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| Birth Name: | Herbert Allen Ardinger | ||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 25 April 1910 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Glassport, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Death Place: | Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Herbert Allen Ardinger (April 25, 1910 – June 14, 1973) was an American racing driver.
Ardinger competed in eight AAA Championship Car races from 1934 to 1939, including the 1934, 1936, 1937, and 1938 Indianapolis 500 races - he failed to qualify in 1935 when driving a factory-supported Ford entered by Lew Welch.[1]
He finished sixth in the 1938 race in a front-drive Miller.
In 1947, Ardinger returned to the Speedway to serve as a replacement driver for Doc Williams in the Novi and finished a career-best fourth.[2]
Ardinger died on June 14, 1973, in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
| Year | Car | Start | Qual | Rank | Finish | Laps | Led | Retired | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | 24 | 14 | 111.722 | 22 | 10 | 200 | 0 | Running | |
| 1936 | 44 | 6 | 115.082 | 15 | 28 | 38 | 0 | Transmission | |
| 1937 | 54 | 3 | 121.983 | 5 | 22 | 106 | 2 | Rod | |
| 1938 | 54 | 14 | 119.022 | 24 | 6 | 199 | 0 | Flagged | |
| 1939 | 9 | 9 | 124.125 | 14 | 17 | 141 | 0 | Clutch | |
| 1947 | 54 | 4 | 120.733 | 19 | 4 | 200 | 0 | Running | |
| Totals | 884 | 2 | |||||||
| Starts | 6 | |
|---|---|---|
| Poles | 0 | |
| Front Row | 1 | |
| Wins | 0 | |
| Top 5 | 1 | |
| Top 10 | 3 | |
| Retired | 3 |