Mike Mosley
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Mike Mosley (December 13, 1946 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – March 3, 1984 in Aguanga, California) was an American race car driver in the USAC and CART Championship Car series. He raced in 17 consecutive seasons from 1967 through 1983, with 166 combined career starts, including every Indianapolis 500 in that span except 1967 and 1982. He finished in the top ten 80 times and had 5 career victories.[1]
Career
Mosley was known for a "charger" driving style and for his smooth driving technique. Many of his peers felt Mosley never had the opportunity to showcase his talent due to second-rate equipment. Longtime motorsports writer Robin Miller quoted Gary Bettenhausen, a close friend and contemporary of Mosley, as saying: "If Mike had been driving a McLaren (Indianapolis car) in the early 1970s, we would all have been racing for second place."
Mosley was known for having a perceived "jinx" at Indianapolis. He qualified near the front several times, including second in 1981 and 1983, and was often a pre-race favorite. However, in 15 starts, he finished the 500 miles only once—a third-place result in 1979. On his first visit to Indianapolis in 1967, he lied about his age (20 at the time) to gain entry; after two crashes in practice, he told the car owner he was not yet ready to tackle Indy's <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />2+1⁄2-mile oval. The next year, he returned and qualified for the race.
Mosley was particularly effective at the flat Milwaukee Mile paved oval, where he used an unusual driving line and recorded three victories. In the 1981 race there, added as a promoter's option, he came from the back of the field to win the race.[2] It was the last win for a normally-aspirated engine in the CART/Champ Car era and also the last win in open wheel racing for a Gurney Eagle.
Mosley died in a highway accident in Aguanga, California. He lost control of the truck he was driving, which rolled down an embankment and caught fire. His teenaged son, Michael, was also riding in the van but was uninjured.[3]
Racing Results
Indianapolis 500 results
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USAC Champ Car results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
| Year | Team | Chassis | Engine | 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 | Rank | Points |
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| 1967 | Leader Card Racers | ? | ? | PHX DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
TRE DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
INDY DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MIL | LAN | PIP | MOS | MOS | IRP | LAN | MTR | MTR | SPR | 41st | 120 | |||||||||||||||
| Walt Michner | Gerhardt | Ford | MIL DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
DUQ | ISF | TRE 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SAC | HAN 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 1968 | Bob Wilke | Watson | Offenhauser | HAN | LVG | PHX | TRE | INDY 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MIL 19Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
LAN 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
PIP | LAN | LAN 20Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MTR | MTR | SPR | MIL 17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
DUQ | ISF | TRE | SAC | MCH 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
HAN 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
PHX 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
20th | 860 | |||||||
| Ford | MOS 16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MOS 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CDR 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NAZ | IRP 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
IRP | RIV 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1969 | Bob Wilke | Watson | Offenhauser | PHX 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
HAN 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
INDY 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MIL 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
LAN 16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
PIP | NAZ | TRE 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
IRP 19Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
IRP DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MIL 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SPR 17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
DOV 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
DUQ 18Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ISF 17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
BRN 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
BRN 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
TRE 23Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SAC 17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
KEN 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
KEN 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
PHX 17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
RIV 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
9th | 1220 | |||||
| Chevrolet | CDR 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 1970 | Andy Granatelli | Watson | Offenhauser | DUQ 18Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
4th | 1900 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ralph Wilke | Eagle | Offenhauser | ONT 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| Watson | PHX 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SON 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
TRE 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
INDY 21Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MIL 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
LAN 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CDR 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MCH 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SPR 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MIL 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ISF 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SED 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
TRE 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SAC 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
PHX 20Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| Chevrolet | IRP 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 1971 | Ralph Wilke | Eagle | Ford | INDY 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MIL | POC | MCH | MIL | ONT | TRE | 17th | 655 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Watson | RAF 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
RAF 23Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
PHX 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
TRE 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| Offenhauser | PHX 19Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 1972 | Ralph Wilke | Eagle | Offenhauser | PHX 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
TRE 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
INDY 26Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MIL | MCH | POC | MIL | ONT 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
TRE 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
PHX 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
10th | 1250 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1973 | Ralph Wilke | Eagle | Offenhauser | TWS 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
TRE 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
TRE 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
INDY 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MIL 24Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
POC 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MCH 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MIL 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ONT | ONT 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ONT 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MCH 18Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MCH | TRE 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
