Bob Loga | |
Birth Date: | 1940 |
Death Place: | Birmingham, Alabama, United States |
Death Cause: | Automobile accident |
Organization: | Automobile Racing Club of America |
Occupation: | Businessman |
Co-President President | |
Term: | 1981 - 1990 1990 - 1996 |
Predecessor: | John Marcum |
Successor: | Ron Drager |
Spouse: | Cora |
Children: | 3 |
Robert John "Bob" Loga (1940 - April 27, 1996) was an American stock car racing official, and was the president of the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) between 1990 and 1996.
A resident of Temperance, Michigan, Loga joined ARCA as an official in 1962,[1] and had been promoted to assist in leading the sanctioning body in 1981,[2] along with Rollo Juckette,[3] becoming president of the organisation in 1990.[1]
On April 26, 1996, Loga was involved in an automobile accident while leaving Talladega Superspeedway. He died the following afternoon at the University of Alabama Birmingham Medical Center.[4] ARCA annually awards the Bob Loga Memorial Scholarship in his honor.[5]