Gary Reddick
Canadian - American racing driver (1938-2014
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Gary Reddick (August 19, 1938 – August 6, 2014) was a Canadian driver of modified stock cars. Equally adept on both dirt and asphalt surfaces, he captured 7 track titles and nearly 200 feature wins in the northeastern United States and the southeastern Canada.[1][2]
August 19, 1938
| Gary Reddick | |
|---|---|
| Born | Gary M. Reddick August 19, 1938 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | August 6, 2014 (aged 75) |
| Retired | 1981 |
| Debut season | 1960 |
| Modified racing career | |
| Car number | V-3 |
| Championships | 7 |
| Wins | ≈200 |
Racing career
Gary Reddick was born in Ottawa, Canada, and as a teenager moved with his family to a farm in Depauville, New York, a small hamlet with just one service station. John Geng, the station's owner, fielded a car numbered Suzy-0 at the Watertown Speedway and eventually added the S-1 and S-2 to the stable. Reddick joined the pit crew in 1959, and by the end of the 1960 season, was driving the S-3. The following season the S-3 became his enduring V-3.[2]
Reddick won his first feature event in 1962 and went on to win track championships at Kingston Speedway, Ontario, and the Brewerton Speedway, Can-Am Speedway (LaFargeville), Evans Mills Speedway, and Watertown Speedway ln New York.[2] He also competed successfully at other east coast tracks, including the Capital City Speedway in Ottawa, Ontario; the Fulton Speedway, Oswego Speedway, and Syracuse Mile in New York; the Martinsville Speedway in Virginia; and Trenton Speedway, New Jersey.[2][3][4][5][6]
In 1967, Reddick and fellow racer Dutch Hoag were credited with saving the life of veteran racer Billy Blum in a fiery crash at Fulton Speedway. Eleven years later, Reddick was faced with a similar situation at Can-Am Speedway, where he and driver Lew Miller pulled driver Kurt Bronson out of his burning car, although Bronson succumbed to his injuries weeks later.[2]
Reddick was inducted into the Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame in 2010.[1][2]