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1706: 1627: 419:. Amick found himself running a comfortable second to leader Jimmy Bryan with just 20 laps remaining. Demler and Salih 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 410:
He 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
29: 403:. 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 1781: 333: 287: 416: 1811: 1796: 1801: 1642: 1585: 456: 1786: 1106: 986: 856: 724: 601: 297: 1058: 932: 802: 679: 551: 1821: 1806: 1741: 1296: 1074: 950: 820: 784: 697: 578: 569: 420: 1816: 1791: 1012: 882: 752: 629: 184: 166: 148: 120: 520: 384: 130: 93: 323: 1599: 1017: 436: 388: 155: 1114: 995: 865: 733: 610: 1609: 1507: 1463: 1381: 1082: 959: 829: 706: 583: 1705: 1657: 1626: 1517: 1512: 1497: 1487: 1439: 1420: 1415: 1405: 1358: 404: 258: 254: 1502: 1492: 1468: 1410: 1400: 1386: 74: 1746: 1478: 1473: 1391: 1173: 1034: 896: 757: 634: 525: 356: 346: 1776: 1771: 8: 1653: 440: 187: 1717: 1545: 1090: 1050: 968: 914: 838: 766: 715: 661: 652: 592: 542: 173: 169: 923: 793: 670: 400: 399:
Amick began racing in jalopies in the Northwestern United States before switching to
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and was killed in an accident on the final lap. He is buried at
1683:"Racing Fraternity Pays Tribute To George Amick At Final Rites" 54: 28: 462: 114: 1650:
Celebrating Automotive Heritage at Crown Hill Cemetery
379:(October 24, 1924 – April 4, 1959) was an American 415:, and built by master Indianapolis chief mechanic 1579: 1577: 1575: 1573: 1571: 1569: 1567: 1565: 1763: 1635: 1291:Complete Formula One World Championship results 1562: 1675: 1782:United States Navy personnel of World War II 1131: 463:Complete AAA/USAC Championship Car results 27: 1586:National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame 457:National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame 1764: 1600:"George Amick Wins Rookie Award Prize" 1720:driver statistics at Racing-Reference 1812:Racing drivers who died while racing 1797:Indianapolis 500 Rookies of the Year 1136: 1802:People from Columbia County, Oregon 1742:Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year 421:Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year 13: 16:American racing driver (1924–1959) 14: 1833: 1704: 1625: 394: 1787:Burials at Crown Hill Cemetery 1592: 1538: 437:Daytona International Speedway 389:Daytona International Speedway 385:American National Championship 1: 1531: 455:Amick was inducted into the 7: 1689:. April 10, 1959. p. 3 431:Amick was competing in the 10: 1838: 1822:United States Navy sailors 1807:Racing drivers from Oregon 1643:"Indianapolis Auto greats" 1612:. June 1, 1958. p. C1 1610:United Press International 1584:"Plaque" (Press release). 383:, mainly competing in the 1750: 1739: 1731: 1726: 1203: 1011: 881: 751: 741: 628: 618: 519: 450: 362: 352: 342: 332: 322: 314: 306: 296: 286: 278: 264: 250: 246:World Championship career 242: 238: 234: 230: 198: 180: 162: 144: 126: 113: 105: 101:43 races run over 5 years 100: 92: 88: 64: 35: 26: 21: 1817:Sports deaths in Florida 1792:Indianapolis 500 drivers 1132:Indianapolis 500 results 426: 39:George Reggie Amick, Jr. 405:Turkey Night Grand Prix 1656:. 2011. 