Tim George Jr. | |||||||
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Born | Manhattan, New York | December 21, 1980||||||
Awards | 2008 Rolex Sports Car Series Rookie of the Year | ||||||
NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
4 races run over 2 years | |||||||
Best finish | 58th (2011) | ||||||
First race | 2010 Bucyrus 200 (Road America) | ||||||
Last race | 2011 Zippo 200 (Watkins Glen) | ||||||
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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
24 races run over 4 years | |||||||
2013 position | 26th | ||||||
Best finish | 22nd (2012) | ||||||
First race | 2009 Lucas Oil 150 (Phoenix) | ||||||
Last race | 2013 Pocono Mountains 125 (Pocono) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of August 3, 2013. |
Tim George Jr. (born December 21, 1980) is an American professional stock car racing driver.
Personal life and early career
George was born on Manhattan's Upper East Side in 1980 as the son of investment banker Timothy M. George. George Sr. is the treasurer of the Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, Inc. (aka the New York Philharmonic) and founded the Potomac Family Dining Group, which owns several Applebee's franchises. He also served as an executive for JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs.[1]
George began his racing career in 2005. Employed at the time as a chef in a New York–based Italian restaurant, he was catering at a sports-car racing event at the road course at Lime Rock Park in Connecticut, and when he was criticized by the head chef for having modified a recipe, he took a break to watch the cars race.[2] He soon enrolled in racing school,[2] and first competed in the 2005 Skip Barber Racing School Southern Series.[3] He raced in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series for TRG Motorsports in 2007 and 2008, winning the 2008 Rookie of the Year award and one race, at New Jersey Motorsports Park,[4] before moving to full-time stock-car racing.[3] He is single.[3]
Stock car career
Though only completing two events in the actual NASCAR series, George competed in the ARCA Racing Series starting in 2008, driving at first for TRG Motorsports, then for Eddie Sharp Racing before joining Richard Childress Racing at the start of the 2010 season.[5] He scored his first win in the series at Pocono Raceway in a rain-shortened event in the summer of 2011,[2] leading only the last two laps before the race was called due to rain, darkness, and fog.[6] He finished seventh in season points in 2011, his best career points finish in the ARCA Racing Series.[3]
George made occasional starts in the NASCAR-sanctioned Nationwide Series and Camping World Truck Series during the 2009, 2010 and 2011 seasons. His first start in the Truck Series was at Phoenix International Raceway in 2009,[7] and his first Nationwide Series start was at Road America in 2010.[8] He attempted to qualify for the 2011 season-ending Ford 200 in the Camping World Truck Series, driving for RCR in conjunction with Eddie Sharp Racing, but failed to qualify when time trials were rained out.[9]
George competed part-time in the Camping World Truck Series for Richard Childress Racing in 2012, driving for the team's with Applebee's sponsorship in twelve races over the course of the season.[10] After finishing 22nd in points, he returned to the series in 2013, driving for Wauters Motorsports.[11]
Images
- George's 2010 Nationwide car at Road America
- George's 2012 truck at Rockingham Speedway
- George's 2013 truck at Rockingham
Motorsports career results
NASCAR
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Nationwide Series
