Willie Haupt Explained

Willie Haupt

Birth Name:

William Edward Haupt

Birth Date:

10 July 1885

Birth Place:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

Death Place:

Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, U.S.

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Total Champ Races:	11
Years In Champ:	5
First Champ Race:	1909 Founder's Week Trophy (Fairmount Park)
Last Champ Race:	1920 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis)
Champ Wins:	0
Champ Podiums:	1
Champ Poles:	0

William Edward Haupt (July 10, 1885 – April 16, 1966)^[1] was an American racing driver.

Racing career

Haupt drove in four Indianapolis 500s - 1913 thru 1915, and also in the 1920 - with his best finish of ninth coming in the 1913. For a period of time he may have managed the racing activities of Erwin Bergdoll.^[2]

Later career

In 1918, Haupt was an engineer for Haupt & Shaffer Co.,^[3] and during the Second World War, he worked as an engineer in the aircraft engine laboratory of the Philadelphia Navy Yard.^[4]

Motorsports career results

Indianapolis 500 results^[5]

Year	Car	Start	Qual	Rank	Finish	Laps	Retired
1913	35	15	80.760	18	9	200	Running
1914	43	28	89.390	15	12	200	Running
1915	28	24	80.360	24	11	200	Running
1920	34	13	85.480	16	16	146	Rod
Totals						746

Starts	4
Poles	0
Front Row	0
Wins	0
Top 5	0
Top 10	1
Retired	1

Notes and References

Web site: Social Security Death Index. FamilySearch.
Web site: Brown . Allen . Willie Haupt . 2023-12-24 . OldRacingCars.com . en.
Web site: WWI Draft Registration Card Record. FamilySearch.
Web site: WWII Draft Registration Card. FamilySearch.
Web site: Driver Stats. IndianapolisMotorSpeedway.com . 2016-05-16.