Dorsey Schroeder

Dorsey Schroeder (born February 5, 1953) is an American race car driver. Since August 2015, he has served as Race Director for the Pirelli World Challenge series and since 2018 Race Director for the Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli SCCA Pro Racing. Over the course of his career in Sports car racing, he has won 40 professional races in 242 starts, including seventeen Trans-Am series wins. He also oversees the competition on-track at SVRA events and enjoys racing vintage cars. [1]

Dorsey Schroeder
Nationality American
Born (1953-02-05) February 5, 1953
Kirkwood, Missouri
United SportsCar Championship career
Debut season2015
Current teamHighway to Help
Car number50
EngineDinan (BMW) 5.0 L V8
Co-driver Jim Pace
David Hinton
Byron Defoor
Doug Smith
Starts2
Previous series
1999–2002
1998–2002
1996–1998
1993–1993, 1996–1997, 2001
1990–1991
1990–1991		American Le Mans Series
Rolex Sports Car Series
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
NASCAR Winston Cup Series
International Race of Champions
ARCA Racing Series
NASCAR Cup Series career
9 races run over 6 years
Best finish55th (1996)
First race1991 Bud at The Glen (Watkins Glen)
Last race2001 Dodge/Save Mart 350 (Sears Point)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
4 races run over 3 years
Best finish76th (1997)
First race1996 Kragen 151 (Sears Point)
Last race1998 Parts America 150 (Watkins Glen)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 1 0

Early life

As the son of a car dealer, Schroeder grew up around automobiles and received his first (wrecked) car from his father at the age of fourteen, and was expected to do his own repairs over the next two years.[2]

Racing career

In 1971, at the age of 19, he became the first person under the age of 21 to be issued an SCCA National competition license.[3]

Dorsey was a successful sports car driver throughout the 1990s in the Trans-Am series, winning the championship with Roush Racing as a rookie in 1989 with six wins.[4][5] In 1990, he was named IMSA GT Championship GTO class champion with three wins. Between 1998 and 2002, he also competed in Grand-Am and American Le Mans series events, recording a win at Mid-Ohio in 1998 for Dyson Racing.[6] In recent years, Schroeder has competed in IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship races at Daytona and Sebring in the Prototype class.

Schroeder competed in IROC in 1990 representing the SCCA Trans-Am Series and 1991 representing IMSA Camel GT. He finished 7th in IROC XIV and 12th in IROC XV.

He was also known as a NASCAR "road course ringer", who made nine Winston Cup series starts between 1991 and 2001.[7]

He served as a color analyst for Fox Sports 1's coverage of the United SportsCar Championship and was previously a color analyst for Speed Channel's television broadcast of the Rolex Sports Car Series and American Le Mans Series.[8] One of Dorsey's great accomplishments was being featured on the Dinner With Racers podcast.

Personal life

Dorsey currently lives in Florida with his wife Kim and daughter Carissa Schroeder from his second marriage. He owns a seasonal restaurant in Osage Beach, Missouri called "Dorsey's Pit Stop".

Motorsports career results

SCCA National Championship Runoffs
YearTrackCarEngineClassFinishStartStatus
1974Road AtlantaBrabham BT35CosworthFormula B58Running
1976Road AtlantaMarchCosworthFormula B64Running
1977Road AtlantaMarch 75BCosworthFormula B167Running
1978Road AtlantaNissan 610NissanB Sedan216Running
1979Road AtlantaNissan 610NissanB Sedan47Running
1980Road AtlantaNissan 610NissanGT22212Retired
1982Road AtlantaMarch 75BCosworthFormula Atlantic14Retired
1985Road AtlantaSpec RacerRenaultSpec Racer Renault21Running
1986Road AtlantaSpec RacerRenaultSpec Racer Renault304Retired

