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American racing driver
Moran at the 1990 IMSA Del Mar Grand Prix
Moran at the
2014 Indianapolis 500 .
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.
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Moran also teamed with
P. J. Jones and
Mark Dismore to win the 1993
24 Hours of Daytona event.
[2]
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.
[3] 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)
1 Did not appear
References
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"Indy 500 Career Stats - Rocky Moran" . Indianapolis Motor Speedway, LLC. Archived from
the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 22 December 2010 .
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"GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Ready for All-American Assault" . Grand-AM Road Racing. 27 January 2010. Retrieved 22 December 2010 .
^ Holtzclaw, Kenneth M.; Mayor Jeff Fox (2007).
Beaumont Images of America . Arcadia Publishing.
ISBN
978-0-7385-4713-8 .
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"Rocky Moran – 1981 CART Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 16, 2023 .
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"Rocky Moran – 1985 CART Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 16, 2023 .
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"Rocky Moran – 1986 CART Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 16, 2023 .
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"Rocky Moran – 1987 CART Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 16, 2023 .
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"Rocky Moran – 1988 CART Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 16, 2023 .
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"Rocky Moran – 1989 CART Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 16, 2023 .
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"Rocky Moran – 1990 CART Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 16, 2023 .
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"Rocky Moran – 1992 CART Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 16, 2023 .
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"Rocky Moran – 1993 CART Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 16, 2023 .
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"Rocky Moran – 1994 CART Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 16, 2023 .
run as the Daytona 3 Hour Continental (1962–63)
Daytona 2000 (1964–65)
6 Hours of Daytona (1972)
24 Hours of Daytona (1966–71 / 1973 / 1975–present)
Five-time Four-time Three-time Two-time One-time