NASCAR Nationwide Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | NNSC | Pts | Ref | |||
2010 | Richard Childress Racing | 21 | Chevy | DAY | CAL | LVS | BRI | NSH | PHO | TEX | TAL | RCH | DAR | DOV | CLT | NSH | KEN | ROA 32 |
NHA | DAY | CHI | GTY | IRP | IOW | GLN | MCH | BRI | CGV | ATL | RCH | DOV | KAN | CAL | CLT | GTY | TEX | PHO | HOM | 130th | 67 | [12] | |||
2011 | DAY | PHO | LVS | BRI | CAL | TEX | TAL 36 |
NSH | RCH | DAR | DOV | IOW | CLT | CHI | MCH | ROA | DAY 21 |
KEN | NHA | NSH | IRP | IOW | GLN 21 |
CGV DNQ |
BRI | ATL | RCH | CHI | DOV | KAN | CLT | TEX | PHO | HOM | 58th | 54 | [13] |
Camping World Truck Series
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | NCWTC | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||||
2009 | Richard Childress Racing | 22 | Chevy | DAY | CAL | ATL | MAR | KAN | CLT | DOV | TEX | MCH | MLW | MEM | KEN | IRP | NSH | BRI | CHI | IOW | GTW | NHA | LVS | MAR | TAL | TEX | PHO 29 |
HOM | 102nd | 76 | [14] | |||||||||||||
2010 | DAY | ATL | MAR | NSH | KAN | DOV | CLT | TEX | MCH | IOW | GTY | IRP | POC | NSH | DAR | BRI | CHI | KEN | NHA | LVS | MAR | TAL | TEX | PHO 23 |
HOM | 100th | 97 | [15] | ||||||||||||||||
2011 | Eddie Sharp Racing | 45 | Chevy | DAY | PHO | DAR | MAR | NSH | DOV | CLT | KAN | TEX | KEN | IOW | NSH | IRP | POC | MCH | BRI | ATL | CHI | NHA | KEN | LVS | TAL | MAR | TEX | HOM DNQ |
NA | 01 | [16] | |||||||||||||
2012 | Richard Childress Racing | 2 | Chevy | DAY | MAR | CAR 16 |
KAN 17 |
CLT | DOV | TEX | KEN 24 |
IOW 15 |
CHI | POC 15 |
MCH 21 |
BRI | ATL 28 |
IOW 22 |
KEN 18 |
LVS | TAL 9 |
HOM 18 |
22nd | 298 | [17] | |||||||||||||||||||
RSS Racing | 93 | Chevy | MAR 27 |
TEX | PHO | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013 | Wauters Motorsports | 5 | Ford | DAY 16 |
MAR 22 |
CAR 18 |
KAN 14 |
26th | 252 | [18] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chevy | CLT 16 |
DOV 25 |
TEX 21 |
KEN 18 |
IOW 23 |
ELD | POC 16 |
MCH | BRI | MSP | IOW | CHI | LVS | TAL | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM |
K&N Pro Series East
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | NKNPSEC | Pts | Ref | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008 | Buchanan-Mitchell Racing | 23 | Chevy | GRE | IOW | SBO | GLN 22 |
NHA | TMP | NSH | ADI | LRP | MFD | NHA | DOV | STA | 70th | 97 | [19] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012 | Spraker Racing | 37 | Chevy | BRI | GRE | RCH | IOW | BGS | JFC | LGY | CNB | COL | IOW | NHA | DOV | GRE | CAR 17 |
64th | 27 | [20] |
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
ARCA Racing Series
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
ARCA Racing Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | ARSC | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||||||||
2008 | TRG Motorsports | 71 | Chevy | DAY | SLM | IOW | KAN | CAR | KEN | TOL | POC | MCH | CAY | KEN | BLN | POC | NSH 31 |
ISF | DSF | CHI | SLM | NJE | TAL 20 |
TOL | 91st | 205 | [21] | |||||||||||||||||
2009 | Eddie Sharp Racing | 2 | Toyota | DAY 8 |
SLM 24 |
CAR 15 |
TAL 13 |
KEN 14 |
TOL 17 |
POC 19 |
MCH 13 |
MFD 22 |
IOW 19 |
KEN 23 |
BLN 25 |
POC 19 |
ISF 14 |
CHI 21 |
TOL 16 |
DSF 23 |
NJE 5 |
SLM 22 |
KAN 15 |
CAR 22 |
11th | 4235 | [22] | |||||||||||||||||
2010 | Richard Childress Racing | 31 | Chevy | DAY 19 |
PBE 8 |
SLM 16 |
TEX 13 |
TAL 3 |
TOL 25 |
POC 10 |
MCH 8 |
IOW 12 |
MFD 4 |
POC 18 |
BLN 16 |
NJM 11 |
ISF 15 |
CHI 16 |
DSF 13 |
TOL 14 |
SLM 12 |
KAN 15 |
CAR 34 |
9th | 4215 | [23] | ||||||||||||||||||
2011 | DAY 27 |
TAL 18 |
SLM 11 |
TOL 4 |
NJE 4 |
CHI 32 |
POC 1 |
MCH 3 |
WIN 11 |
BLN 2 |
IOW 5 |
IRP 28 |
POC 2 |
ISF 16 |
MAD 9 |
DSF 9 |
