Born: April 24, 1947
Age: 77
Birthplace: Wichita, Kansas, U.S.
Roger Mears
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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 |
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| Penske PC-10 | PHX2 |
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| 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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