Mike Hiss
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Mike Hiss (7 July 1941 – 19 December 2018)[1] was an American driver in the USAC Championship Car series. He raced in the 1972–1976 seasons, with 28 career starts, including the Indianapolis 500 in 1972–1975. He finished in the top ten 13 times, with his best finish in 2nd position in 1972 at Ontario. His 7th-place finish at Indy in 1972 earned him the title of Rookie of the Year.
Hiss was the centerfold of the first preview issue of Playgirl published in January 1973. He was briefly married to Arlene Hiss, the first woman to start a USAC Champ Car event.[2]
Complete motorsports results[]
American Open-Wheel racing results[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest race lap)
SCCA National Championship Runoffs[]
Year | Track | Car | Engine | Class | Finish | Start | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1966 | Riverside | Triumph TR3 | Triumph | F Production | 3 | Running | |
1970 | Road Atlanta | Lola T200 | Ford | Formula Ford | 5 | 8 | Running |
Indy 500 results[]
Year | Chassis | Engine | Start | Finish |
---|---|---|---|---|
1972 | Eagle | Offy | 25 | 7 |
1973 | Eagle | Offy | 26 | 17 |
1974 | McLaren | Offy | 3 | 14 |
1975 | Finley | Offy | 31 | 29 |
1976 | ? | ? | DNQ | |
1978 | Penske | Cosworth | 8 | DNS † |
† Qualified Car for Mario Andretti who was driving Formula 1
USAC Champ Car results[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Rank | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1972 | Page Racing Enterprises | PHX 10 |
TRE 7 |
INDY 7 |
MIL 13 |
MCH 26 |
POC 6 |
MIL | TRE 14 |
PHX DNQ |
6th | 1665 | |||||||||
Penske Racing | ONT 2 |
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1973 | Don Gerhardt | TWS 22 |
TRE 14 |
TRE 13 |
INDY 17 |
MIL 10 |
POC 6 |
MCH 25 |
MIL 5 |
ONT 3 |
ONT | ONT 27 |
MCH 9 |
MCH 3 |
TRE 21 |
TWS 11 |
PHX | 14th | 1050 | ||
1974 | Eisenhour-Brayton Racing Team | ONT | ONT | ONT 31 |
PHX | TRE | 18th | 420 | |||||||||||||
Penske Racing | INDY 14 |
MIL | POC | MCH 7 |
MIL | MCH 4 |
TRE | TRE | PHX | ||||||||||||
1975 | Vatis Racing | ONT | ONT | ONT | PHX | TRE | INDY 29 |
MIL | POC | MCH | MIL | MCH | TRE | PHX | NC | 0 | |||||
1976 | Hopkins | PHX | TRE | INDY DNQ |
MIL | POC | MCH | TWS | TRE | MIL | NC | 0 | |||||||||
Ralph Wilke | ONT 19 |
MCH | TWS | PHX | |||||||||||||||||
1978 | Penske Racing | PHX | ONT | TWS | TRE | INDY Rpl |
MOS | MIL | POC | MCH | ATL | TWS | MIL | ONT | MCH | TRE | SIL | BRH | PHX | NC | 0 |
NASCAR Winston Cup Series results[]
(key)
NASCAR Winston Cup Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | NWCC | Pts | |||||||||
1976 | Black Gold Oil | 94 | Chevrolet | RSD | DAY | CAR | RCH | BRI | ATL | NWS | DAR | MAR | TAL | NSV | DOV | CLT | RSD | MCH | DAY | NSV | POC | TAL | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | MAR | NWS | CLT | CAR | ATL | ONT 22 |
NC | 0 | |||||||||
1977 | Black Gold | 94 | Chevrolet | RSD DNQ |
DAY | RCH | CAR | ATL | NWS | DAR | BRI | MAR | TAL | NSV | DOV | CLT | RSD | MCH | DAY | NSV | POC | TAL | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | MAR | NWS | CLT | CAR | ATL | ONT | NC | 0 |
References[]
- ^ 1972 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year Hiss Dies at 77
- ^ "Hiss challenges best of men". Fremont Argus. Fremont, CA. 12 March 1976. p. 20. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
External links[]
- Mike Hiss driver statistics at Racing-Reference
- Driver Database Profile
- Where Are They Now Article
- Can-Am entrants
- Indianapolis 500 drivers
- Indianapolis 500 Rookies of the Year
- People from Tustin, California
- Racing drivers from California
- 1941 births
- 2018 deaths
- SCCA National Championship Runoffs participants
- Riverview High School (Sarasota, Florida) alumni
- American auto racing biography stubs