George Barringer


George William Barringer was an American racing driver, active during the 1930s and 1940s.

Racing career

Barringer made 17 Championship Car starts with a best finish of second at Springfield in August 1935 and Milwaukee in August 1939. In 1941, Barringer debuted a revolutionary rear-engined racecar at the 1941 [Indianapolis 500|Indianapolis 500]; he only placed 32nd after a garage fire destroyed the car before the race began. He and George Robson were killed in the same multicar pile-up at the Lakewood Speedway in Atlanta, Georgia.

Motorsports career results

Indianapolis 500 results

Starts6
Poles0
Front Row0
Wins0
Top 50
Top 102
Retired3