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Roger Mears (born April 24, 1947 in Wichita, Kansas) is an American former racing driver. Best known for his career in off-road racing, he also drove in the USAC and CART Champ Car series from 1978 to 1984. He made 31 combined starts, including the Indianapolis 500 in 1982 and 1983. He finished in the top-ten 17 times, with a best of fourth place on three occasions.
Following his IndyCar career, Mears returned to off-road racing. Late in his career, he raced in four events during the 1995 NASCAR SuperTruck Series season, racing for Hendrick Motorsports, including the inaugural series race at Phoenix. His best career finish, however, was a 16th at Mesa Marin.
Mears is the father of NASCAR driver Casey Mears, and the older brother of four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Rick Mears.
Since his retirement from racing, Mears has been heavily involved in his son's career. He ran an Indy Lights team, with Casey as the driver, before working as a consultant with both Ganassi and Hendrick Motorsports.
Mears is an atheist. He played himself in the 1994 film Desert Steel. 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 MIL126 TEX MIL222 OMS115 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 ONT26 MIS2 TRE2 SIL BRH PHX2DNS25th400
CART Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Rank Points Ref 1979 Patrick Racing Penske PC-6 Cosworth DFX V8t PHX ATL1 ATL2 INDY TRE1 TRE2 MIS1 MIS2 WGL TRE3 ONT13 MIS3 ATL3 PHX2NC0 1980 Hodgdon Racing McLaren M24 Cosworth DFX V8t ONT924th272 Grant King Racers Kingfish 73 Chevrolet V8 INDYDNQ MIL POC MDO4 MIS WGL16 MIL26 ONT2 MIS2 MEX PHX 1982 Machinists Union Racing Team Penske PC-9B Cosworth DFX V8t PHX8 MIL22 CLE21 9th 103 Penske PC-7 ATL4 MIS17 MIL214 POC9 RIV4 ROA8 MIS28 Penske PC-10 PHX27 1983 Machinists Union Racing Team Penske PC-10 Cosworth DFX V8t ATL7 INDY28 MIL8 CLE6 MISDNQ ROA8 POC16 RIV9 MDO12 MIS216 CEA7 LS6 PHX1612th43 1984 Caliva Racing March 84C Cosworth DFX V8t LBHDNQ PHX26NC0 Machinists Union Racing Team Penske PC-10 INDYDNQ 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 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 Pts Ref 1995 Hendrick Motorsports 25 Chevy PHO21 TUS SGS MMR16 POR EVG I70 LVL BRI MLW CNS HPT IRP24 FLM RCH MAR NWS SON 46th 382 5 MMR29 PHO
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