Dorsey Schroeder


Dorsey Schroeder is an American race car driver. Since August 2015, he has served as Race Director for the Pirelli World Challenge series. 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.

Early life

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

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.
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. 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. 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.
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. 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

Winston Cup Series

Daytona 500 results

Craftsman Truck Series

International Race of Champions

WeatherTech SportsCar Championship

YearTeamClassMakeEngine12345678910Points
2015Highway to HelpPRiley Mk XXVI DPDinan 5.0 L V8DAY
8		SEB
7		LBHLGADETWGLMOSELKCOAPET19th49
2016Highway to HelpPRiley Mk XXVI DPDinan 5.0 L V8DAY
8		SEB
10		LBHLGADETWGL
DNS		MOSELKCOAPET25th46

* Season still in progress.