Walt Ader Explained

Walt Ader

Birth Name:

Walter Ader

Birth Date:

15 December 1912

Birth Place:

Long Valley, New Jersey, U.S.

Death Place:

Califon, New Jersey, U.S.

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Total Champ Races:

33+

Years In Champ:

Best Champ Pos:

6th (1946)

First Champ Race:

1946 Williams Grove Race #1 (Mechanicsburg)

Last Champ Race:

1950 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis)

First Champ Win:

1946 Williams Grove Race #1 (Mechanicsburg)

Last Champ Win:

1947 Atlanta 100 (Lakewood)

Champ Wins:

Champ Podiums:

Champ Poles:

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Races:	1
Championships:	0
Wins:	0
Podiums:	0
Points:	0
Poles:	0
Fastest Laps:	0
Last Race:	1950 Indianapolis 500

Walter Ader (December 15, 1912 – November 25, 1982) was an American racing driver.^[1] ^[2] ^[3]

During his racing career, Ader was a resident of Bernardsville, New Jersey.^[4] After his retirement from racing, Ader worked as a member of the Bernardsville volunteer fire department.^[5]

World Drivers' Championship career

The AAA/USAC-sanctioned Indianapolis 500 was included in the FIA World Drivers' Championship from 1950 through 1960. Drivers competing at Indianapolis during those years were credited with World Drivers' Championship participation, and were eligible to score WDC points alongside those which they may have scored towards the AAA/USAC National Championship.

Ader participated in one World Drivers' Championship race at Indianapolis. He finished in 22nd place, and he scored no World Drivers' Championship points.

Motorsports career results

Indianapolis 500 results

Year	Car	Start	Qual	Rank	Finish	Laps	Led	Retired
1950	27	29	129.940	25	22	123	0	Flagged
Totals						123	0

Starts	1
Poles	0
Front Row	0
Wins	0
Top 5	0
Top 10	0
Retired	0

AAA Championship Car results

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Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Rank	Points
1946	Norm Olson Racing	INDY	LAN	ATL	ISF	MIL	GOS								6th	850
1947	Andrews Racing	INDY	MIL	LAN	ATL	BAI	MIL	GOS	MIL	PIK	SPR	ARL			13th	380
1948	Bill Corley Racing	ARL	INDY	MIL	LAN	MIL	SPR	MIL	DQN	ATL	PIK	SPR	DQN		N/A	0
1950	Sampson Manufacturing	INDY	MIL	LAN	SPR	MIL	PIK	SYR	DET	SPR	SAC	PHX	BAY	DAR	N/A	0

1946 table only includes results of the six races run to "championship car" specifications. Points total includes the 71 races run to "big car" specifications.^[6] ^[7]

FIA World Drivers' Championship results

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Notes and References

Web site: Walt Ader . 2024-04-29 . Motorsport Memorial.
Web site: Walt Ader . 2023-06-30 . www.champcarstats.com.
Web site: Brown . Allen . Walt Ader . 2024-05-20 . OldRacingCars.com . en.
via Associated Press. "WALT ADER TAKES AUTO RACE HONORS; Jersey Driver Wins Feature at Williams Grove Before 41,743--Two Are Hurt", The New York Times, April 15, 1946. Accessed October 22, 2015. "The feature race was won by Walt Ader of Bernardsville, N. J., competing in the first big car race in this section."
Web site: Walt Ader AU . 2023-06-30 . www.njsportsheroes.com.
Web site: 1946 AAA National Championship Trail . 2024-05-20 . www.champcarstats.com.
Capps . H. Donald . October 2009 . The Curious Case of the 1946 Season: An Inconvenient Championship . Rear View Mirror . 7 . 2 . 1–16.