Gale Vogt Racing

We want to wish a Happy Birthday to our Crew Chief, Michael Vogt. Michael was a key part of the success that our race team experienced over the last 15 years or so. A fun fact is that even though Gale and Michael are distant cousins, racing is what really brought them together. When the Wagner Speedway opened back up many years ago, Gale started racing some there. That is where they actually met and got to know each other. Michael came on board at just the right time. His talents helped elevate Gale Vogt Racing to the next level. There were many nights where his effort and attention to detail deserved even better finishes than our results reflected. It is safe to say Gale may have retired many years ago if it were not for Michael coming on board, which allowed us to grow and compete in the traveling Tri-State series. We will miss the time spent making race cars go faster with him. But we look forward to other adventures whether related to racing or not as he and Gale have many common interests.

Thank you so much for the birthday wishes yesterday. I am truly humbled. Somehow every year it seems that our marketing manager, Becky, has her birthday fall on the day after our drivers birthday. We want to wish her a very Happy Birthday as well. She was so good at being behind the scenes at the racetrack that we don’t have many pictures of her at the races.

We attended the Tri-State Late Model Series banquet last night to get our 5th place trophy. We’d like to thank Mike Gross and the series staff for all their work in growing the series and all the sponsors that support it.