at Salem, Ind. I wanted what he wanted, she said. Sweikert's car, on the outside, brushed a piece of metal . That grief gripped the loved ones of dozens of race car drivers in the 1950s. "There's no way to stay ahead of these drivers.". ". "Fans are their own worst enemy," says Dickie Gore, owner of Old Dominion Speedway in Manassas, Va. Sweikert returned to Hayward and opened his own small business, Sweikert Automotive, an automotive repair shop based out of his parents' garage. In addition to his five midget titles, Vogler won the national sprint car championship in 1980. 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. [1] Thompson leased the track to Bill Kniesly starting in 2020. Get Morning Report and other email newsletters. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. (renews at {{format_dollars}}{{start_price}}{{format_cents}}/month + tax). On September 26, 1953 Sweikert won the Hoosier Hundred, at the Indiana State Fairgrounds, a race which is chronicled by many as "the greatest race ever" run. Situated in the scenic hills of Southern Indiana, the Salem Speedways roars to life with upwards of 15. In addition to his five midget titles, Vogler won the national sprint car title in 1980 and 1989. Racing close with Elisian, both cars pushed high. Not long before his death, he won that year's Rich Vogler Memorial Race at Winchester in the restored Hoffman Brothers' "White Lightning" #69 sprint car in which then defending national champion Vogler had been killed at the Salem Speedway in 1990. When I hit 30, I figured Id better quit.. 2894 Gallahad Drive, around the corner from the Sweikert house, ran to her aid. On September 11, 1954 Sweikert became the first driver ever to average 90mph (140km/h) in a 100-mile (160km) race, with his win in the Lutes Truck Parts Special #17 car at the Eastern Speed Dome in Syracuse. Pit fencing, however, is rarely mandated. Johnson's car, said C. Ray Hall, was using an experimental spindle, which serves as an axle for the front wheels. on Tragedy follows tragedythe aftermath of Bob Sweikerts death, Meet the amazing Miss Nichols, world-record aviator in a Crosley. That was your job. Prior to this season, he had 122 victories in sprints, midgets and dirt cars. View local obituaries in utah. 4.3 out of 5 stars. in the driveway beside the vacant house. Death. On Memorial Day, May 26, 1947 Sweikert ran his first race for prize money at the Oakland Speedway, and finished second. The challenge for speedway owners: How do you balance the counterweights of safety and intimacy? That was Bobs favorite of the half-mile tracks, Dorie Sweikert said. Vogler's helmet flew off his head and he suffered severe head injuries that proved to be fatal. In between, she got her first taste of the sport and it terrified her. Salem Speedway. He would make consecutive starts at Indy from then on, up until 1990. 2803 Obituaries. Sweikert was born in Los Angeles, California. Always open. He ran seventy-two races that first BCRA season, finishing 14th out of 130 active members in the annual point standings. In the 1950s, talent won races, but luck decided who lived and died on the track. Race officials later moved spectators back from the straightaway and built new fencing, now about 30 feet high, to protect them. Please subscribe to. On the morning of his June 17 race at Salem, Dorie Sweikert recalled her husband complaining his car wasnt handling quite right. Dorie Sweikert recalls being able to see her husband smile as his car sprinted past, his head and shoulders exposed to potential peril. He was only 28 years old, however he was one of California's brightest stars in the open wheel profession. He continued to tinker with the mechanics, then entered the 25-lap event, anyway. The wheel hit Amanda flush, crushing her lungs and heart beyond surgeons' repair. You could still light them on fire, said Rathmann, 79, the oldest living Indy 500 winner. the 25-by-12 pool with prideful anticipation. Speedway. Sweikert was pronounced dead upon arrival at Washington County Hospital. Tomlinson and his wife, who is expecting her third child in The following paragraphs have been transcribed from the Indianapolis Current NASCAR Stars Chase Elliott, Christopher Bell, Erik Jones and Mitchells own Chase Briscoe have also competed on the High Banks while advancing their careers. But there are those who think he adapted to the track as well as anybody. or. "A good Sunday was when every driver cheated death and went home alive." The Salem Speedway joined "The Hills" circuit in 1947, and immediately demonstrated its potential for disaster. This event be an action packed weekend full of racing and fun. Josh, 9, and Amanda, 7, sat in the grandstand with their mother, their grandparents and 5-year-old brother, Justin. "I always thought she was probably in more danger driving to the racetrack than being in the infield," he says. At smaller tracks, insurance companies are the primary arbiters of fence height and design. . Now, he says softly, he doesn't know. He was scheduled to make his NASCAR Winston Cup (now NASCAR Cup Series) series debut at Pocono Raceway the day after his fatal crash. Vogler became the first driver to win the USAC Sprint Car and Midget championships in the same year (1980). They were high-banked tracks in Dayton, Ohio, Winchester, Ind., and Fort Wayne, Ind. Days before his 40th birthday, Vogler was competing in a