Bill Horstmeyer began his racing career in midgets racing with the Badger Midget Racing Assoc. Bill moved up into the IMCA Sprint cars where he was very successful. Bill purchased a Championship Dirt Car and entered the "Tony Bettenhausen Memorial", a 100 mile race on the one mile dirt oval at Springfield, Il. Bill's car brushed the outside wall coming out of turn four on the 24th lap and began a series of violent flips, stopping upside down. The car burst into flames and Bill received severe burns from which he died several hours later in St. John's Hospital.
Bill Horstmeyer began his racing career in midgets racing with the Badger Midget Racing Assoc. Bill moved up into the IMCA Sprint cars where he was very successful. Bill purchased a Championship Dirt Car and entered the "Tony Bettenhausen Memorial", a 100 mile race on the one mile dirt oval at Springfield, Il. Bill's car brushed the outside wall coming out of turn four on the 24th lap and began a series of violent flips, stopping upside down. The car burst into flames and Bill received severe burns from which he died several hours later in St. John's Hospital.
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