George Connor (racing driver)
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 United States
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| Automobile world championship | |||||||||
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| First start: | Indianapolis 500 1950 | ||||||||
| Last start: | Indianapolis 500 1952 | ||||||||
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| 1950, 1951 Lou Moore 1952 Federal Auto Associates | |||||||||
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| World Cup balance: | - | ||||||||
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Charles George Connor (born August 16, 1906 in Rialto , USA , † March 28, 2001 in Hesperia ) was an American racing driver .
Career
George Connor competed in 63 Champ Car races between 1935 and 1952 , 14 of them in the Indianapolis 500 . In 1946 he won two Champ Car races in Dayton and Lakewood . In Indianapolis, his best placement was a third place in 1949.
Since the 500 miles were part of the Formula 1 World Championship between 1950 and 1960 , Connor also drove three races in this competition. In 1950 and 1952 he was eighth, he could not achieve points for the world championship.
In 1954 he retired from racing and worked for Mobil Oil and as an official at Bonneville Speedway , Utah . With him, the last participant in a 500 mile race from Indianapolis before World War II died in 2001.
statistics
Indy 500 results
| year | Start number | begin | Agony (km / h) | Result | Round | guide | failure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | 39 | DNQ | |||||
| 1935 | 37 | 14th | 183.964 | 19th | 112 | 0 | transmission |
| 1936 | 38 | 5 | 187.086 | 10 | 200 | 0 | |
| 1937 | 17th | 12 | 193,490 | 9 | 200 | 0 | |
| 1938 | 15th | 19th | 193.619 | 19th | 119 | 0 | engine |
| 1939 | 18th | 12 | 198.253 | 13 | 195 | 0 | engine |
| 1940 | 10 | 17th | 200.474 | 26th | 52 | 0 | drive |
| 14th | 18 2 | 75 | 0 | drove DeVore's car ; Rd. 107-181 | |||
| 61 | 20 3 | 2 | 0 | drove Davis' car ; Rd. 58–59 | |||
| 1941 | 14th | 13 | 199.509 | 16 | 167 | 0 | Power transmission |
| 1946 | 38 | 30th | 193.104 | 24 | 38 | 0 | engine |
| 12 | 15 2 | 21st | 0 | drove Putnam's car ; Rd. 100-120; ignition | |||
| 1947 | 14th | 13 | 200.941 | 26th | 32 | 0 | Petrol tank |
| 3 | 13 2 | 81 | 0 | drove Andres' car ; Rd. 70-150; ignition | |||
| 1948 | 9 | 17th | 197.948 | 28 | 24 | 0 | drive shaft |
| 1949 | 22nd | 6th | 206,332 | 3 | 200 | 0 | |
| 1950 | 5 | 4th | 212.672 | 8th | 135 | 0 | |
| 1951 | 22nd | 21st | 214.587 | 30th | 29 | 0 | drive |
| 1952 | 54 | 14th | 218.208 | 8th | 200 | 0 | |
| 1953 | 25th | DNQ |
| Legend | ||
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| colour | abbreviation | meaning |
| gold | - | victory |
| silver | - | 2nd place |
| bronze | - | 3rd place |
| green | - | Placement in the points |
| blue | - | Classified outside the point ranks |
| violet | DNF | Race not finished (did not finish) |
| NC | not classified | |
| red | DNQ | did not qualify |
| DNPQ | failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify) | |
| black | DSQ | disqualified |
| White | DNS | not at the start (did not start) |
| WD | withdrawn | |
| Light Blue | PO | only participated in the training (practiced only) |
| TD | Friday test driver | |
| without | DNP | did not participate in the training (did not practice) |
| INJ | injured or sick | |
| EX | excluded | |
| DNA | did not arrive | |
| C. | Race canceled | |
| no participation in the World Cup | ||
| other | P / bold | Pole position |
| SR / italic | Fastest race lap | |
| * | not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered |
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| () | Streak results | |
| underlined | Leader in the overall standings | |
literature
- Rick Popely, L. Spencer Riggs: Indianapolis 500 Chronicle. Publications International Ltd., Lincolnwood IL 1998, ISBN 0-7853-2798-3 .
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Connor, George |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Connor, Charles George (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American racing car driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 16, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rialto ( California ) |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 28, 2001 |
| Place of death | Hesperia |