Bud Dagler's Fatal Crash @ Roby Speedway 1929
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In races held at the Roby Speedway on Sunday, 06 October 1929, seven drivers were injured in six different accidents. Four of the drivers were hospitalized in Indiana Harbor or Hammond, Indiana.
Paul Russell "Bud" Dagler, a resident of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was the most critically injured. While attempting to qualify for the 100-mile race over the 1-mile dirt oval, a steering knuckle on his stock car broke, causing it to overturn. He was taken to a hospital in Indiana Harbor in serious condition suffering from internal injuries. The next day, his family was called to his side as it was feared that he would not survive. He survived the day, only to develop double pneumonia. He died early in the morning on Wednesday, 09 October 1929.
Dagler was born in Rushville, Indiana, the son of William and Edna (Offutt) Dagler. His father died when Dagler was young, leaving his wife with Bud and his twin brothers, Lewis and Warren E. The widowed mother raised her family in Rushville with the help of relatives.
Two years earlier, in 1927, Bud Dagler had moved from Rushville to Fort Wayne. Unmarried, he lived at 327 W. Rudisill Boulevard, and was the owner and manager of the Fort Wayne Box Lunch Company on Broadway. He had gotten involved in racing only the past summer, and had raced stock cars at Winchester and Huntington Speedways.
Besides his mother and brothers, Dagler was survived by a grandmother, Mrs. Eva Offutt. Burial was in East Hill Cemetery in Rushville. The employees of his company made the trip to Rushville for the services. He shares a grave marker with his mother, who died three weeks after him.
R.I.P
Paul Russell "Bud" Dagler, a resident of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was the most critically injured. While attempting to qualify for the 100-mile race over the 1-mile dirt oval, a steering knuckle on his stock car broke, causing it to overturn. He was taken to a hospital in Indiana Harbor in serious condition suffering from internal injuries. The next day, his family was called to his side as it was feared that he would not survive. He survived the day, only to develop double pneumonia. He died early in the morning on Wednesday, 09 October 1929.
Dagler was born in Rushville, Indiana, the son of William and Edna (Offutt) Dagler. His father died when Dagler was young, leaving his wife with Bud and his twin brothers, Lewis and Warren E. The widowed mother raised her family in Rushville with the help of relatives.
Two years earlier, in 1927, Bud Dagler had moved from Rushville to Fort Wayne. Unmarried, he lived at 327 W. Rudisill Boulevard, and was the owner and manager of the Fort Wayne Box Lunch Company on Broadway. He had gotten involved in racing only the past summer, and had raced stock cars at Winchester and Huntington Speedways.
Besides his mother and brothers, Dagler was survived by a grandmother, Mrs. Eva Offutt. Burial was in East Hill Cemetery in Rushville. The employees of his company made the trip to Rushville for the services. He shares a grave marker with his mother, who died three weeks after him.
R.I.P