Editing Rob Moroso (section)

{{Short description|American racing driver (1968–1990)}}
{{Infobox NASCAR driver|
name              = Rob Moroso |
birth_date        = {{Birth date|1968|9|26|mf=y}} |
death_date        = {{death date and age|1990|9|30|1968|9|28|mf=y}}|
birth_place        = [[Madison, Connecticut]], U.S.
| death_place        = Near [[Mooresville, North Carolina]], U.S.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Associated Press|title=Rob Moroso, Stock Car Driver, 22|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/10/02/obituaries/rob-moroso-stock-car-driver-22.html|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=17 May 2015|location=[[Mooresville, North Carolina]]|date=October 2, 1990}}</ref>
|death_cause       = [[Driving under the influence|Highway automobile crash]]
|achievements      = [[1989 NASCAR Busch Series]] champion
|awards            = 1989 Busch Series [[NASCAR's Most Popular Driver Award|Most Popular Driver]]<br>[[1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1990]] [[Winston Cup Series]] [[NASCAR Rookie of the Year|Rookie of the Year]] (posthumously) |
Total_Cup_Races   = 29 |
Years_In_Cup      = 3 |
Best_Cup_Pos      = 30th ([[1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1990]]) |
First_Cup_Race    = [[1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1988]] [[Oakwood Homes 500]] ([[Charlotte Motor Speedway|Charlotte]]) |
Last_Cup_Race     = [[1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1990]] [[Tyson Holly Farms 400]] ([[North Wilkesboro Speedway|North Wilkesboro]]) |
Cup_Wins          = 0 |
Cup_Top_Tens      = 1 |
Cup_Poles         = 0 |
Total_Busch_Races = 86 |
Years_In_Busch    = 4 |
Best_Busch_Pos    = 1st ([[1989 NASCAR Busch Series|1989]]) |
First_Busch_Race  = [[1986 NASCAR Busch Series|1986]] Roses Stores 150 ([[Orange County Speedway|Rougemont]]) |
Last_Busch_Race   = [[1989 NASCAR Busch Series|1989]] [[Winston Classic]] ([[Martinsville Speedway|Martinsville]]) |
First_Busch_Win   = [[1988 NASCAR Busch Series|1988]] [[Myrtle Beach 200]] ([[Myrtle Beach Speedway|Myrtle Beach]]) |
Last_Busch_Win    = [[1989 NASCAR Busch Series|1989]] [[All Pro 300]] ([[Charlotte Motor Speedway|Charlotte]]) |
Busch_Wins        = 6 |
Busch_Top_Tens    = 42 |
Busch_Poles       = 9 |
updated           = March 4, 2012 |
}}
'''Robert James Moroso''' (September 26, 1968 {{spaced ndash}} September 30, 1990) was an American [[NASCAR]] racing driver who was champion of the NASCAR Busch Series (now [[Xfinity Series]]) in 1989,<ref name="NYTimesObit">{{cite news |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE2D81F3DF931A35753C1A966958260&scp=1&sq=%22rob%20moroso%22&st=cse |title=Obituaries: Rob Moroso, Stock Car Driver, 22 |date=October 2, 1990 |work=[[New York Times]] |access-date=2013-08-23}}</ref> and was [[wikt:posthumous|posthumous]]ly awarded the 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup (now [[NASCAR Cup Series]]) Rookie of the Year award. A promising young driver, he and another driver were killed when Moroso was [[driving under the influence]] at [[Speed limit#Excessive speed|excessive speeds]] on roads near his hometown of [[Terrell, North Carolina]].<ref name="NYTimesObit" /><ref name=SM-Moroso-2010 />

Born in [[Greenwich, Connecticut]], he was the son of [[Dick Moroso]],<ref name="NSSN">{{cite news|url=http://www.nationalspeedsportnews.com/features/through-the-lens/through-the-lens-rob-moroso |title=Through The Lens: Rob Moroso |publisher=[[National Speed Sport News]] |access-date=2009-02-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207053435/http://www.nationalspeedsportnews.com/features/through-the-lens/through-the-lens-rob-moroso |archive-date=December 7, 2008 }}</ref> founder of [[Moroso Performance]], suppliers of aftermarket automotive parts, and former owner of [[Palm Beach International Raceway|Moroso Motorsports Park]] in [[Jupiter, Florida]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Lazzarino|first1=Chris|title=Nascar Driver Moroso Is Killed In Highway Crash|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1990-10-02/sports/9002170136_1_tammy-williams-wilkesboro-charlotte-motor-speedway|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160110060313/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1990-10-02/sports/9002170136_1_tammy-williams-wilkesboro-charlotte-motor-speedway|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 10, 2016|website=[[Sun-Sentinel|sun-sentinel.com]]|publisher=[[Sun-Sentinel]]|access-date=17 May 2015}}</ref>