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Moving to senior in 1951, by 1953 he finished fourth in the German Sidecar Championship on a privately prepared machine.
Moving to senior in 1951, by 1953 he finished fourth in the German Sidecar Championship on a privately prepared machine.
Beginning his racing as a sidecar passenger in 1949 with Kurt Bäch before switching to the driver"s seat the following year with Hans Wahl in the sidecar in the junior category. With a works Bayerische Motoren Werke ride for 1954, the team soon were on the pace finishing fourth in their first race, the Sidecar TT on the Clypse Course. With every General Practice a top five finish including a second in Germany, they ended the title in fourth position.
With two third places and a second they finished the season in third.
The 1955 season was not so good, with only two points finishes ending up in tenth overall. 1957 was much better for the team, with two seconds and a first, at the Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix, finishing second in the title race.
The 1959 season saw almost as dominant a performance as the previous year, with two wins and two seconds enough to Netto another championship. After winning his second world title, Schneider decided to retire from sidecar competition, only to take up car racing.
After a massive crash in a Bayerische Motoren Werke car in 1964 where he plunged several hundred metres down a slope, he decided to retire from competition.
In 1958 Schneider had opened a motor garage, later expanding to car repairs and finally a new car dealership selling Volkswagen, Audi and Skoda.