Roger Mears

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 500. He finished in the top ten 17 times, with his best finish in 4th position achieved 3 times.

Late in his career, he raced 4 times in the 1995 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, 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 Mears4-time Indianapolis 500 winner.

Racing record

American open–wheel racing results

(key)

USAC

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Rank	Points
1978	Beith Racing	PHX	ONT	TWS	TRE	INDY	MSP	MIL	POC	MIS	ATL	TWS2	MIL2	ONT2 6	MIS2	TRE2	SIL	BRH	PHX2 DNS	25th	400

CART

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Rank	Points
1979	Patrick Racing	PHX	ATL1	ATL2	INDY	TRE1	TRE2	MIS1	MIS2	WGL	TRE3	ONT Ret	MIS3	ATL3	PHX2			NC	0
1980	Hodgdon Racing	ONT 9																24th	272
	Grant King Racers		INDY DNQ	MIL	POC	MDO 4	MIS	WGL Ret	MIL Ret	ONT2	MIS2	MEX	PHX
1982	Machinist Union Racing Team	PHX 8	ATL 4	MIL Ret	CLE Ret	MIS Ret	MIL2 Ret	POC 9	RIV 4	ROA 8	MIS2 8	PHX2 7						9th	103
1983	Machinist Union Racing Team	ATL 7	INDY Ret	MIL 8	CLE 6	MIS DNQ	ROA 8	POC Ret	RIV 9	MDO 12	MIS2 16	CEA 7	LS 6	PHX 16				12th	43
1984	Caliva Racing	LBH DNQ	PHX Ret															NC	0
	Machinist Union Racing Team			INDY DNQ	MIL	POR	MEA	CLE	MIS	ROA	POC	MDO	SAN	MIS2	PHX2	LS	CEA

Indianapolis 500

External links

• NASCAR Stats from Racing-Reference.info
• Where Are They Now Article

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