Michael Roe (racing driver)

Michael Roe (born 8 August 1955^[1]) is a former racing driver from Naas, Ireland.

Roe began racing in Formula Ford and won the 1978 Formula Ford Festival. The following year he drove in British Formula Three and finished in ninth place in his rookie campaign with two podium finishes for David Clark's team. In 1983, he moved to the United States to compete in the single-seat Can-Am series where he finished eighth in the championship. In 1984, Roe won seven of the ten rounds of the series on his way to dominating the championship, setting a series record for wins in a season as well as poles in a season (all ten rounds).^[2][3][4] The following year Roe competed in CART Championship Car racing and made four starts for Hemelgarn Racing with a best finish of 7th at Portland followed up by an 8th-place finish later that month at Meadowlands Racetrack. His two point-scoring finishes placed him 27th in the championship. He also attempted to qualify his Hemelgarn Lola-Cosworth for the Indianapolis 500, but he was bumped from the field.^[5]