Mike Hiss
Mike Hiss 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 2nd position in 1972 at Ontario. His 7th-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
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
† Qualified Car for Mario Andretti who was driving Formula 1USAC Champ Car results
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 | PHX 10 | TRE 7 | INDY 7 | MIL 13 | MCH 26 | POC 6 | MIL | TRE 14 | PHX DNQ | 6th | 1665 | |||||||||
1972 | Penske Racing | ONT 2 | 6th | 1665 | |||||||||||||||||
1973 | Don Gerhardt | TWS 22 | TRE 14 | TRE 13 | INDY 17 | MIL 10 | POC 6 | MCH 25 | MIL 5 | ONT 3 | ONT | ONT 27 | MCH 9 | MCH 3 | TRE 21 | TWS 11 | PHX | 14th | 1050 | ||
1974 | Eisenhour-Brayton Racing Team | ONT | ONT | ONT 31 | PHX | TRE | 18th | 420 | |||||||||||||
1974 | Penske Racing | INDY 14 | MIL | POC | MCH 7 | MIL | MCH 4 | TRE | TRE | PHX | 18th | 420 | |||||||||
1975 | Vatis Racing | ONT | ONT | ONT | PHX | TRE | INDY 29 | MIL | POC | MCH | MIL | MCH | TRE | PHX | NC | 0 | |||||
1976 | Hopkins | PHX | TRE | INDY DNQ | MIL | POC | MCH | TWS | TRE | MIL | NC | 0 | |||||||||
1976 | Ralph Wilke | ONT 19 | MCH | TWS | PHX | NC | 0 | ||||||||||||||
1978 | Penske Racing | PHX | ONT | TWS | TRE | INDY Rpl | MOS | MIL | POC | MCH | ATL | TWS | MIL | ONT | MCH | TRE | SIL | BRH | PHX | NC | 0 |