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| Birth Name: | Lester Spangler | ||||||||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 15 January 1906 | ||||||||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Brook, Indiana, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||
| Death Place: | Speedway, Indiana, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||
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Lester Spangler (January 15, 1906 – May 30, 1933) was an American racing driver. Spangler raced with great success at Los Angeles' Legion Ascot Speedway, which led him to move up to AAA Championship Car racing.
Spangler and his riding mechanic Monk Jordan died in Speedway, Indiana, while competing in the 1933 Indianapolis 500. With Spangler on the 132nd lap,[1] the car driven by Malcolm Fox spun coming out of turn one, and was rolling slowly towards the top the track. Spangler tried to get by on the outside, but ran out of room and hit Fox head on. Spangler's car rolled over while still maintaining speed, ejecting the driver and mechanic.[2]
The race was Spangler's second AAA Championship Car start, having made his debut at the Oakland Speedway the previous year.[3]
| Year | Car | Start | Qual | Rank | Finish | Laps | Led | Retired | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 | 15 | 7 | 116.903 | 8 | 26 | 132 | 0 | Crash T1 | |
| Totals | 132 | 0 | |||||||
| Starts | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Poles | 0 | |
| Front Row | 0 | |
| Wins | 0 | |
| Top 5 | 0 | |
| Top 10 | 0 | |
| Retired | 1 |