# Bob Sall

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{{Short description|American racing driver (1908–1974)}}
{{sources needed|date=December 2025}}
{{Infobox racing driver
| name              = Bob Sall
| image             = 
| caption           = 
| birth_name        = Robert Sall Jr.
| birth_date        = {{Birth date|1908|01|22}}
| birth_place       = [Ridgewood, New Jersey](/source/Ridgewood%2C_New_Jersey), U.S.
| death_date        = {{Death date and age|1974|10|14|1908|01|22}}
| death_place       = [Cream Ridge, New Jersey](/source/Cream_Ridge%2C_New_Jersey), U.S.
| titles            = [AAA Eastern](/source/AAA_Contest_Board) [Big Car](/source/Sprint_car_racing) (1933)
| module1 = 
  {{Infobox Champ Car driver|embed=yes
  | Total_Champ_Races = 4
  | Years_In_Champ    = 4
  | Best_Champ_Pos    = 21st ([1937](/source/1937_AAA_Championship_Car_season))
  | First_Champ_Race  = [1934](/source/1934_AAA_Championship_Car_season) Mines Field Race ([Mines Field](/source/History_of_Los_Angeles_International_Airport))
  | Last_Champ_Race   = [1937](/source/1937_AAA_Championship_Car_season) Syracuse 100 ([Syracuse](/source/Syracuse_Mile))
  | Champ_Wins        = 0
  | Champ_Podiums     = 1
  | Champ_Poles       = 0
}}}}

'''Robert Sall Jr.''' (January 22, 1908 – October 14, 1974) was an American [racing driver](/source/racing_driver).

== Racing career ==

Sall was the Eastern big car champion in 1933.<ref>{{Cite web |title=AutoRacingRecords.com |url=https://www.autoracingrecords.com/series.php?srid=00233 |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=www.autoracingrecords.com}}</ref> He made four AAA [Championship Car](/source/Championship_Car) starts from 1934 through 1937, including the [1935 Indianapolis 500](/source/1935_Indianapolis_500), in which he drove a radical [front wheel drive](/source/front_wheel_drive) [Miller](/source/Harry_Miller_(auto_racing)) chassis powered by a [Ford](/source/Ford_Motor_Company) V8 engine.<ref>[http://www.champcarstats.com/drivers/SallBob.htm Bob Sall], ''Champ Car Stats'', Retrieved 2010-06-15</ref> Sall was primarily a [big car](/source/sprint_car_racing) racer, and he later became [NASCAR](/source/NASCAR)'s Eastern field manager.<ref>Jenkins, Richard. [http://www.champcarstats.com/drivers/SallBob.htm Bob Sall], ''Old Racing Cars'', Retrieved 2010-06-15</ref>

== Awards and honors ==

Sall was inducted in the [National Sprint Car Hall of Fame](/source/National_Sprint_Car_Hall_of_Fame_%26_Museum) in 1992.

== Motorsports career results ==

=== Indianapolis 500 results ===

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{{col-break}}
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Year
!Car
!Start
!Qual
!Rank
!Finish
!Laps
!Led
!Retired
|-
![1935](/source/1935_Indianapolis_500)
|46
|33
|110.519
|33
|29
|47
|0
|Steering
|-
|colspan=6|'''Totals'''
|47
|0
|
|}
{{col-break|gap=1em}}
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Starts
|1
|-
!Poles
|0
|-
!Front Row
|0
|-
!Wins
|0
|-
!Top 5
|0
|-
!Top 10
|0
|-
!Retired
|1
|}
{{col-end}}

== References ==

{{Reflist}}

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Category:1908 births
Category:1974 deaths
Category:Indianapolis 500 drivers
Category:National Sprint Car Hall of Fame inductees
Category:Sportspeople from Ridgewood, New Jersey
Category:Racing drivers from Bergen County, New Jersey
Category:20th-century American sportsmen

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