Bridgeport Speedway, 7/21/17


MASS RaceSaver 305 Sprints from Bridgeport Speedway -- July 21, 2017.

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July 21

1904
Louis Meyer... Born ... American Hall of Fame race car driver best known as the first three-time winner of the Indianapolis 500. He raced in 12 Indy 500s with wins in 1928, 1933 and 1936.
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1971
Will Cagle won the 100 lap All-Star Modified Stock Car race at the Rolling Wheels Raceway, Elbridge, NY. (Click here for the race report.)
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1985
Bill Elliott won the NASCAR Winston Cup Summer 500 over Neil Bonnett at the Pocono Raceway, Pocono, PA.
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1990
Rich Vogler ... Died ... USAC Midget and Sprint Car driver. Inductee into the National Sprint Car Hall of fame. First to win both the USAC Sprint Car and Midget Championships in the same season. His 134 wins (95 Midget, 35 Sprint, and four Silver Crown wins) in national events is second only to A. J. Foyt's 169. Vogler had 170 total USAC wins, and won over 200 "outlaw" (non-USAC) midget races. He had five starts at Indy with a best finish of eighth in 1989 driving a Penske. In the last race of his life, July 21, 1990, during an ESPN "Saturday Night Thunder" national broadcast, he was killed while leading a sprint car race at the Salem (IN) Speedway with a little over a lap remaining. He was posthumously declared the winner.

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