Bill Sheffler
American racing driver
Intro | American racing driver | |
Places | United States of America | |
was | Engineer | |
Work field | Engineering | |
Gender |
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Birth | 23 August 1917 | |
Death | 28 June 1949 (aged 31 years) | |
Star sign | Virgo |
Bayard Taylor "Bill" Sheffler (23 August 1917 in El Paso, Texas – 28 June 1949 in Trenton, New Jersey) was an American racecar driver active during the 1940s.
Sheffler made 15 AAA Championship Car starts, including the 1946 Indianapolis 500 where he finished 9th, and eleven races in 1948, when he finished fourth in the National Championship. He died from injuries sustained in a practice crash prior to the 1949 Championship Car race at Trenton Speedway.
Starts | 3 | |||||||
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Year | Car | Start | Qual | Rank | Finish | Laps | Led | Retired |
1946 | 39 | 25 | 120.611 | 23 | 9 | 139 | 0 | Flagged |
1948 | 53 | 24 | 124.529 | 17 | 18 | 132 | 0 | Spark plugs |
1949 | 4 | 22 | 128.521 | 10 | 17 | 160 | 0 | Rod |
Totals | 431 | 0 | ||||||
Starts | 3 | |||||||
Poles | 0 | |||||||
Front Row | 0 | |||||||
Wins | 0 | |||||||
Top 5 | 0 | |||||||
Top 10 | 1 | |||||||
Retired | 2 | |||||||
1946 | 39 | 25 | 120.611 | 23 | 9 | 139 | 0 | Flagged |
1948 | 53 | 24 | 124.529 | 17 | 18 | 132 | 0 | Spark plugs |
1949 | 4 | 22 | 128.521 | 10 | 17 | 160 | 0 | Rod |
Totals | 431 | 0 | ||||||
Poles | 0 | |||||||
Front Row | 0 | |||||||
Wins | 0 | |||||||
Top 5 | 0 | |||||||
Top 10 | 1 | |||||||
Retired | 2 |