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Mauri Rose ( May 26, 1906 - January 1, 1981) was an American race car driver.

Born in Columbus, Ohio, driving a Maserati, he started from the pole position in the 1941 Indianapolis 500 but spark plug problems put him out of the race after sixty laps. He then took over the Wetteroth/Offenhauser car being driven by Floyd Davis that had started in 17th place and won the race. In 1947 and 1948, Rose captured back-to-back Indy 500's driving a Deidt/Offenhauser.

Mauri Rose made his fifteenth and final Indianapolis 500 start in the 1951 race which that year was part of the Formula One circuit. Knocked out from an accident after 126 laps, the forty-five-year-old Rose retired to a home in California. For the 1967 race, officials of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway invited him to drive the Chevrolet Camaro Pace Car.

While his career in racing was filled with success, Rose considered his most important accomplishment to be his invention of a device that made it possible for amputees to drive an automobile.

In 1994, he was posthumously inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame

His participation in two Indy 500 races designated as F1 grands prix, began with the race on May 30, 1950. He achieved 1 podium, and scored a total of 4 championship points.

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