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{{short description|American racing driver}}
{{For|the baseball player|Bill Endicott (baseball)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox racing driver
| name = Bill Endicott
| image = Harry-&-Bill-Endicott.jpg
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| caption = Endicott (left) with brother [[Harry Endicott|Harry]], circa 1913
| nationality = {{flagicon|USA}} American
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1876|11|5}}
| birth_place = [[Montgomery, Indiana|Montgomery]], [[Indiana]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1944|6|7|1876|11|5}}
| death_place = [[Indianapolis]], Indiana
| retired =
| related to = [[Harry Endicott]] (brother)
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| years active = 1902 - 1921
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| awards = [[List of National Sprint Car Hall of Fame inductees|National Sprint Car Hall of Fame]] (2019)
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'''"Farmer" Bill Endicott''' (November 5, 1876 – June 7, 1944) was an American [[racecar driver]].<ref name=OldRacingCarsBillEndicott>{{cite web |url= http://www.oldracingcars.com/driver/Bill_Endicott|title= Bill Endicott|website= OldRacingCars.com |access-date= June 14, 2016}}</ref> He raced in three [[Indianapolis 500]] races in the 1910s. Endicott raced on several IMCA circuits in the United States and Canada in the 1910s and 1920s.

==Biography==
He was born on November 5, 1876, in [[Montgomery, Indiana|Montgomery]], [[Indiana]]. He was the older brother of [[Harry Endicott]].<ref name="NSCHoF" /> He died on June 7, 1944, in [[Indianapolis]], Indiana.<ref name=OldRacingCarsBillEndicott />

==Racing career==
[[File:FondDuLacWisconsinCountyFairgrounds.jpg|thumb|right|Fond du Lac (WI) Fairgrounds]]
Endicott was working as a farmer until his racing career began in 1902.<ref name="NSCHoF">{{cite web |title="Wild" Bill Endicott (click on his name) |url=https://www.sprintcarhof.com/pages/hall-of-fame.aspx |website=[[National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum|National Sprint Car Hall of Fame]] |accessdate=September 12, 2020 |format=pdf}}</ref> He started 14 events in late 1909 to early 1910; he won ten of them and finished second in the other four.<ref name="NSCHoF" /> He won nine more races by the end of 1910.<ref name="NSCHoF" /> Endicott set a 24 hour endurance record at [[Brighton Beach Race Course|Brighton Beach Dirt Track]] by completing {{convert|936|mi|km}} in 18 hours.<ref name="NSCHoF" /> He also set record times for 5, 10, 25, 75, and 100 miles at [[Beverly Hills Speedway]].<ref name="NSCHoF" /> Endicott raced throughout the United States at dirt tracks with wins at Atlanta (GA), Louisville (KY), and Long Island (NY).<ref name="NSCHoF" /> In 1912, he finished fifth in the [[1912 Indianapolis 500|Indianapolis 500]].<ref name="NSCHoF" /> Endicott also had dirt wins at Old Orchard (ME), [[Fond du Lac County Fair|Fond du Lac (WI)]], [[Milwaukee Mile]], and Peoria (IL).<ref name="NSCHoF" /> He retired from racing after his brother [[Harry Endicott|Harry]] died in September 1913.<ref name="NSCHoF" />

He missed the adventure of racing and returned in 1915.<ref name="NSCHoF" /> Endicott did a [[publicity stunt]] for [[Buick]] where he drove a Buick car at 1 mile per hour for the entire length of Capital Avenue to demonstrate that the automobile would ride smoothly at any speed.<ref name="NSCHoF" /> He won an early season [[American Automobile Association]] [[AAA Contest Board|Contest Board race]] at [[Columbus, Ohio]].<ref name="NSCHoF" /> Endicott raced the rest of the season on the [[International Motor Contest Association]] (IMCA) circuit.<ref name="NSCHoF" /> He took wins at Detroit (MI), two at Lincoln (NE), and Hutchinson (KS).<ref name="NSCHoF" /> In 1916, he won races at Zanesville (OH), Hutchinson, Ottawa (KS), Shreveport (LA), Detroit, Lincoln, and Helena (MT).<ref name="NSCHoF" /> In 1917, Endicott won races at El Dorado (KS), two at Salina (KS), Beatrice (NE), Hiawatha (KS), Ottawa (KS), Wichita (KS), and two at Fargo (ND).<ref name="NSCHoF" /> He had some wins in Canada in 1918: Calgary (AB), River Park (MB) as well as United States wins at Lincoln, Topeka, and Hutchinson.<ref name="NSCHoF" /> In 1919, he took Canadian wins at Edmonton (AB) and Weyburn (SK) and United States wins at Muskogee (OK), and Dallas (TX).<ref name="NSCHoF" />

Endicott started the [[Roaring Twenties]] in the IMCA Eastern circuit<ref name="NSCHoF" /> with wins at Fitchburg (MA) and Medford (MA) in 1920.<ref name="NSCHoF" /> In 1921, he won at Fitchburg, Lewiston (ME), and North Adams (MA).<ref name="NSCHoF" /> His last full season happened in 1922 and he won at Huron (SD) and two times at Sioux City (IA).<ref name="NSCHoF" />

==Life after racing==
He returned to farming after his racing career ended.<ref name="NSCHoF" /> He also worked as a [[Traffic police|traffic cop]].<ref name="NSCHoF" /> For a short time, Endicott ran an automobile dealership selling [[Cole Motor Car Company|Cole]] and [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] cars.<ref name="NSCHoF" />

==Awards==
He was inducted into the [[List of National Sprint Car Hall of Fame inductees|National Sprint Car Hall of Fame]] on June 1, 2019, in Knoxville, Iowa. His award was accepted by his grandson, David Owens, of Marion, Indiana and his great grandson, John Owens of Mebane, North Carolina.

==Indianapolis 500 results==
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{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Year
!Car
!Start
!Qual
!Rank
!Finish
!Laps
!Led
!Retired
|-
![[1911 Indianapolis 500|1911]]
|42
|37
|—
|—
|26
|126
|0
|Flagged
|-
![[1912 Indianapolis 500|1912]]
|18
|15
|80.570
|15
|5
|200
|0
|Running
|-
![[1913 Indianapolis 500|1913]]
|33
|9
|85.700
|5
|27
|1
|0
|Drive shaft
|-
|colspan=6|'''Totals'''
|327
|0
|
|}
{{col-break|gap=1em}}
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Starts
|3
|-
!Poles
|0
|-
!Front Row
|0
|-
!Wins
|0
|-
!Top 5
|1
|-
!Top 10
|1
|-
!Retired
|1
|}
{{col-end}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Endicott, Bill}}
[[Category:1876 births]]
[[Category:1944 deaths]]
[[Category:Indianapolis 500 drivers]]
[[Category:People from Daviess County, Indiana]]
[[Category:Racing drivers from Indiana]]

Bill Endicott - Revision history

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