Mike Fisher (racing driver)

Mike Fisher ( born March 13, 1943 in Hollywood ) is a retired American race car driver and a fighter pilot.

Mike Fisher drove a variety of race cars in the early phase of his career. A Lotus 18 in single-seater racing, Porsche 906 - and 910 sports cars in the SCCA series. When he emerged in 1967 with a Lotus 33 at the Grand Prix of Canada, he caused quite surprised in the professional world. A closer look-up, it turned out that the Lotus was with the chassis number R11 of the factory cars of Jim Clark in 1965. The Scot had won this car in the Formula 1 World Championship this year in a superior manner. About some intermediaries of the cars came into the hands of Fisher. The Americans drove a respectable race with the two-year -old racer was 11 and the Grand Prix of Mexico, for which he was actually qualified to a gasoline pump failure stopped him before the formation lap.

The career of the Californian ended before it had really begun. Fisher was drafted and had to fight for his country in Vietnam. After training as a fighter pilot in Indochina Fisher flew combat missions with fighter aircraft like the F- 102, F- 101 and F- 4 Phantom.

After his return from the war, Fisher remained until 1994 when the United States Air Force. The racing he was still connected, although he continued active no more races. In 1997, he became vice president of the CART, but resigned after just three years back.

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