Walt Ader

Walt Ader

Nation:	United States
Automobile world championship
First start:	Indianapolis 500 1950
Last start:	Indianapolis 500 1950
Constructors
1950  Sampson Manufacturing Company
statistics
World Cup balance:	WM-53. ( 1950 )
Starts Victories Poles SR 1 - - -
World Cup points :	-
Podiums :	-
Leadership laps :	-

Walter "Walt" Ader (born December 15, 1913 in Long Valley , New Jersey , † December 25, 1982 in Califon , New Jersey) was an American racing driver .

Career

Ader began his racing career in 1936. This was soon interrupted by the Second World War. After the war he started in 1946 for the first time in a run of the AAA National Series - one of the predecessor series of today's Champ Car Series , whose championship also included the Indianapolis 500 . In the 1947 season Ader took part in a total of ten runs of the series and was able to win the race in Atlanta . In total, he reached 380 points this year and was 13th in the final ranking.

Since the 500 miles from Indianapolis were also part of the Formula 1 World Championship between 1950 and 1960 , Walt Ader drove a single F1 World Championship run. Ader started the race on May 30, 1950 with a Rae- Offenhauser , reported by Sampson Manufacturing Co. , from 29th place on the grid and reached 22nd place, 15 laps behind the winner, Johnnie Parsons . The race was stopped on lap 138 due to the persistent rain.

statistics

Results table Formula 1 World Championship races

year	team	dare	engine	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	WM	Points
1950	Sampson Manufacturing Co.	Rae	Offenhauser	GBR	MON	500 22	SUI	BEL	FRA	ITA	53.	0

Indy 500 results

year	Start number	begin	Agony (km / h)	Result	Round	guide	failure
1947	6th	DNQ
1948	45	DNQ
1950	27	29	209.099	22nd	123	0

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

literature

• Rick Popely, L. Spencer Riggs: Indianapolis 500 Chronicle. Publications International Ltd., Lincolnwood IL 1998, ISBN 0-7853-2798-3 .

Web links

• Image: Walt Ader (center, with trophy)