nationally broadcast ESPN Thunder Joe James / Pat O'Connor Memorial sprint car event at Salem Speedway. James Tomlinson, 5 years old, and Anthony Tomlinson, 3, lost had intended to finish the job the day after the fatal Salem race. Speedway infield. Send flowers, find service dates or offer condolences for the lives we have lost in utah. Lindsey took to cars with the same fervor. Country Club golf course behind the Sweikert home. She died five hours later, early the next day. [5], Because of USAC rules on a red flag reverting to the previous completed lap, he was declared the winner of the event following his death, which was his 170th win. The fencing had been laid in position on the ground and Sweikert Dorie recalled thinking he was the most handsome young man shed ever seen. His parents, Foster R Hess and Sarah Ethel Davis were married in Sullivan County, TN in 1928. In 1988, Vogler was running 20+ laps down in the race when he waived his position to former Formula 1 champion Emerson Fittipaldi. after the boys were taken from the water. A dozen years later, Elisian and Sweikert were engaged in the racing duel that led to Sweikert's fatal crash at Salem Speedway. SALEM, IND. AFTER 30 years away, Dorie Sweikert returned to the Indianapolis 500 Speedway in the late 1980s and saw how much the sport of auto racing had changed. in a second tragedy yesterday when two small brothers were drowned in the swimming Weeks later, Sweikert's fatal sprint car crash occurred on June 17, 1956, at Salem Speedway. His death prompted another burst of outrage over the sports dangerous side. It bounded free down the small-track straightaway and into the pits, slamming off a car's hood and leaping, faster than fright, into the Salem (Ind.) 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You hear the story about how someone can walk into a room and everyone turns and looks that was Sweikert, she said. waiting patiently for the boys. On September 12, 1953 Sweikert became the first driver ever to break 100mph (160km/h) on a one-mile (1.6km) oval track, at the Eastern Speed Dome, Syracuse, New York. His 134 wins (95 Midget, 35 Sprint, and four Silver Crown wins) in national events is second only to A. J. Foyt's 169. "I have 200 fires to put out," track president Doug McManus says. It opened in 1947; two drivers were killed on the first lap of the first race. During most of his IndyCar tenure he was sponsored by KFC, whom he had a longtime professional relationship with. Coming out of the 4th turn, the two cars started down the straightaway in front of the grandstand. "Some people said it went over the fence." Handsome, charismatic, courageous, smart, successful, and on top of the world, Sweikerts life ended in tragedy when his yellow No. Sweikert's mother, Grace, often visited Bob's firstborn until Grace died. Orem, Utah. Yet he can't outrun the questions that wait for him at nights in his auto body shop. He was about to take the white flag for the final lap. ''I knew him well but we never talked about his father`s death. On the night Lindsey was born, he rushed to the hospital smeared with grease; hours earlier, he'd bought his first race car, a 1984 Impala Super Sport. As firemen worked, the Rev. During a qualifying heat, a sprint car driven by Jon Johnson lost its tire and rim in a turn. 1949_07_25 -2 Drivers Killed at Salem Speedway- Louisville Courier-Journal pg 1 (1 of 2) Neighbors who learned of the accident called the sheriffs Bohanon, a Southern Indiana. Martin took the pole for today's 12:10 p.m. race, qualifying his Ford at 158.264 mph. Among the 33 drivers who started the 1955 Indy 500 won by Sweikert, 16 eventually were killed in accidents on the track. One of his frequent local competitors on the streets was Ed Elisian, a teenage boy from nearby Oakland, California. "Salem Speedway, Hoosier Lottery form partnership", "Salem Speedway on ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards schedule twice in 2019", "Kingsburg's Kody Swanson stamps his name in national racing history", USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car Championship race venues, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salem_Speedway&oldid=1131321682, Tourist attractions in Washington County, Indiana, Buildings and structures in Washington County, Indiana, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 3 January 2023, at 16:45. Street Funeral Home. Nobody planned this tragedy, he told them. January 22, 2023 (76 years old) View obituary. After 1949 Sweikert became close friends with Johnny Boyd of Fresno, California when he met him on the California racing circuit. Born March 10, 1957. Read More. Salem Speedway is a .555 miles (0.893km) long paved oval racetrack in Washington Township, Washington County, near Salem, Indiana, United States, approximately 100 miles (160km) south of Indianapolis. 