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Wikipedia / Mike Hiss

Mike Hiss (July 7, 1941 – December 19, 2018) 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 second position in 1972 at Ontario. His seventh-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.

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

Riley

Offy

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

PHX10

TRE7

INDY7

MIL13

MCH26

POC6

MIL

TRE14

PHXDNQ

6th

1665

Penske Racing

ONT2

1973

Don Gerhardt

TWS22

TRE14

TRE13

INDY17

MIL10

POC6

MCH25

MIL5

ONT3

ONT

ONT27

MCH9

MCH3

TRE21

TWS11

PHX

14th

1050

1974

Eisenhour-Brayton Racing Team

ONT

ONT

ONT31

PHX

TRE

18th

420

Penske Racing

INDY14

MIL

POC

MCH7

MIL

MCH4

TRE

TRE

PHX

1975

Vatis Racing

ONT

ONT

ONT

PHX

TRE

INDY29

MIL

POC

MCH

MIL

MCH

TRE

PHX

NC

0

1976

Hopkins

PHX

TRE

INDYDNQ

MIL

POC

MCH

TWS

TRE

MIL

NC

0

Ralph Wilke

ONT19

MCH

TWS

PHX

1978

Penske Racing

PHX

ONT

TWS

TRE

INDYRpl

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

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

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

ONT22

NC

0

1977

Black Gold

94

Chevrolet

RSDDNQ

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

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