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11 kwi 2011 · On an occasion during Gerber's hey-day as a race driver, rumors that he had been killed in a crash in Milwaukee spread like wildfire around the Cedar Rapids area. Old-timers said those few rumors resulted in a flood of calls to the old Cedar Rapids Gazette-Republican newsroom.
Mr. Gerber built a road speedster from a model 490 Chevrolet 4-cylin- der and drove it for the first time at St. Joseph, Missouri, taking second place on May 30, 1921. He was hooked and by 1923 he designed his first bob-tail, a Chevy with an Olds- mobile head and no tail.
Funeral services for John (Johnny) Gerber, one of America's greatest auto racers and racing car builders prior to World War II, were held at St. Paul's Lutheran church, Stanwood, April 14 with burial in the Stanwood cemetery.
4 maj 2006 · Among the other Tri-City Boys, all killed in racing accidents, were Glenn Hyatt, Lou Penno, and Bryan Saulpaugh, who made one Indy 500 before his death. Later Maynard teamed on the fair circuit...
17 maj 2021 · Which then led me to wonder if drivers and car owners made something resembling a living with sprints, midgets or other forms of racing that might have started to develop before the war, and...
12 cze 2010 · Many of the best sprint car drivers in America would visit the famed high banks for either the Memorial Day event or the Fair races which both were held annually. Roy Bryant would drive the Red Forshee #84 to several feature wins at Belleville and win BCRA championships in 1968 & 69.
Special Edition National Sprint Car Poll: "25 Greatest Sprint Car Drivers of the 1900's" Rank Driver (First Place Votes) Hometown/State Points . 1. Steve Kinser (28) Bloomington, Ind. 3,519; 2. Tommy Hinnershitz ( 6) deceased 2,127 ... Chet Gardner, John Gerber, Ray Lee Goodwin, Al Gordon, Jeff Gordon, Earl Halaquist, ...