TWS 23Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
PHX 20Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
6th | 2345 | ||||||||||||
| 1974 | Ralph Wilke | Eagle | Offenhauser | ONT 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ONT | ONT 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
PHX 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
TRE 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
INDY 29Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MIL 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
POC 21Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MCH 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MIL 18Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MCH 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
TRE 17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
TRE | PHX | 13th | 945 | ||||||||||||||
| 1975 | Jerry O'Connell | Eagle | Offenhauser | ONT 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ONT | ONT 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
PHX 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
TRE 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
INDY 26Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MIL 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
POC 31Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MCH 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MIL 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MCH | TRE | PHX | 12th | 1020 | |||||||||||||||
| 1976 | Jerry O'Connell | Eagle | Offenhauser | PHX 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
TRE 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
INDY 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MIL 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
POC 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MCH 22Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
TWS 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
TRE 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MIL 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ONT 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MCH 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
TWS 22Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
PHX DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
5th | 2120 | |||||||||||||||
| 1977 | Jerry O'Connell | Eagle | Offenhauser | ONT 16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
PHX 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
TWS 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
TRE 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
10th | 1030 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lightning | INDY 19Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MIL 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
POC 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MOS | MCH DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
TWS | MIL | ONT 16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MCH 18Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
PHX DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 1978 | Alex Morales Motorsports | Lightning | Offenhauser | PHX | ONT | TWS | TRE | INDY 17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MOS DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MIL 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
POC 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MCH DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ATL | TWS 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MIL DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ONT 16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MCH | TRE 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SIL | BRH | PHX 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
24th | 483 | ||||||||||
| 1979 | All American Racers | Eagle | Cosworth | ONT | TWS | INDY 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 1980 | All American Racers | Eagle | Cosworth | ONT 19Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
41st | 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chevrolet | INDY 32Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MIL | POC 23Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 1981-82 | All American Racers | Eagle | Chevrolet | INDY 33Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
POC | SPR | DUQ | ISF | INDY DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
49th | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1982-83 | Kraco Enterprises | March | Cosworth | SPR | DUQ | NAZ | INDY 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
21st | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
CART IndyCar Series Results
(key)
| Year | Team | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Rank | Points | Ref |
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| 1979 | All American Racers | Eagle | Cosworth | PHX 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ATL 17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ATL 17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
INDY 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
TRE 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
TRE | MCH 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MCH 20Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
WGL 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
TRE 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ONT 34Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MCH | ATL 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
PHX 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
10th | 1121 | [4] |
| 1980 | All American Racers | Eagle | Chevrolet | ONT 19Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
INDY 32Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MIL | POC 23Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MOH | MCH | WGL | ONT 17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MCH | MEX | PHX | 41st | 56 | [5] | |||
| Mach I Racing | Penske | Cosworth | MIL 20Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 1981 | All American Racers | Eagle | Chevrolet | PHX | MIL 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ATL | ATL | MCH 18Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
RIV | MIL | MCH 26Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
WGL | PHX 24Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
19th | 32 | [6] | ||||
| Brayton Racing | Penske | Cosworth | MEX 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 1982 | Kraco Enterprises | March | Cosworth | PHX | ATL | MIL | CLE | MCH 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MIL 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
POC 16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
RIV | ROA | MCH 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
PHX 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
19th | 37 | [7] | |||
| 1983 | Kraco Enterprises | March | Cosworth | ATL 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
INDY 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MIL 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CLE 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MCH 17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ROA 25Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
POC 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
RIV 24Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MOH | MCH 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CPL | LAG | PHX 24Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
14th | 36 | [8] | |
International Race of Champions results
(key) (Bold – Pole position. * – Most laps led.)
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| 1979-1980 | Chevy | MCH | MCH 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
RIV | RIV | ATL | NC | — | [9] | ||
References
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