Gus Olexen

Gus was 7th in 1980 Oswego Classic (rookie of race), and 11th in 1982.
He won the 1982 Sandusky Hy-Miler Classic... In the Bible David slew Goliath. At Sandusky, Gus Olexen and Bruce Robey slew everybody. This year everybody played by Sandusky's rules, meaning the potent roadsters were running with smaller wings. It proved interesting right off the bat. On Friday night Bruce Robey passed Dave Shullick on the last lap of the Sprint/Roadster showdown and took the Clarence Miller Sprinter to victory lane. If this wasn't enough, the eternal underdog, Gus Olexson pushed the Leonard Ceiling #12 roadster to the front holding off the repeated challenges of Todd Gibson for one of the most popular wins ever at the Speedway.
  from Jeff L. and updated by SuperDave on 7/26/2011

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• 1982 Sandusky Hy-Miler Classic winner
• Sandusky Speedway Hall of Fame inductee