Phil Shafer


Phil Earl "Red" Shafer 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 ninth in the National Championship. Shafer won the 1933 Elgin National Trophy. 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. He later built his own racing chassis.

Motorsports career results

Indianapolis 500 results

Starts7
Poles0
Front Row0
Wins0
Top 51
Top 103
Retired1