Passwater was born in Indianapolis, Indiana and he attended Danville Community High School.
[1] He served in the United States Navy between 1942 and 1945 during World War II and was a Presbyterian.
[2] He won the fifth race of the 1953 NASCAR Grand National Series season at Charlotte Speedway in his 1953 Oldsmobile.
[2] He retired because car owner Frank Arford had died in a crash in Langhorne, PA while attempting to qualify for the race.
[6] He opened a car body repair shop named Passwater's Auto Specialists in Broad Ripple.