As an automobile race driver, Schwitzer won the first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS), a five-mile race on August 19, 1909. He is known to have started five races at IMS in 1909 and 1910. He also drove relief, for Harry Cobe, in the first Indianapolis 500. Schwitzer served on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Technical Committee from 1912 through 1945.