Mauri Rose

Mauri Rose

Born	May 26, 1906(1906-05-26)
Died	January 1, 1981(1981-01-01) (aged 74)
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	American
Active years	1950–1951
Teams	Deidt
Races	2
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	1
Career points	4
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First race	1950 Indianapolis 500
Last race	1951 Indianapolis 500

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. Rose went on to win. In 1947 and 1948, Rose captured back-to-back Indy 500's driving one of the Deidt/Offenhauser Blue Crown Spark Plug Specials, owned and prepared by veteran driver/car owner Lou Moore.

Late in the 1947 race, Rose found himself lying second to his rookie teammate, Bill Holland. But Holland, still unfamiliar with how to read the scoring pylon near the front straightaway, thought he had more than a lap lead on Rose, instead of just a few seconds. Rose closed on Holland and to his amazement, Holland gave way without a battle and even gave Rose a friendly wave as he went past on his way to victory. Holland was furious afterward, but learned a valuable (if bitter) lesson.

In 1949, with Holland leading and Rose again running second late in the race, Rose set out to overtake his now-veteran teammate. Rose ignored car owner Lou Moore's "EZ" signs from the pits and continued to push in pursuit of Holland. Finally Rose's car broke, Holland cruised home to victory -- and Moore fired Rose on the spot after the race for disobeying team orders.

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.

Indy 500 results

Year[1] 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 3 Top 5 6 Top 10 7 Retired 8

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 finished on the podium once and scored 4 World Championship points.

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.
• In 2007 Rose, who was Jewish, was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.

See also

• List of select Jewish racing drivers

References

1. ^ Mauri Rose Indy 500 Race Stats [1]

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

External Links

• The Greatest 33
• Mauri Rose at Find a Grave and at Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Persondata
Name	Rose, Mauri
Alternative names
Short description	American racecar champion
Date of birth	May 26, 1906
Place of birth	Columbus, Ohio
Date of death	January 1, 1981
Place of death	Royal Oak, Michigan