"Broadway" Bob Metzler (1 Viewer)

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Another giant in the world of drag racing has left this mortal coil. “Broadway” Bob Metzler the man who opened Great Lakes Dragaway in 1955 and built it into one of the most famed and well known strips in the country passed away today at the age of 83 years. Metzler was an innovator in how he drew crowds to his strip and was truly one of the first in the field that understood people came through the gates to see a show, hence his creation of events like the wheelstander nationals, and other “outside the box” thinking during the golden age of the sport in the 1960s and 1970s.

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[Mary]

RIP Mr Metzler

 

[Butch]

Had many great weekends at Union Grove. Have many great memories from Union Grove. RIP “Broadway Bob” Metzler

 

[shoe]

Rest in Peace my friend

 

[kingcobrafan]

RIP, Broadway.

 

[Nick Name]

From another board

 

[RICH]

rip bob.