Frankie Schneider

Infobox NASCAR driver
Name = Frankie Schneider


Birthdate = birth date and age|1926|8|11
Birthplace = flagicon|USA Lambertville, New Jersey
Best_Cup_Pos = 20th - 1957 (Grand National)
Cup_Wins = 1
Cup_Top_Tens = 16
Cup_Poles = 1
First_Cup_Race = 1949 Hamburg Speedway
First_Cup_Win = 1958 Old Dominion Speedway
Last_Cup_Win = 1958 Old Dominion Speedway
Last_Cup_aRace = 1958 Starkey Speedway
Awards = 1952 NASCAR modified champion
Years_In_Cup = 7
Total_Cup_Races = 27

Frankie Schneider (born August 11 1926) of Lambertville, New Jersey was a stock car, modified, midget, and sprint car racer. He had one NASCAR Grand National (now Sprint Cup) victory at Old Dominion Speedway in 1958. He also won the 1952 NASCAR modified title, where it is suspected that he scored at least 100 wins. [http://www.nascar.com/2006/news/headlines/cup/01/29/countdown.daytona.newjersey/index.html nascar.com article on NJ drivers] ] Frankie Schneider earned his nickname "The Old Master" through his ability to master anything with wheels.

Career highlights

Schneider began his career in 1947 by winning $70 for driving his street car to a seventh place at Flemington Speedway. [http://www.legendsofnascar.com/Frankie_Schneider.htm Biography] at legendsofnascar.com, Retrieved July 20 2007] Schneider is believed to have won at least 750 races in the next thirty years. He routinely raced in several classes at eight races per week. He reportedly scored at least 100 wins again in 1958. Schneider won the Langhorne National Open, the country's top event for Sportsman and Modified racers, in 1954 and 1962. He scored his last feature win in 1977 at the 1/2-mile dirt track Nazareth Speedway. [http://www.diecastdigest.com/2002/Jan_02/JonClifton.htm] He has competed in almost all 50 states as well as other countries.fact|date=July 2007 He still occasionally races at Orange County Fair in a Modified. He was recently voted driver of the century by Area Auto Racing News.

Schneider's career is the subject of the video "The Old Master: Frankie Schneider". [ [https://www.sprintcarstuff.com/ProductDetail.aspx?id=415 Online Store ] ]

References

External links

* [http://racing-reference.info/driver?id=schnefr01 Driving statistics at racing-reference.info]
* [http://www.o-graham.com/photopage154.html Images]