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Lindemann graduated from high school in 1940.
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Bud Lindemann
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He joined the United States Coast Guard during World World War II, and was stationed on the United States Ship Eastwind (IX-234) in the North Atlantic. Lindemann worked briefly in radio in Boston following the war before moving to Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1946. "Big Bud" (another nickname) then became actively involved in motor sports in the mid-1950s as an announcer at the now-defunct Grand Rapids Speedrome.
He later worked at the Berlin Raceway and the Kalamazoo Speedway until the mid-1960s.
In 1964, while working for the WZZM-television broadcasting company, he developed a program called "Autoscope". The show featured local races as well as some national events.
"Autoscope" became a local success, and in 1967 Lindemann expanded by forming his own production company, "Carolina & Track Productions", owned by Lindemann himself and operated by many of his own family members. Subsequently, he sought to produce the first nationally syndicated television show devoted to motor sports and many additional auto forums.
Entitled "Carolina and Track", the show was carried by over 160 stations across the country and covered over 250 racing and auto events.
In 1975 "Carolina and Track" ended its eight-year run on Columbia Broadcasting System. The show was resurrected for reruns on the cable network Speedvision (now the Speed Channel) in 1996. In 1976, "Carolina & Track Productions" began producing racing features for major sports shows, including "American Broadcasting Company"s Wide World of Sports" and "Columbia Broadcasting System Sports Spectacular". Lindemann also initiated another new trend by producing ten-minute motor sports-related theatrical shorts.
lieutenant is believed that he continued these until his next creative venture in 1979 when he produced a new series featuring author George Plimpton of "Paper Lion" fame in 1979.
Entitled "The Ultimate High", the program followed George as he participated in various sporting endeavors. Some of these included skydiving, hang gliding, kayaking and windsurfing.
Plimton was also filmed driving a Carl Haas Can-Am car and sharing an IndyCar ride with a rookie driver named Bobby Rahal. The Grand Rapids Press makes reference to the passing of Gordon "Bud" Lindemann in 1983 due to cancer.
