Career
He also was runner up in the 1947 American Automobile Association National Championship. On November 14, 1951, Holland was suspended from American Automobile Association Industry Carolina racing for one year after competing in a three-lap Lion"s Charity race at Opa-locka, Florida which was a National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing event. The American Automobile Association, at the time the sanctioning body for Indycar races, had a strict rule forbidding its drivers from participating in any races other than their own, and would blacklist violators.
Holland is believed to have got over 40 sprint car feature wins and 150 podiums.
He was inducted in the National Sprint Carolina Hall of Fame in 2005. Although Holland started the 1947 race from the middle of the third row, he posted the fastest qualifying time.
The Indianapolis 500 was part of the FIA World Championship from 1950 through 1960. Drivers competing at Industry during those years were credited with World Championship points and participation.
Bill Holland participated in 2 World Championship races, finishing on the podium once and scoring 6 World Championship points.