{{Short description|American racing driver}} {{sources needed|date=April 2026}} thumb|180px|Zaring, circa 1950 '''Bill Zaring''' (August 24, 1917 – May 19, 2003)<ref name="racingwest">[http://www.racingwest.com/news/articles/15540-orange-show-speedway-starts-on-next-60-years.html racingwest.com (retrieved 16 October 2008)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716105039/http://www.racingwest.com/news/articles/15540-orange-show-speedway-starts-on-next-60-years.html |date=16 July 2011 }}</ref> was an American racecar driver who raced midget cars in Southern California.<ref name="oldracingcars">{{Cite web |url=http://speedstylemagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=281&Itemid=31 |title=Speed Style Magazine (retrieved 8 October 2008) |access-date=16 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101129070144/http://speedstylemagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=281&Itemid=31 |archive-date=29 November 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> A native of Southern California, he was born in North Hollywood.
==Racing== Zaring earned his name of "Daring" Bill Zaring and "Wild Bill" due to his aggressive style of racing on the oval track. He began racing in 1938 in Colton, California. He, finished in the money consistently and won the URA Red Circuit title in 1948.<ref name="oldracingcars"/> Zaring was one of the many drivers who raced for the Edelbrock racing team.
Zaring won the first main event at the Orange Show Stadium in San Bernardino.<ref name="racingwest"/><ref name="NationalOrangeShow">[https://archive.today/20070816162007/http://www.nationalorangeshow.com/OSS_2007/Press_Releases/pr_07-another_60_years.htm National Orange Show.com (retrieved 14 January 2009)]</ref>
On November 23, 1950, Zaring won the 'Midget Grand Prix' (now Turkey Night Grand Prix), which was the final event at famed Gilmore Stadium<ref name="racingwest"/><ref name="motorsports.com">[http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=35830&FS=USAC-M MotorSports.com article (retrieved 20 October 2008)]</ref>
Zaring raced big cars (now known as Indy Cars) from 1948 to 1955, which were ''big'' when compared to midget cars. He never achieved the fame racing them as when he did while driving midgets.
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