Roger Mears

Roger Mears

Born: April 24, 1947
Age: 77
Birthplace: Wichita, Kansas, U.S.
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Biography

Roger Mears (born March 24, 1947, Wichita, Kansas), is a former off-road driver who also drove in the USAC and CART Championship Car series. He raced in the 1978-1984 seasons, with 31 combined career starts, and started in the 1982 and 1983 Indianapolis 500s. He finished in the top ten 17 times, with his best finish in 4th position achieved 3 times.

Following his IndyCar career, Mears returned to desert racing. Late in his career, he raced in four events during the 1995 NASCAR SuperTruck Series presented by Craftsman season, racing for Hendrick Motorsports, including the inaugural series race at Phoenix. His best career finish, however, was a 16th at Mesa Marin.

Roger is the father of NASCAR driver Casey Mears, and is 5 years older than his brother, Rick Mears, a 4-time Indianapolis 500 winner.

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Racing record

American open-wheel racing results

(key)

Complete USAC Mini-Indy Series results

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos Points
1978
PIR1

TRE1

MOS

MIL1

TEX

MIL2

OMS1

OMS2

TRE2

PIR2
51st 10

USAC

Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Rank Points
1978 Beith Racing Eagle 72 Offenhauser L4t PHX1 ONT1 TXS1 TRE1 INDY MOS MIL1 POC MIS1 ATL TXS2 MIL2 ONT2
MIS2 TRE2 SIL BRH PHX2
25th 400

CART

Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Rank Points
1979 Patrick Racing Penske PC-6 Cosworth DFX V8t PHX ATL1 ATL2 INDY TRE1 TRE2 MIS1 MIS2 WGL TRE3 ONT
MIS3 ATL3 PHX2 NC 0
1980 Hodgdon Racing McLaren M24 Cosworth DFX V8t ONT
24th 272
Grant King Racers Kingfish 73 Chevrolet V8 INDY
MIL POC MDO
MIS WGL
MIL
ONT2 MIS2 MEX PHX
1982 Machinists Union Racing Team Penske PC-9B Cosworth DFX V8t PHX
MIL
CLE
9th 103
Penske PC-7 ATL
MIS
MIL2
POC
RIV
ROA
MIS2
Penske PC-10 PHX2
1983 Machinists Union Racing Team Penske PC-10 Cosworth DFX V8t ATL
INDY
MIL
CLE
MIS
ROA
POC
RIV
MDO
MIS2
CEA
LS
PHX
12th 43
1984 Caliva Racing March 84C Cosworth DFX V8t LBH
PHX
NC 0
Machinists Union Racing Team Penske PC-10 INDY
MIL POR MEA CLE MIS ROA POC MDO SAN MIS2 PHX2 LS CEA

Indianapolis 500

Year Chassis Engine Start Finish Team
1980 Kingfish 73 Chevrolet V8 DNQ Grant King Racers
1981 Penske PC-7 Cosworth DFX V8t DNQ Agajanian
1982 Penske PC-9B Cosworth DFX V8t 19 32 Machinists Union Racing Team
1983 Penske PC-10 Cosworth DFX V8t 8 28 Machinists Union Racing Team
1984 Penske PC-10 Cosworth DFX V8t DNQ Machinists Union Racing Team

NASCAR

(key) (Bold - Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics - Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * - Most laps led.)

SuperTruck Series

NASCAR SuperTruck Series presented by Craftsman results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 NCTC Pts
1995 Hendrick Motorsports 25 Chevy PHO
TUS SGS MMR
POR EVG I70 LVL BRI MLW CNS HPT IRP
FLM RCH MAR NWS SON 46th 382
5 MMR
PHO

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