Alfred Moss

Alfred Ethelbert Moss (30 May 1896 23 April 1972) was an English dentist and racing driver.

Born in Kensington, London, Moss was the son of Sarah Jane and Abraham Moses Moss. His father was Jewish,[1] while his mother was a Christian.[2]

A 1919 AV

Moss became a successful London dentist, and from his mid-twenties he was also an enthusiastic competition driver, beginning his racing career at the Essex Motor Club's Winter Trial in 1921 driving a 1000 cc AV cyclecar. He was disqualified for seeking help after his rear tyres had burst twice. His AV later caught fire in Park Lane, and Moss then acquired a GN cyclecar, with which he enjoyed success in trials and hillclimbs, and which he raced at Brooklands. In 1922, he bought and began to race a Crouch Le Mans sports car which had no front brakes.[3] In the 1924 Indianapolis 500, he placed 14th[4] or 16th (sources differ) in a Fronty Ford.[5]

Moss met his future wife, Aileen Craufurd, at Brooklands. She had been an ambulance driver in the First World War, and also did some racing.[3] They were married at St Marylebone in 1928[6] and were the parents of the Formula One driver Stirling Moss and the rallying champion Pat Moss.[4]

Moss died aged 75 in Stoke Mandeville, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, on the 10th anniversary of his son being seriously injured in a car racing crash at Goodwood.[5]

Indianapolis 500 results

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gollark: Deploying counterbees.
gollark: Ncurses, you have seen through my false "greeting".
gollark: Greetings, mortal!

References

  1. Jewish groups condemn FIA boss over 'Nazi' sex claims
  2. Stuart Turner, Harnessing Horsepower: The Pat Moss Carlsson Story, p. 6
  3. "The Sport:Alfred Moss". Autocar. Vol. 136 (nbr 3967). 27 April 1972. p. 26.
  4. P. R. H. Newsome, "Alfred Moss, the Dentist Who Became a Champion Race-Car Driver" in Bulletin of the History of Dentistry (American Academy of the History of Dentistry, 1988), pp. 22–25
  5. "MOSS Alfred E / Craufurd Nora A" in Register of Marriages for Marylebone Registration District, vol. 1a (1928), p. 1041


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