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Retrieved 1549: 1540: 1444: 1363: 1294: 1281: 1204: 454: 445:Indianapolis 430: 417:George Salih 409: 398: 376: 372: 368: 367: 334:Fastest laps 106:Years active 70:(1959-04-04) 22:George Amick 1777:1959 deaths 1772:1924 births 1735:Don Edmunds 1616:December 4, 1456:Offenhauser 1374:Offenhauser 343:First entry 282:2 (1 start) 244:Formula One 188:Atlanta 100 152:Daytona 100 115:Best finish 1766:Categories 1754:Bobby Grim 1555:2023-06-06 1532:References 1369:Snowberger 1241:Front Row 353:Last entry 269:Snowberger 127:First race 44:1924-10-24 459:in 2009. 174:Langhorne 163:First win 145:Last race 138:Milwaukee 109:1955–1959 94:Champ Car 1693:July 29, 1311:Chassis 1308:Entrant 1273:Retired 1199:Running 1184:142.710 1168:Retired 192:Lakewood 181:Last win 51:Vernonia 1588:. 2009. 1450:Epperly 1353:Points 1314:Engine 1265:Top 10 1225:Starts 1159:Finish 515:Points 307:Podiums 279:Entries 273:Epperly 206:Podiums 156:Daytona 79:Florida 1282: 1257:Top 5 1233:Poles 1205:Totals 1150:Start 1007:1.640 877:1.400 747:1.050 451:Awards 119:2nd – 96:career 55:Oregon 1661:(PDF) 1646:(PDF) 1522:15th 1305:Year 1249:Wins 1162:Laps 1156:Rank 1153:Qual 1144:Year 1122:36th 470:Year 427:Death 377:Amick 265:Teams 210:Poles 1747:1958 1695:2016 1669:2012 1618:2022 1440:1958 1359:1957 1350:WDC 1209:200 1193:200 1174:1958 1165:Led 1147:Car 1125:120 1035:INDY 1013:1959 1004:2nd 897:INDY 883:1958 874:3rd 758:INDY 753:1957 744:4th 635:INDY 630:1956 624:750 621:9th 526:INDY 521:1955 512:Pos 298:Wins 259:1958 255:1957 203:Wins 185:1957 167:1956 149:1959 131:1955 121:1958 83:U.S. 65:Died 59:U.S. 36:Born 1518:MOR 1513:ITA 1508:POR 1503:GER 1498:GBR 1493:FRA 1488:BEL 1479:500 1474:NED 1469:MON 1464:ARG 1431:NC 1421:ITA 1416:PES 1411:GER 1406:GBR 1401:FRA 1396:DNQ 1392:500 1387:MON 1382:ARG 1347:11 1344:10 1297:key 1212:18 1196:18 1187:25 1181:25 1178:99 1115:PHX 1107:SAC 1099:TRE 1091:ISF 1083:SYR 1075:DUQ 1067:MIL 1059:SPR 1051:LAN 1043:MIL 1027:TRE 1018:DAY 996:PHX 987:SAC 978:TRE 973:Wth 969:ISF 960:SYR 951:DUQ 942:MIL 933:SPR 924:ATL 915:LAN 906:MIL 888:TRE 866:PHX 857:SAC 848:TRE 839:ISF 830:SYR 821:DUQ 812:MIL 803:SPR 794:ATL 785:DET 776:MIL 767:LAN 762:DNQ 734:PHX 725:SAC 716:ISF 707:SYR 698:DUQ 689:MIL 684:DNQ 680:SPR 671:ATL 662:DAR 653:LAN 648:DNQ 644:MIL 639:DNP 611:PHX 602:SAC 593:ISF 584:SYR 579:PIK 570:DUQ 561:MIL 552:SPR 543:LAN 534:MIL 509:13 506:12 503:11 500:10 443:in 1768:: 1685:. 1652:. 1648:. 1608:. 1602:. 1564:^ 1548:. 1525:6 1459:L4 1434:0 1377:L4 1341:9 1338:8 1335:7 1332:6 1329:5 1326:4 1323:3 1320:2 1317:1 1299:) 1276:0 1268:1 1260:1 1252:0 1244:0 1236:0 1228:1 1190:2 1000:15 982:19 955:18 937:18 919:14 870:11 825:16 729:13 720:12 675:13 606:12 565:20 547:18 497:9 494:8 491:7 488:6 485:5 482:4 479:3 476:2 473:1 447:. 423:. 407:. 391:. 375:" 271:, 219:14 81:, 77:, 57:, 53:, 1701:. 1671:. 1631:. 1558:. 1483:2 1295:( 1022:4 991:4 964:2 946:4 928:2 910:6 901:2 892:6 861:4 852:3 843:3 834:5 816:5 807:3 798:1 789:2 780:6 771:5 738:1 711:5 702:5 693:6 666:4 657:1 615:3 597:3 588:3 574:3 556:4 538:7 371:" 338:0 328:0 318:6 310:1 302:0 292:0 257:– 222:3 216:3 194:) 190:( 176:) 172:( 158:) 154:( 140:) 136:( 46:) 42:(

Index


Vernonia
Oregon
U.S.
Daytona Beach
Florida
U.S.
Champ Car
1958
1955
Rex Mays Classic
Milwaukee
1959
Daytona 100
Daytona
1956
Langhorne 100
Langhorne
1957
Atlanta 100
Lakewood
Poles
Formula One
1957
1958
Snowberger
Epperly
Championships
Wins
Pole positions

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