Alan "Dutch" Schaefer was also the name of
Arnold Schwarzenegger's
character in the original Predator
movie
Ed "Dutch" Schaefer (?
– March 1978) was an
American
racecar driver.
Schaefer
was 1940 champion at the track at Cedarhurst, New York
. He won the 1946 and 1948 track championships
at Philadelphia
’s Yellow Jacket
Speedway. He was a four time
American Racing Drivers Club
(ARDC)
midget car champion (1956,
1957, 1960, and 1965). He served as President of the East Coast
regional racing organization from 1952 to 1968.
Schaefer once won a
USAC national midget
event at Hershey,
Pennsylvania
by lapping the entire field. He later became
the President of the Super Midget Racing Club, and won the series'
title in 1973. He died in 1978.
Career awards
Schaefer was elected to the
National Midget Auto
Racing Hall of Fame in 1999.
References
- Biography at the National Midget Auto
Racing Hall of Fame