Linder raced USAC open wheel as well as NASCAR stock cars.

He and his brother Gus Linder are members of The Pittsburgh Circle Track Club Hall of Fame.

During a USAC Champ Car event at Trenton Speedway in April 1959, Linder tried to avoid hitting Don Branson, who was spinning in front of him.

His racer crashed through the guard rail and rolled over once, landing on its wheels.

[2][3] Linder's Vargo Special was the same car in which Van Johnson would be killed a few months,[4] Hugh Randall a few years later.