Phil Shafer Explained

Phil Shafer

Birth Name:

Phil Earl Shafer

Birth Date:

13 November 1891

Birth Place:

Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.

Death Place:

Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.

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Total Champ Races:	30
Years In Champ:	18
Best Champ Pos:	9th (1924)
First Champ Race:	1923 Beverly Hills 250 #2 (Beverly Hills)
Last Champ Race:	1952 Pikes Peak Hill Climb (Pikes Peak)
First Champ Win:	1924 Syracuse 150 (Syracuse)
Champ Wins:	1
Champ Podiums:	2
Champ Poles:	1

Phil Earl Shafer (November 13, 1891 – January 29, 1971) was an American racing driver and constructor.

Racing career

Shafer made 30 AAA Championship Car starts from 1923 to 1952. He captured one win in 1924 at the New York State Fairgrounds Raceway in Syracuse, New York. That year he finished a career best 9th in the National Championship. Shafer won the 1933 Elgin Trophy, considered to be the first officially organized stock car race in the United States.^[1] ^[2] His last oval or road course Championship Car start came in 1936 - afterwards the only Championship starts he made were in the Pikes Peak Auto Hillclimb.^[3] ^[4] He later built his own racing chassis.

Motorsports career results

Indianapolis 500 results

Year	Car	Start	Qual	Rank	Finish	Laps	Led	Retired
1925	9	22	103.523	16	3	200	13	Running
1926	4	5	106.647	5	10	146	16	Flagged
1929	17	18	111.628	17	12	150	0	Flagged
1930	15	8	102.279	13	7	200	0	Running
1931	12	23	105.103	28	12	200	0	Running
1932	33	26	110.708	25	11	197	0	Flagged
1934	26	6	113.816	12	16	130	0	Camshaft drive
Totals						1223	29

Starts	7
Poles	0
Front Row	0
Wins	0
Top 5	1
Top 10	3
Retired	1

Notes and References

Web site: Elgin National Road Races History . kalracing.com . 25 January 2024.
Web site: The 1933 Ford V-8 Roadster Elgin Race Car . 6 July 2020 . silodrome.com . 25 January 2024.
Web site: Brown . Allen . Phil 'Red' Shafer . 2024-01-16 . OldRacingCars.com . en.
Web site: Phil Shafer . 2024-01-16 . www.champcarstats.com.