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Alfred Ethelbert Moss (30 May 1896 – 23 April 1972) was an English dentist and racing driver. | Alfred Ethelbert Moss (30 May 1896 – 23 April 1972) was an English dentist and racing driver. | ||
Born in Kensington | Born in Kensington the son of Abraham Moses Moss and his wife Sarah Jane. His father was Jewish, while his mother was a Christian. | ||
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. | 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. | ||
Latest revision as of 14:33, 23 February 2022
Alfred Ethelbert Moss (30 May 1896 – 23 April 1972) was an English dentist and racing driver.
Born in Kensington the son of Abraham Moses Moss and his wife Sarah Jane. His father was Jewish, while his mother was a Christian.
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. In the 1924 Indianapolis 500, he placed 14th or 16th (sources differ) in a Fronty Ford.
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. They were married at St Marylebone in 1928 and were the parents of the Formula One driver Stirling Moss and the rallying champion Pat Moss.
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