SLM 3 |
KAN 16 |
TOL 17 |
7th | 4325 | [24] |
24 Hours of Daytona
(key)
24 Hours of Daytona results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Class | No | Team | Car | Co-drivers | Laps | Position | Class Pos. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008 | GT | 71 | The Racer's Group | Porsche GT3 Cup | Bryan Sellers Spencer Pumpelly Emmanuel Collard Romain Dumas |
657 | 11 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009 | GT | 66 | The Racer's Group | Porsche GT3 Cup | Ted Ballou Spencer Pumpelly Emmanuel Collard Richard Lietz |
694 | 10 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010 | GT | 71 | The Racer's Group | Porsche GT3 Cup | Spencer Pumpelly Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas Bobby Labonte |
668 | 16 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011 | GT | 66 | The Racer's Group | Porsche GT3 Cup | Dominik Farnbacher Ben Keating Lucas Luhr |
612 | 27 DNF | 13 DNF |
References
- ↑ "Timothy M. George". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
- 1 2 3 Caldwell, Dave (June 18, 2011). "Manhattan Meets Nascar as Chef Becomes a Racer". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-02-01.
- 1 2 3 4 "Background". Tim George Jr. official website. Retrieved 2012-02-01.
- ↑ Phillips, David (February 7, 2009). "Bleacher Report Exclusive: ARCA's Tim George Jr". Bleacher Report. San Francisco, California: Bleacher Report, Inc. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
- ↑ "Tim George Jr". Richard Childress Racing. Retrieved 2012-02-01.
- ↑ Pearce, Al (June 11, 2011). "Tim George Jr. wins rain-shortened ARCA race at Pocono". AutoWeek. Archived from the original on June 15, 2011. Retrieved 2012-02-01.
- ↑ "George Jr. To Make Truck Debut At Phoenix For RCR". SPEEDtv.com. Fox Sports. November 11, 2009. Archived from the original on November 12, 2009. Retrieved 2012-02-01.
- ↑ "Tim George Jr. to Make NASCAR Nationwide Series Debut at Road America". Skip Barber Racing School. June 27, 2010. Archived from the original on June 7, 2012. Retrieved 2012-02-01.
- ↑ "The Rain, the Truck and Other Things". Tim George Jr. official website. November 18, 2011. Retrieved 2012-02-01.
- ↑ Bruce, Kenny (December 7, 2011). "Tim George Jr. to run partial Truck Series schedule for RCR". SceneDaily.com. The Sporting News. Retrieved 2012-02-01.
- ↑ Adamczyk, Jay. "2013 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Team / Driver Chart". Jayski's Silly Season Site. ESPN. Archived from the original on 2012-11-27. Retrieved 2013-06-01.
- ↑ "Tim George Jr. – 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
- ↑ "Tim George Jr. – 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
- ↑ "Tim George Jr. – 2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
- ↑ "Tim George Jr. – 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
- ↑ "Tim George Jr. – 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
- ↑ "Tim George Jr. – 2012 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
- ↑ "Tim George Jr. – 2013 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
- ↑ "Tim George Jr. – 2008 NASCAR Camping World East Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
- ↑ "Tim George Jr. – 2012 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
- ↑ "Tim George Jr. – 2008 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
- ↑ "Tim George Jr. – 2009 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
- ↑ "Tim George Jr. – 2010 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
- ↑ "Tim George Jr. – 2011 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
External links
- Official website
- Tim George Jr. driver statistics at Racing-Reference