George Amick


George Reggie "Little George" Amick was an American racecar driver, mainly competing in the American National Championship. He was killed in a crash in a USAC race at Daytona International Speedway.

Racing career

Amick began racing in jalopies in the Northwestern United States before switching to midget car racing. He competed in USAC National midgets for three seasons, finishing in the top ten points each season, and won 16 feature races. He totaled 38 wins including the 1957 Turkey Night Grand Prix.
Amick moved to Indy cars and won three times in 43 starts. In his rookie appearance at the Indianapolis 500 in 1958, Amick was assigned a "lay-down" roadster commissioned by car owner Norm Demler, designed by Quin Epperly, and based upon George Salih's 1957 race-winning design. Amick found himself running a comfortable second to leader Jimmy Bryan with just 20 laps remaining. Demler and his team felt Amick was in a position to catch Bryan and perhaps even win, but decided against pushing their rookie driver into a potentially fatal mistake, and Amick came home an easy second. He was named the 1958 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year.

Death

Amick was competing in the only Indy Car race ever run at the Daytona International Speedway and was killed in an accident on the final lap.
He is buried at Crown Hill Cemetery in section 235, lot 723 in Indianapolis.

Awards

Amick was inducted into the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame in 2009.

Complete AAA/USAC Championship Car results

Indianapolis 500 results

Starts1
Poles0
Front Row0
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Top 51
Top 101
Retired0

Complete Formula One World Championship results

YearEntrantChassisEngine1234567891011WDCPoints
1957Federal EngineeringSnowbergerOffenhauser L4ARGMON500
DNQ		FRAGBRGERPESITANC0
1958Norman DemlerEpperly Indy RoadsterOffenhauser L4ARGMONNED500
2		BELFRAGBRGERPORITAMOR15th6