Mauri Rose

Mauri Rose ( May 26, 1906 - January 1, 1981) was an American race car driver born in Columbus, Ohio.

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 which that year was part of the Formula One circuit. 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.

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.

His participation in two Indy 500 races designated as F1 grands prix, began with the race on May 30, 1950. He achieved 1 podium, and scored a total of 4 championship points.

AAA Indy 500 results

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish
1932	Stevens	Miller	Failed to Qualify
1933	Stevens	Miller	42nd	35th
1934	Stevens	Miller	4th	2nd
1935	Miller	Miller	10th	20th
1936	Miller	Miller	30th	4th
1937	Miller	Offy	8th	18th
1939	Shaw	Offy	8th	8th
1940	Wetteroth	Offy	3rd	3rd
1941	Maserati	Maserati	1st	26th
1946	Lencki	Lencki	9th	23rd
1947	Deidt	Offy	3rd	1st
1948	Deidt	Offy	3rd	1st
1949	Deidt	Offy	10th	13th

Complete Formula One results

Season	Driver#	Team	Grid	Classification	Points	Note	Race Report
1950	31	Deidt-Offenhauser	3	3 *PODIUM*	4		Report
1951	16	Deidt-Offenhauser	5	Ret		Accident	Report