Rocky Moran
American racing driver
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| Intro | American racing driver | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| is | Engineer | |
| Work field | Engineering | |
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| Birth | 3 February 1950 | |
| Age | 74 years |
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Biography
Rocky Moran, Sr. (born February 3, 1950 in Pasadena, California) is a retired American race car driver. Moran, Sr. started three Indianapolis 500-mile (800 km) races (1988, 1989, and 1990 Indianapolis 500) with a best finish of 14th in 1989.
Moran also teamed with P. J. Jones and Mark Dismore to win the 1993 24 Hours of Daytona event.
Moran is the father of racer Rocky Moran, Jr.. With his son, Moran, Sr. opened the Moran Raceway kart track in Beaumont, California in June 2003. One mile in length the track boasted 19 turns, 860 ft. long straight, and a top speed by 125cc shifter karts of nearly 100 mph. There were six different track configurations, however most preferred to run the full distance. In 2007, the track was closed.
American Open-Wheel racing results
PPG Indycar Series
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Rank | Points |
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| 1981 | All American Racers | PHX | MIL | ATL | ATL | MCH | RIV | MIL | MCH | WGL 6 | MEX | PHX | 26th | 16 | ||||||
| 1985 | Leader Card Racing | LBH 15 | INDY | MIL | POR DNQ | MEA DNQ | CLE | MCH | ROA | POC | MDO | SAN | MCH | LAG | PHX | MIA | 45th | 0 | ||
| 1986 | Gohr Racing | PHX | LBH | INDY | MIL | POR | MEA 13 | CLE 16 | TOR | MCH | POC 25 | MDO 25 | SAN | MCH DNQ | ROA 21 | LAG 15 | PHX 21 | MIA 16 | 36th | 0 |
| 1987 | Gohr Racing | LBH 13 | PHX | 39th | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Walther | INDY DNQ | MIL | POR | MEA | CLE | TOR | MCH | POC | ROA | MDO | NAZ | LAG | MIA | |||||||
| 1988 | Gohr Racing | PHX | LBH 6 | MIL | POR 13 | CLE 22 | TOR 12 | MEA 15 | MCH | POC | MDO 13 | ROA 17 | NAZ | LAG 28 | MIA 13 | 25th | 9 | |||
| A. J. Foyt Enterprises | INDY 16 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1989 | Curb Racing | PHX | LBH | INDY 14 | MIL | DET | POR | CLE | MEA | TOR | MCH | POC | MDO | ROA | NAZ | 38th | 0 | |||
| A. J. Foyt Enterprises | LAG 28 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1990 | Gohr Racing | PHX | LBH | INDY 25 | MIL | DET | POR | CLE | MEA | TOR | MCH | DEN | VAN | MDO | ROA | NAZ | LAG | 43rd | 0 | |
| 1992 | Menard Racing | SRF | PHX | LBH | INDY DNQ | DET | POR | MIL | NHA | TOR | MCH | CLE | ROA | VAN | MDO | NAZ | LAG | NC | - | |
| 1993 | Team Losi | SRF | PHX | LBH | INDY DNQ | MIL | DET | POR | CLE | TOR | MCH | NHA | ROA | VAN | MDO | NAZ | LAG | NC | - | |
| 1994 | Burns Adcox Motor Sports | SRF | PHX | LBH | INDY Wth1 | MIL | DET | POR | CLE | TOR | MCH | MDO | NHA | VAN | ROA | NAZ | LAG | NC | - |
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