# Lester Spangler

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**Lester Spangler** (January 15, 1906 – May 30, 1933) was an American [racing driver](/source/Racing_driver). Spangler raced with great success at Los Angeles' [Legion Ascot Speedway](/source/Legion_Ascot_Speedway), which led him to move up to [AAA Championship Car racing](/source/American_open-wheel_car_racing).

## Death

Spangler and his [riding mechanic](/source/Riding_mechanic) Monk Jordan died in [Speedway, Indiana](/source/Speedway,_Indiana), while competing in the [1933 Indianapolis 500](/source/1933_Indianapolis_500). With Spangler on the 132nd lap,[1] the car driven by [Malcolm Fox](/source/Malcolm_Fox_(racing_driver)) spun coming out of turn one, and was rolling slowly towards the top the track. Spangler tried to get by on the outside, but ran out of room and hit Fox head on. Spangler's car rolled over while still maintaining speed, ejecting the driver and mechanic.[2]

The race was Spangler's second AAA Championship Car start, having made his debut at the [Oakland Speedway](/source/Oakland_Speedway) the previous year.[3]

## Motorsports career results

### Indianapolis 500 results

Year Car Start Qual Rank Finish Laps Led Retired 1933 15 7 116.903 8 26 132 0 Crash T1 Totals 132 0

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

## References

1. Brown, Allen. ["Les Spangler"](https://www.oldracingcars.com/driver/Les_Spangler). *OldRacingCars.com*. Retrieved 2024-03-11.

1. [From Motor, The Automotive Business Magazine, June 1933](http://www.rumbledrome.com/motor.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20081122005316/http://www.rumbledrome.com/motor.html) November 22, 2008 at the Wayback Machine

1. ["Les Spangler"](http://www.champcarstats.com/drivers/SpanglerLes.htm). *www.champcarstats.com*. Retrieved 2024-03-11.

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