Dutch Schaefer
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Alan "Dutch" Schaefer was also the name of Arnold Schwarzenegger
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's character in the original Predator movie
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Ed "Dutch" Schaefer (? – March 1978) was an American
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 racecar driver.

Schaefer was 1940 champion at the track at Cedarhurst, New York
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. He won the 1946 and 1948 track championships at Philadelphia’s Yellow Jacket Speedway. He was a four-time American Racing Drivers Club
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 (ARDC) midget car
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 champion (1956, 1957, 1960, and 1965). He served as President of the East Coast regional racing organization from 1952 to 1968. Schaefer once won a USAC
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 national midget event at Hershey, Pennsylvania
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by lapping the entire field. He later became the President of the Super Midget Racing Club, and won the series' title in 1973. He died in 1978.
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