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.^[1]

Moran at the 1990 IMSA Del Mar Grand Prix

Moran at the 2014 Indianapolis 500.

Moran also teamed with P. J. Jones and Mark Dismore to win the 1993 24 Hours of Daytona event.^[2]

Moran was the father of racer Rocky Moran Jr., with whom he opened the Moran Raceway kart track in Beaumont, California, in June 2003.^[3] 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.^[4][5]

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	Ref
1981	All American Racers	PHX	MIL	ATL	ATL	MCH	RIV	MIL	MCH	WGL 6	MEX	PHX							26th	16	[6]
1985	Leader Card Racing	LBH 15	INDY	MIL	POR DNQ	MEA DNQ	CLE	MCH	ROA	POC	MDO	SAN	MCH	LAG	PHX	MIA			45th	0	[7]
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	[8]
1987	Gohr Racing	LBH 13	PHX																39th	0	[9]
	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	[10]
	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	[11]
	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	[12]
1992	Menard Racing	SRF	PHX	LBH	INDY DNQ	DET	POR	MIL	NHA	TOR	MCH	CLE	ROA	VAN	MDO	NAZ	LAG		NC	-	[13]
1993	Team Losi	SRF	PHX	LBH	INDY DNQ	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MCH	NHA	ROA	VAN	MDO	NAZ	LAG		NC	-	[14]
1994	Burns Adcox Motor Sports	SRF	PHX	LBH	INDY Wth1	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MCH	MDO	NHA	VAN	ROA	NAZ	LAG		NC	-	[15]

¹ Did not appear