Mauri Rose

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Mauri Rose (May 26, 1906 Columbus, Ohio - January 1, 1981 Royal Oak, Michigan) was an American racecar driver.

He started from the pole position driving a Maserati in the 1941 Indianapolis 500, but spark plug problems put him out of the race after sixty laps. He then took over the Wetteroth/Offenhauser car being driven by Floyd Davis that had started in 17th place and won the race. In 1947 and 1948, Rose captured back-to-back Indy 500's driving a Deidt/Offenhauser.

Mauri Rose made his fifteenth and final Indianapolis 500 start in the 1951 race. Knocked out from an accident after 126 laps, the forty-five-year-old Rose retired to a home in California. For the 1967 race, officials of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway invited him to drive the Chevrolet Camaro Pace Car.

While his career in racing was filled with success, Rose considered his most important accomplishment to be his invention of a device that made it possible for amputees to drive an automobile.

1 Indy 500 results
2 World Championship career summary
3 Awards
4 References

[edit] Indy 500 results

Year^[1]	Car	Start	Qual^[2]	Rank	Finish	Laps	Led	Retired
1933	3	42	117.649	6	35	48	0	Timing gears
1934	9	4	116.044	7	2	200	68	Running
1935	2	10	116.470	9	20	103	0	Studs
1936	36	30	113.890	21	4	200	0	Running
1937	1	8	118.540	19	18	127	0	Oil line
1938	27	9	119.796	20	13	165	0	Supercharger
1939	16	8	124.896	13	8	200	0	Running
1940	7	3	125.624	3	3	200	5	Running
1941	3	1	128.691	1	26	60	6	Spark plugs
	16	17	121.106	25	1	128	39	Running
1946	8	9	124.065	10	23	40	8	Crash T3
1947	27	3	120.040	20	1	200	34	Running
1948	3	3	129.129	4	1	200	81	Running
1949	3	10	127.759	19	13	192	0	Magneto strap
1950	31	3	132.319	6	3	137	15	Running
1951	16	5	133.422	18	14	126	0	Crash T4
Totals						2326	256

Starts	15
Poles	1
Front Row	5
Wins	2
Top 5	6
Top 10	7
Retired	8

[edit] World Championship career summary

The Indianapolis 500 was part of the FIA World Championship from 1950 through 1960. Drivers competing at Indy during those years were credited with World Championship points and participation. Mauri Rose participated in 2 World Championship races. He started on the pole 0 times, won 0 races, set 0 fastest laps, and finished on the podium 1 times. He accumulated a total of 4 championship points.

[edit] Awards

In 1994, he was posthumously inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame.
He was inducted in the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 1996.

[edit] References

^ Mauri Rose Indy 500 Race Stats [1] [2]
^ Mauri Rose Indy 500 Qualifying Stats [3]

Preceded by Wilbur Shaw	Indianapolis 500 Winner 1941	Succeeded by George Robson
Preceded by George Robson	Indianapolis 500 Winner 1947	Succeeded by Repeat
Preceded by Repeat	Indianapolis 500 Winner 1948	Succeeded by Bill Holland