Alfred Ethelbert Moss (30 May 1896 – 23 April 1972) was a British dentist and racing driver. He was the father of British racing driver Stirling Moss.
Biography
Born in Stratford, at the time part of the county of Essex, Moss was the son of Sarah Jane and Abraham Moses Moss. His father was Jewish,Jewish groups condemn FIA boss over 'Nazi' sex claims while his mother was a Christian.
Moss became a successful London dentist, and from his mid-twenties he was also an enthusiastic competition driver, beginning his racing career at the Essex Motor Club's Winter Trial in 1921 driving a 1000 cc AV cyclecar. He was disqualified for seeking help after his rear tyres had burst twice. His AV later caught fire in Park Lane, and Moss then acquired a GN cyclecar, with which he enjoyed success in trials and hillclimbs, and which he raced at Brooklands. In 1922, he bought and began to race a Crouch Le Mans sports car which had no front brakes.Stuart Turner, Harnessing Horsepower: The Pat Moss Carlsson Story, p. 6 In the 1924 Indianapolis 500, he placed 14th or 16th (sources differ) in a Fronty Ford.P. R. H. Newsome, "Alfred Moss, the Dentist Who Became a Champion Race-Car Driver" in Bulletin of the History of Dentistry (American Academy of the History of Dentistry, 1988), pp. 22–25
Moss met his future wife, Aileen Craufurd, at Brooklands. She had been an ambulance driver in the First World War, and also did some racing. They were married at St Marylebone in 1928"MOSS Alfred E / Craufurd Nora A" in Register of Marriages for Marylebone Registration District, vol. 1a (1928), p. 1041 and were the parents of the Formula One driver Stirling Moss and the rallying champion Pat Moss.
In 1957, Moss and his son's manager Ken Gregory established the Formula One team British Racing Partnership with the objective to run cars for Stirling, when not under contract with other firms, along with other up-and-coming drivers.
Moss died aged 75 in Stoke Mandeville, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, on the 10th anniversary of his son being seriously injured in a car racing crash at Goodwood.
Motorsports career results
Indianapolis 500 results
YearCarStartQualRankFinishLapsLedRetired1924282085.27020161770FlaggedTotals1770
Starts1Poles0Front Row0Wins0Top 50Top 100Retired0
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