Memorial Races And Fatalities
At Selinsgrove Speedway And Raceway Park
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Wallace Larue Ulshafer
November 29, 1930 - August 17, 1952
Stock Car Driver
September 14, 1952
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Neil B. Conrad
September 15, 1933 - December 4, 1972
WMLP Radio Sports Director
1973 - 1984
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John Whyte "Jack Gunn" Gunnels
May 26, 1932 - October 28, 1980
Announcer - Promoter
1981 - 2022
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C. Robert "Bob" Bender
April 8, 1942 - May 15, 1987
Late Model Driver
1987 - 2003
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Edward "Ed" P. Shafer
February 20, 1954 - August 28, 1992
Sprint Car & Late Model Driver
1993 - 1999
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Kevin A. "G-Man" Gobrecht
May 2, 1969 - September 25, 1999
Sprint Car Driver
April 16, 2000
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Jan Opperman
February 9, 1939 - September 4, 1997
1973 Sprint Car Track Champion
2002 - present
| Joseph "Joe" S. Whitcomb Jr
January 17, 1968 - June 23, 2003
Sprint Car Driver
2004 - present
| Paul E. Long
September 2, 1937 - November 8, 2003
1966 & 1973 Late Model Track Champion
2004 - 2008, 2023
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Jim "Jimmy" Nace
March 20, 1954 - November 11, 2009
5 Time Sprint Car Track Champion
2010 - present
| Raymond Joseph Tilley Jr
May 16, 1934 - August 19, 2011
4 Tiime Sprint Car Track Champion/Victory Leader
2012 - present
| Roger B. Spencer
September 11, 1960 - June 8, 2012
Micro Sprint Car Driver
Raceway Park 2012 - 2014
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| Luke Bogar, Jack Gunn, Jan Opperman |
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Kramer Earl Williamson
June 26, 1950 - August 4, 2013
1978 Sprint Car Track Champion
2013 - present
| Luke E. "Dick" Bogar
February 22 1928 - October 6, 2014
Sprint Car Owner
2015 - present (with Jan Opperman Memorial)
| James R. Payne Jr.
January 14, 1949 - November 27, 2016
Pro Stock and Late Model Driver
May 27, 2017 - Pro Stock 20
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Clarence W. (C.W. "Skip) Smith
October 28, 1947 - November 4, 2017
1987 Limited Late Model Champion
July 3, 2018
| Ronald "Ron" Eugene Keister
March 7, 1948 - April 10, 1976
1976 Rookie Late Model Driver
May 18, 2019 - Present
| Willard "Bill" Holland
December 18, 1907 - May 19, 1984
Inaugural Race Winner
August 9, 2020 - 2021
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Ralph Galen Heintzelman Sr
June 22, 1938 - August 1, 2019
Sprint Car Mechanic
2021 - present (with Jan Opperman / Dick Bogar Memorial)
| Roger W. Folk
November 29, 1963 - April 3, 2020
Track Employee & Long Time Speedway Supporter
Raceway Park 2021 - present
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Philip Albert Radel
Millmont, PA
Age 40
Spectator
May 1, 1911 - August 5, 1951
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Wallace Larue Ulshafer
Bloomsburg, PA
Age 21
Stock Car
November 29, 1930 - August 17, 1952
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John "Johnny" Fulton Hargett
Falls Church, VA
Age 25
URC Big Car
February 22, 1934 - July 4, 1959
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Patrick Bruce Hoover
Falls Church, VA
Age 18
Motorcycle
October 15, 1951 - July 18, 1970
| Ronald "Ron" Eugene Keister
New Berlin, PA
Age 28
Late Model
March 7, 1948 - April 10, 1976
| William "Billy" Daniel Wertz
Strausstown, PA
Age 50
Sprint Car
September 5, 1925 - June 5, 1976
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Joseph "Joe" S. Whitcomb Jr.
Millersburg, PA
Age 35
Sprint Car
January 17, 1968 - June 23, 2003
(injured June 21, 2003)
| Roger B. Spencer
Montgomery, PA
Age 51
Micro Sprint Car (Raceway Park)
September 11, 1960 - June 8, 2012
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