[3][4] He is one of three drivers to have participated in the Indianapolis 500 with a prosthetic leg, along with Al Miller and Cal Niday.
Schindler briefly switched to the AAA in 1940, and won the Bronx Coliseum Indoor championship.
He returned to his "outlaw" past when he was named the president of the newly formed American Racing Drivers Club (ARDC).
Schindler died in a sprint car racing crash in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in 1952.
Schindler was leading the race on the third lap when a car driven by Paul Becker lost a wheel and skidded into the fence.