Thomas Paul Hinnershitz (April 6, 1912 – August 1, 1999) was an American racing driver.
During his 30-year career, Hinnershitz captured 103 American Automobile Association (AAA) and United States Auto Club (USAC) sanctioned victories,[2] and won seven AAA/USAC East Coast sprint car championships (1949–1952, 1955–1956, and 1959).
[2] Thomas Paul Hinnershitz was born on a farm near Oley, Pennsylvania.
[4] Hinnershitz began racing in 1930 with a 1914 Model T at Reading Fairgrounds Speedway.
[4] Hinnershitz raced his midget car with a boat outboard motor at the 1/6-mile, 45-degree Nutley, New Jersey, bicycle board track Velodrome in the late 1930s.
[2][3] Hinnershitz's passed his Indianapolis Motor Speedway test in 1939 but did not qualify for the race.
[4] He won the first feature at Williams Grove Speedway, a AAA Sprint car race.
"[4] Hinnershitz continued to work in the racing field for several more years as an Indy car mechanic.