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Majeske Collection Mike Mosley started second and finished 13th in the 1983 Indianapolis 500. |
Along with Bobby Unser and Johnny Rutherford, Mike Mosely
was one of my favorite drivers as a young boy. Unlike Unser and Rutherford,
Mosley never found the right combination to vault him to Indy glory. It wasn’t
due to lack of determination (twice he was badly injured at Indianapolis from
crashes caused by mechanical failure) or certainly driving talent. Twice Mosley
started last in IndyCar races and won, both at Phoenix and Milwaukee,
considered “driver’s tracks.”
In 1983, Mosley was consistently among the fastest in
practice and appeared to have the pole locked up until an unknown rookie named
Teo Fabi stunningly broke the track record. In what was to be his last 500,
Mosley wound up a fitting 13th after a spin and contact in Turn 1.
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