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PRESENTS THIS WEEKS DRIVER PROFILE

DON Lindner

The truck driver from Milwaukee, Don Lindner, came to California
in 1962 and has been driving for Universal Studios for the past ten
years. Trucks are not the only thing .he drives, you can bet on that.
Because of his driving experience here at Saugus, which began in 1971
Don is the man Universal puts behind the wheel of the camera car on
many racing sequences for T.V. and movies. Last year he was in "The
Hulk" and "B,J. & The Bears". He also drove the camera car for a new
series on now, "When The Whistle Blows".
Mr. Lindner has been to Riverside four different times in Grand
Nationa l events. In his words, "Two hundred miles an hour at River-
side is a lot different than the speeds we do here".
Although don's not married at present, he has an 18 year old son, Todd, in Milwaukee.
Between driving for Universal, stock car racing at the "Super Track" and anywhere else he
can, and girl friend, Kathy Knudsen, Don Doesn't have much time for anything else.
Currently in his fifth year in the Modified division, or what ever the top division was
before the Modifieds, Don manages to go faster and harder each year. "My only· problem is
that someone else manages to go faster yet," says Don. Last year he finished fifth in the
points race and is currently in seventh. He cites his worst experience as an incident that
happened just this season. His car got "airborne" and came down on Dan Press•s windshield
and hood, however, nobody got hurt or upside down.
The Owner of the #46 Camaro that Don Drives is his brother Bill who also builds the
engines. It sports a Stock Car Products chassis with a small block chevy motor. The crew
consists of Bill Spears, Chuck Miner, Harry Brady and Patti Burgett.
Mr. Lindner, I enjoyed talking to you and getting to know you a little better and thanks
for the opportunity to let the fans know more about Don Lindner.
Hopefully, the fans will stop by your pit area after the races and say hello to the man
born tje dau after Christmas in 1942. Thanks again, Donl
"Irish"

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