Dave Schlosser was best known as owner/manager of three-time AMA Endurance racing champion team Dutchman Racing. Lesser know is the fact that Schlosser was a solid journeyman AMA Formula One racer, racing the ubiquitous Yamaha TZ750 in the early 1980s. He scored a handful of top-10 Formula One finishes. His best result was taking eighth in the talent-packed Laguna Seca round in 1982.

Schlosser was an excellent endurance racer too, racing for Team Hammer in the mid-1980s. Here he races the Team Hammer Suzuki prototype coming out of the hairpin at Indianapolis Raceway Park sometime in the mid-1980s.

A funny and somewhat embarrassing personal story involving Dave – I was covering the races for Cycle News back when Dave was racing for Hammer. I saw him in the pits at Summit Point working on the bike and I wanted to talk with him, but I’d only met him once before and got him and teammate Joey Osowski mixed up. So here I am standing a few feet away and I’m saying “Hey Joey.” Schlosser didn’t look up so I started saying louder “Hey Joey!” Then I’m right next to him still saying “Hey Joey,” thinking maybe he was hard of hearing or something. Finally Dave looks up and says “The name is Dave.” For years afterwards I’d be walking through the pits at a race somewhere and I’d hear someone yelling “Hey Joey!” and it was always Schlosser standing there looking at me with a big smile on his face.

Dave Schlosser racing for Team Hammer in WERA National Endurance action in the mid-1980s. Here he races the Team Hammer Suzuki prototype coming out of the hairpin at Indianapolis Raceway Park sometime in the mid-1980s. (Larry Lawrence photo)