Mervyn "Merv" Treichler (born July 28, 1944) is a retired American stock car racing driver who competed on both asphalt and dirt surfaces. In 1970, he won the Race of Champions, the premier asphalt race for modifieds. He also claimed the marquee events for dirt modifieds at Super Dirt Week in 1981 and 1982.
Racing career Treichler established himself in racing in Western New York at the paved Lancaster Speedway where he won multiple track championships, and at the dirt track at Ransomville. He went on to compete successfully at the east coast race tracks from Florida to Canada, including the Flemington Speedway, New Jersey; Langhorne Speedway, Pennsylvania, Sharon Speedway Ohio; and in New York the Lebanon Valley Speedway, Oswego Speedway, and the Syracuse Mile; along with the road courses at Daytona Florida and Watkins Glen New York.
In 1984, Treichler turned his attention to the NASCAR Busch Series, where he competed part time until retiring from racing in 1987. He was inducted into the Eastern Motorsports Press Association Hall of Fame, the New York State Stock Car Association Hall of Fame, and the Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame.
Motorsports career results NASCAR (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) Busch Series NASCAR Busch Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Pts Ref 1984 J & J Racing 26 Olds DAY14 RCH CAR HCY MARDARROUNSVLGYMLWDOVCLTSBOHCYROU SBO ROU HCY IRP LGYSBO BRI DAR RCH NWS CLT HCY CAR MAR 78th 121 1985 58 DAY 11 CAR 18 HCY BRI MAR DAR 15 SBO LGY DOV 27 CLT 37 SBO HCY ROU IRP SBO LGY HCY 31st 792 Genesee Truck Sales MLW 20BRI DAR 35RCHNWSROU CLT 34 HCY CAR 28 MAR 1986 DAY42 CAR HCY DOV 18 CLT 41 SBO HCY ROU DAR 33RCH DOV 26ROU CLT41 CAR 34th 775 Chevy MAR9 BRI DAR SBO LGY JFC IRP29 SBO RAL13 OXF SBO HCY LGY ROU BRI MAR26 MAR161987J & J Racing Buick DAY37 HCY52nd165 Chevy MAR31DAR'BRILGYSBOMagnum OilBuick CLT40DOVIRPROUJFCOXFSBOHCYRALLGYROUBRIJFCDARRCHDOVMARCLTCARMAR
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Merv Treichler with race car