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National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame
Ed "Dutch"
Schaefer
Inducted into
the Hall of fame in 1999
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Remembered as the man who saved the ARDC from extinction,
Dutch Schaefer was more than a great President, he was one
whale of a race car driver.
Dutch began his winning ways in 1940 by winning the
Cedarhurst, New York Championship. He won the track Champ-ionship
at Philadelphia’s Yellow Jacket Speedway in both 1946 and
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Schaefer was elected President of the oldest midget racing
club in the East in 1952. Near the point of extinction, Dutch
managed to hold together a small group of devoted ARDC car
owners and drivers, and brought the club and midget racing on
the East Coast, back into the limelight.
It is ironic that in 1968 , the year Ed “Dutch”
Schaefer was displaced as the President of the Club, ARDC
scheduled 51 races and raced for prize money exceeding
$93,000.
Schaefer won the ARDC Championship in 1956, ’57, ’60
and ’65. He won a USAC race at Hershey, Pa. beating the
nation’s top drivers by a full lap.
Dutch was the President of the Super Midget Racing Club
and won that club’s title in 1973.
Dutch Schaefer died in March of 1978.
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