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Winston Cup Series
NASCAR Winston Cup Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 NWCC Pts
1991 Compton Racing 69 Ford DAY
DNQ		 RCH CAR ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL CLT DOV SON POC MCH DAY POC TAL 59th 157
Team III Racing 24 Pontiac GLN
17		 MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS
Cale Yarborough Motorsports 66 Pontiac CLT
41		 CAR PHO ATL
1992 Donlavey Racing 90 Ford DAY
19		 CAR RCH 60th 164
Melling Racing 9 Ford ATL
35		 DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL CLT DOV SON POC MCH DAY POC TAL GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO ATL
1993 Mansion Motorsports 85 Ford DAY
DNQ		 CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL 62nd 113
Tri-Star Motorsports 68 Ford SON
33		 CLT DOV POC MCH DAY NHA POC TAL GLN
38		 MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO ATL
1996 Bill Elliott Racing 94 Ford DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL SON CLT DOV POC MCH DAY NHA POC TAL IND GLN
13		 MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO ATL 55th 129
1997 Donlavey Racing 90 Ford DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR TEX BRI MAR SON TAL CLT DOV POC MCH CAL DAY NHA POC IND GLN
31		 MCH BRI DAR RCH NHA DOV MAR CLT TAL CAR PHO ATL 62nd 70
2001 Chip Ganassi Racing 01 Dodge DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX MAR TAL CAL RCH CLT DOV MCH POC SON
25		 DAY CHI NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT MAR TAL PHO CAR HOM ATL NHA 62nd 88
Daytona 500 results
Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish
1991 Compton Racing Ford DNQ
1992 Donlavey Racing Ford 31 19
1993 Mansion Motorsports Ford DNQ

Craftsman Truck Series
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 NCTC Pts
1996 Liberty Racing 98 Ford HOM PHO POR EVG TUS CNS HPT BRI NZH MLW LVL I70 IRP FLM GLN NSV RCH NHA MAR NWS SON
21		 MMR PHO LVS 106th 100
1997 Gloy Racing 55 Ford WDW TUS HOM PHO POR EVG I70 NHA TEX BRI NZH MLW LVL CNS HPT
4		 IRP FLM NSV GLN
27		 RCH MAR SON MMR CAL PHO LVS 76th 242
1998 WDW HOM PHO POR EVG I70 GLN
13		 TEX BRI MLW NZH CAL PPR IRP NHA FLM NSV HPT LVL RCH MEM GTY MAR SON MMR PHO LVS 85th 124

International Race of Champions

(key) (Bold – Pole position. * – Most laps led.)

International Race of Champions results
Season Make 1 2 3 4 Pos. Points
1990 Dodge TAL
6		 CLE
10		 MCH
4		 7th 26
1991 DAY
9		 TAL
11		 MCH
11		 GLN
6		 12th 16

WeatherTech SportsCar Championship

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos. Points
2015 Highway to Help P Riley Mk XXVI DP Dinan (BMW) 5.0 L V8 DAY
8		 SEB
7		 LBH LGA DET WGL MOS ELK COA PET 19th 49
2016 Highway to Help P Riley Mk XXVI DP Dinan (BMW) 5.0 L V8 DAY
8		 SEB
10		 LBH LGA DET WGL
DNS		 MOS ELK COA PET 25th 46

* Season still in progress.

References
  1. http://www.rrdc.org/member/dorsey-schroeder/
  2. http://www.lakebusjournal.com/articles/070110-local-restaurant-owner-a-racing-legend.html
  3. http://www.rrdc.org/member/dorsey-schroeder/
  4. http://gotransam.com/about/Our-History/59342>>
  5. "ST. LOUISAN WINS TRANS-AM EVENT". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 1989-09-03. p. 12F.
  6. Alm, Richard (2001-03-03). "The Dallas Morning News Sports Business Column". Dallas Morning News.
  7. Jenkins, Chris (2001-06-22). "Winston Cup hits the road Jeff Gordon has won 3 in a row at Sears Point". USA TODAY. p. 13C.
  8. Cain, Holly (2003-02-20). "Trans-Am Series Looking To The Future". Tampa Tribune. p. 8.
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