Bill Schindler
Race car driver, Deceased Person
1909 – 1952
Who was Bill Schindler?
Bill Schindler was an American racecar driver.
He began racing in 1931 in a sprint car. He was racing midget cars on the East Coast of the United States at their introduction in 1934. Schindler lost his left leg from above the knee while racing in a Champ car race in 1936 at Mineola, L.I. He is one of three drivers to have participated in the Indianapolis 500 with a prosthetic leg.
Schindler was part of a group determined to keep the AAA out of the East Coast in 1937. He was elected president of the "outlaw" group. Schindler briefly switched to the AAA in 1940, and won the Bronx Coliseum Indoor championship. He returned to his “outlaw” past when he was named the president of the newly formed American Racing Drivers Club. He served as president for the club's first six years. Schindler won ARDC championships in 1940, 1945, 1946 and 1948. In both 1947 and 1948 he won 53 midget car feature races.
Schindler joined the AAA so he could race in the Indianapolis 500 in 1950, 1951, and 1952.
Schindler died in a sprint car racing crash in Allentown, Pennsylvania in 1952.
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- Born
- Mar 6, 1909
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Sep 20, 1952
Allentown
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on July 23, 2013
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