1993 Salem Speedway Jeff Ellison's Tremendous Crash (AFTERMATH) Jordan St.Amant 1K subscribers Subscribe 328 103K views 8 years ago Local racer Jeff Ellison crashed tremendously during a local. This year's Fall Classic at the .555-mile paved oval in Salem, Indiana, marks the ARCA Menards Series' 105th race at high-banked circuit. They interrupted a broadcast with a special bulletin, and I was absolutely devastated, Levinson recalled. Some tracks, after tragedies, raise fence heights or beef up security and car inspections. I dont know how you could be the wife of a race car driver in those days. There were exciting, happy, even playful moments, she said. He failed to qualify this year after an eighth-place finish, his best ever, in 1989. Ironically, it was Reece who was standing in the turn one infield on July 17, 1956 and filmed Sweikert's accident. The likeable, rising superstar, who had just appeared on the front cover of Sports Illustrated, did not survive the crash. But I'm doing therapy every day.". He had secured an overseas drivers license and was planning a racing tour of Europe in 1957. CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The wheel came off in Turn 2, snapped from its axle in a two-car collision. Required fence heights for oval track bleachers vary from 9 to 15 feet, according to insurance company representatives. A racecar moves around the track at Salem Speedway. AUTO RACING: Salem Speedway has new owner DANIEL SUDDEATH daniel.suddeath@newsandtribune.com Dec 24, 2022 From left, Will Kimmel interviews new Salem Speedway owner and promoter Nick. [3], Vogler finished seventeenth in his only NASCAR Busch Series start at the North Carolina Speedway in Rockingham in 1988.[4]. He is thankful only that Lindsey had her back to the track when the tire bounced toward her. Not now. For over 65 years Salem Speedway has enjoyed the recognition of being one of the most unique and renowned racetracks in America. Comment * document.getElementById("comment").setAttribute( "id", "a1fe75f612aa39abd4fbfcf156e736a1" );document.getElementById("hc1b4e368d").setAttribute( "id", "comment" ); document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Find the History Mystery Man onFacebookandYouTube. "I told her I'd see her as soon as Uncle Pete was done," says her father, Jeff Mayden. Find an obituary, get service details, leave condolence messages or send flowers or gifts in memory of a loved one. beat that day. That year the family moved briefly to San Francisco, then across the bay to the rural town of Hayward, California. Vogler, who would have been 40 on Thursday, raced in five Indianapolis 500s. "It could have been a nightmare," the track's owner said then. The track has 33 degrees of banking in the corners. Clipping found in The Courier-Journal in Louisville, Kentucky on Jul 25, 1949. Bob Sweikerts death in an auto race last June was reflected From The Third Turn, an online resource for all news and results stock car racing. None of todays safeguards existed then. Sanctioning bodies, some of which require driver safety equipment, don't demand that tracks inspect cars, a survey by the Charlotte Observer found. [1], Bob Sweikert grew up in pre-war Los Angeles. This car ran right smack into the cement wall between the track and the pits, and back in the50s, youd have known that young man was dead, she recalled. I just raced. The result is something of a chaotic feel: fights in the pits, fans rushing in noisy scrums to watch. In 2018, Kody Swanson broke the all-time USAC Silvercrown record with his 24th series win at Salem. Six days before, on Sept. 4, 1993, the family spent Saturday night as usual -- at the 81 Speedway, a three-eighths-mile clay oval at the north end of town where Paul Dutton raced sprint cars. * Most laps led. 1,509 were here. Salem Speedway will be under new ownership for the 2023 racing season. The .555-mile oval that features imposing 33-degree banks was built strictly for speed. Vogler was declared the winner when officials decided not to complete the 30-lap event. Perhaps in part because Bob Sweikert refused to accept fear, Dorie convinced herself he was safe from harm. Salem is a track steeped in history with many of the giants in auto racing having competed on the treacherous hills at some point in their careers, Names such as Ruttman, Carter, Sweikert, OConnor, Jones, Foyt, Unser, Andretti, Vogler, Allison, Parsons, Waltrip, Schrader, Gordon and Stewart are just a few names from the past that grace the list of past winners. Sweikert was versatile enough that in 1955 he became the only driver in history to sweep the Indy 500, the AAA big car crown and the Midwest sprint car championship. 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. The Pocono race was not his first attempted NASCAR Winston Cup start: two weeks before, he entered the Michigan race but failed to qualify. Fifteen were gone within just seven years. 19,772 people like this. rescue squad rushed to the pool. In early 1948, he married Marion Edwards. Morris Settles pronounced the boys dead. She spent after-school hours at her father's Sellersburg, Ind., body shop and weekends with her mother at nearby Salem Speedway, watching her dad and uncle race. (key) (Bold Pole position awarded by qualifying time. In the following 11 years, four more were killed at the track, and in 1983, the 10th and final fatality at Riverside occurred, when ex-Formula 1 and Le Mans driver Rolf Stommelen's IMSA GTP Porsche. [4], The ASA National Tour ran six races at the track, from 1998 through 2003 and the winners were Scott Hansen (twice), David Stremme, Tim Sauter, Gary St. Amant and Robbie Pyle. Situated in the scenic hills of southern Indiana, The Salem Speedway roars to life . History Mystery Man: Historical Storyteller, Small Town Traveler, Auto Racing Icons. Some neglect even those, conducting superficial prerace walk-throughs or no checks at all. 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