Glover Edwin Ruckstell (May 5, 1891[1] – May 28, 1963) was an American racing driver and engineer.

[1] Though not a full-time driver, he managed the Mercer team which competed in the 1915 Indianapolis 500.

Ruckstell became a Commissioned Captain of the United States Army Air Service in aircraft production in 1918, where he was in charge of the construction of the De Havilland airplane production at the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company.

As president of the company, he designed the Ruckstell Axle, a planetary gearing installed in the rear axle of the Ford Model T passenger car and Ford Model TT truck, and the Ruckstell-Burkhardt Auxiliary Aircraft Engines.

[1] In the mid-1930s Ruckstell became president of the Ruckstell-Burkhardt Engineering Company and he negotiated the contract and operated the Boulder Dam Recreational Area, under the Department of the Interior.