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.

[edit] Indy 500 results

Year Car Start Qual 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] F1 career summary

The Indianapolis 500 was considered part of the Formula One schedule from 1950 through 1960. Drivers competing at Indy during those years were credited with F1 points and participation. Mauri Rose participated in 2 Formula One races. He started on the pole 0 times, won 0 races, set 0 fast laps, and finished on the podium 1 times. He accumlated 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.

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