Richard Johnson

Back in the 1970s, they called him "Rapid Richard" Johnson, and he was a two-time Stock Car champion at the speedway. Johnson traveled to other tracks and and won the State championship in Stock Cars in 1973 and was also the 1980 and 1981 State Sportsman champion. He won 26 Main Events during those years at the speedway. After going away and racing Sprint Cars, Johnson was one of the first drivers in the newly formed Grand American Dirt Modified division in 1990. He won the championship that year before retiring again.