Phil Shafer
{{Short description|American racing driver (1891–1971)}}
{{Infobox racing driver
| name = Phil Shafer
| image =
| caption =
| birth_name = Phil Earl Shafer
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1891|11|13}}
| birth_place = Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1971|01|29|1891|11|13}}
| death_place = Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.
| module1 =
{{Infobox Champ Car driver|embed=yes
| 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
File:Buick Shafer 8 Instruments.jpg
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.{{cite web |url=http://www.kalracing.com/Autoracing/Elgin_National_Road_Races_History.htm |title=Elgin National Road Races History |publisher=kalracing.com |access-date=25 January 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://silodrome.com/1933-ford-roadster-elgin-national-road-race-car/ |title=The 1933 Ford V-8 Roadster Elgin Race Car |date=6 July 2020 |publisher=silodrome.com |access-date=25 January 2024}} 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.{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=Allen |title=Phil 'Red' Shafer |url=https://www.oldracingcars.com/driver/Red_Shafer |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=OldRacingCars.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Phil Shafer |url=http://www.champcarstats.com/drivers/ShaferPhil.htm |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=www.champcarstats.com}} He later built his own racing chassis.
Motorsports career results
= Indianapolis 500 results =
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| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| 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 |
| colspan=6|Totals
|1223 |29 | |
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| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| Starts
|7 |
|---|
| Poles
|0 |
| Front Row
|0 |
| Wins
|0 |
| Top 5
|1 |
| Top 10
|3 |
| Retired
|1 |
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