Rocky Moran

Rocky Moran Sr. (February 3, 1950 – September 21, 2024) was an American race car driver. He 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 was the father of racer Rocky Moran Jr., with whom he opened the Moran Raceway kart track in Beaumont, California, in June 2003. The track was 1 mile (1.6 km) long, had 19 turns, a 860-foot-long (260 m) straight, and a top speed by 125cc shifter karts of nearly 100 miles per hour (160 km/h). The track closed in 2007.

Moran died of cancer at the age of 74 on September 21, 2024 in Coto de Caza, California.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.