Rocky Moran Jr.
Nationality American
BornWilliam Moran Jr.
(1980-01-11) January 11, 1980
Pasadena, California
Related toRocky Moran (father)
IndyCar Series career
Debut season2015
Current teamDale Coyne Racing
Car number18
EngineHonda HI15TT V6t

William James "Rocky" Moran Jr. (born January 11, 1980) is an American racing driver from Irvine, California. He is the son of retired racer Rocky Moran.

Racing career

Early career

Moran participated in karting from 1990 to 1994. In 1994 he transitioned to cars through the Skip Barber Racing School. He made his professional racing debut in 1996 in the Barber Dodge Pro Series, finishing 10th. He improved to sixth in 1997 but fell back to 11th in 1998. He made his Toyota Atlantic debut in 1998. Moran split his time between Barber Dodge and Toyota Atlantic in 1999. In 2000 he joined Toyota Atlantic full-time and finished fifth in points for P-1 Racing. In 2001 he began the season with Condor Motorsports but switched to Cobb Racing mid-way through the season. He captured his first series victory in the season finale at Laguna Seca and finished eighth in points. In 2002 he returned to the series driving for Sigma Autosport. He finished fifth in points with a win at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve and two other podium finishes. Moran spent 2003 away from professional motorsports, but returned to Atlantics in 2004, making five starts with Polestar Motor Racing. He made three Busch North Series race starts in 2005 as well as two Atlantics starts and drove in the Infiniti Pro Series' Freedom 100 but suffered a gearbox failure after only four laps.[1]

Sports cars

In 2006 Moran made three starts in the Rolex Sports Car Series. He also made occasional road course appearances in the Busch North Series from 2006 to 2009.

In 2011 Moran was a Jaguar factory driver in the American Le Mans Series with RSR Racing, driving in five of the nine rounds of the championship. However the car was plagued by mechanical problems and never finished higher than 20th.

IndyCar Series

Moran completed his first IndyCar Series test with Schmidt Peterson Motorsports in fall of 2014 at Homestead Miami Speedway.[2]

Shortly before the 2015 Grand Prix of Long Beach it was announced that Moran would drive in the race with Dale Coyne Racing, stepping into the seat formerly held by Carlos Huertas. His IndyCar debut came nearly 10 years after his last Atlantics start.[3] However, he broke his thumb during contact with the wall during Friday practice and was replaced for the rest of the race weekend by Conor Daly.[4]

Racing record

American open-wheel racing results

(key)

Atlantic Championship

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Rank Points
1998 P-1 Racing LBH NAZ GAT MIL MTL CLE TOR TRR MDO ROA VAN LS HOU
18		 NC 0
1999 P-1 Racing LBH NAZ GAT MIL MTL ROA TRR
Ret		 MDO
6		 CHI
7		 VAN
9		 LS
Ret		 HOU
Ret		 14th 18
2000 P-1 Racing HMS1
4		 HMS2
3		 LBH
8		 MIL
6		 MTL
6		 CLE
4		 TOR
7		 TRR
5		 ROA
6		 LS
5		 GAT
4		 HOU
5		 5th 115
2001 Condor Motorsports LBH
10		 NAZ
6		 MIL
9		 MTL
9		 CLE
5		 8th 64
Cobb Racing TOR
Ret		 CHI
7		 TRR
Ret		 ROA
6		 VAN
Ret		 HOU LS
1
2002 Sigma Autosport MTY
6		 LBH
5		 MIL
13		 LS
2		 POR
5		 CHI
8		 TOR
3		 CLE
5		 TRR
5		 ROA
Ret		 MTL
1		 DEN
9		 5th 117
2004 Polestar Motor Racing LBH
7		 MTY
2		 MIL
6		 POR1
9		 POR2
8		 CLE TOR VAN ROA DEN MTL LS 11th 92
2005 P-1 Racing LBH
Ret		 MTY POR1 POR2 CLE1 CLE2 TOR EDM SJO DEN ROA MTL 11th1 251
1 C2 Class

Indy Lights

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points
2005 AFS Racing HMS PHX STP INDY
17		 TXS IMS NSH MIL KTY PPIR SNM CHI WGL FON 31st 13

IndyCar Series

Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Rank Points Ref
2015 Dale Coyne Racing Dallara DW12 Honda STP NLA LBH
Wth		 ALA
 IMS
 INDY
 DET
 DET
 TXS
 TOR
 FON
 MIL
 IOW
 MDO
 POC
 SNM
 NC - [5]
* Season still in progress

References

  1. ↑ Rocky Moran Jr., Champ Car Stats, Retrieved 2015-04-17
  2. ↑ Miller, Robin. IndyCar: Rocky Moran Jr. to test for Schmidt Peterson Motorsport Archived 2015-07-25 at the Wayback Machine, September 22, 2014, Retrieved 2015-04-17
  3. ↑ DeZinno, Tony. BREAKING: Rocky Moran Jr. to replace Huertas in Coyne’s No. 18 for Long Beach, NBC Sports, April 17, 2015, Retrieved 2015-04-17
  4. ↑ Cavin, Curt. Conor Daly replaces Rocky Moran Jr. in IndyCar ride, Indianapolis Star, April 18, 2015, Retrieved 2015-04-19
  5. ↑ "Rocky Moran Jr. – 2015 Verizon IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
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