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John Gerber was born this day in Kansas in 1896. The 1992 National Sprint Car Hall of Fame inductee raced for the first time in 1921, finishing second in St. Joseph, Missouri. He had built a model...
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.
John's final endeavor was wñting a book. He and Rose kept a scrapbook of results and records where his cars ran through the years and he started putting it all in book form. His son John is now editing the material and getting it ready for publication. His widow Rose remains in Davenport today, while John R. lives in Miami (Fla.) and Jim lives ...
23 lis 2015 · Don't ever remember him crashing, but he had two main cars, the original bobtail sprinter, and a center seater that he campaigned in later years. I think that one one the cars is in the Museum in Knoxville, Iowa, and the other is the Eastern Museum of Motor Racing in York Springs, PA
8 lis 2008 · I know the sprint car hall of fame museum in Iowa has John Gerber's early 1920s sprint car,...I was wondering if anyone on here has any good photos of it from the museum?? I can't...
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Every modern day sprint car driver owes a debt of gratitude to drivers like Maynard Clark. So, next time you're on the road, stray from the interstate and travel down the two lane by-ways of America. When you pass a small county fairground oval, think of John Gerber, Maynard Clark and those trailblazers who were true outlaws.
