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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 when I was a boy. Unlike Unser and Rutherford, Mosley never found the right combination to win the Indianapolis 500. It wasn’t due to lack of determination (twice he came back after being badly injured at Indianapolis from crashes caused by mechanical failure) or certainly driving talent.
Twice, Mosley started last/next-to-last in IndyCar races and won, both at Phoenix and Milwaukee, which are 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 his last 500, Mosley wound up an appropriate 13th after a spin and contact in Turn 1.
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