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|name = Tim George Jr. |image = TimGeorgeJr2010Bucyrus200RoadAmerica.jpg |caption = George at the 2010 Nationwide race at Road America |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|12|21}} |birth_place = Manhattan, New York |awards = 2008 Rolex Sports Car Series Rookie of the Year |Total_Busch_Races = 4 |Years_In_Busch = 2 |Busch_Car_Team = |Prev_Busch_Pos = |Prev_Busch_Year = |Best_Busch_Pos = 58th (2011) |First_Busch_Race = 2010 Bucyrus 200 (Road America) |Last_Busch_Race = 2011 Zippo 200 (Watkins Glen) |First_Busch_Win = |Last_Busch_Win = |Busch_Wins = 0 |Busch_Top_Tens = 0 |Busch_Poles = 0 |Total_Truck_Races = 24 |Years_In_Truck = 4 |Truck_Car_Team = |Prev_Truck_Pos = 26th |Prev_Truck_Year = 2013 |Best_Truck_Pos = 22nd (2012) |First_Truck_Race = 2009 Lucas Oil 150 (Phoenix) |Last_Truck_Race = 2013 Pocono Mountains 125 (Pocono) |First_Truck_Win = |Last_Truck_Win = |Truck_Wins = 0 |Truck_Top_Tens = 1 |Truck_Poles = 1 |updated = August 3, 2013 }} Tim George Jr. (born December 21, 1980) is an American professional stock car racing driver. Personal life and early careerGeorge Jr. 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.[4] 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,[3] before moving to full-time stock-car racing.[4] He is single.[4] Stock car careerGeorge 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.[4] 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.[5] He finished seventh in season points in 2011, his best career points finish in the ARCA Racing Series.[6] 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{{Gallery|title= |width=160 |height=170 |lines=4 |align=center |File:21TimGeorgeJr2010Bucyrus200RoadAmerica.jpg|George's 2010 Nationwide car at Road America |File:Tim George Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Rockingham 2012.jpg|George's 2012 truck at Rockingham Speedway |File:Tim George Jr Wauters Motorsports Ford Rockingham 2013.jpg|George's 2013 truck at Rockingham }} Motorsports career resultsNASCAR(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) Nationwide Series
Camping World Truck Series
{{sup|1}} Ineligible for series points 24 Hours of Daytona(key)
References1. ^{{cite web|title=Timothy M. George|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=713492&ticker=GHL&previousCapId=382826&previousTitle=BASF%2520SE|publisher=Bloomberg Businessweek|accessdate=5 September 2015}} 2. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/19/sports/in-career-shift-tim-george-jr-goes-from-chef-to-racecar-driver.html|title=Manhattan Meets Nascar as Chef Becomes a Racer|last=Caldwell|first=Dave|date=June 18, 2011|work=The New York Times|accessdate=2012-02-01}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/121109-bleacher-report-exclusive-arca-s-tim-george-jr|title=Bleacher Report Exclusive: ARCA's Tim George Jr.|last=Phillips|first=David|date=February 7, 2009|work=Bleacher Report|publisher=Bleacher Report, Inc.|accessdate=1 February 2012|location=San Francisco, California}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.rcrracing.com/drivers/driver.cfm?did=4385&tid=2232|title=Tim George Jr.|publisher=Richard Childress Racing|accessdate=2012-02-01}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.autoweek.com/article/20110611/NASCAR/110619969|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615044258/http://www.autoweek.com/article/20110611/NASCAR/110619969|dead-url=yes|archive-date=June 15, 2011|title=Tim George Jr. wins rain-shortened ARCA race at Pocono|last=Pearce|first=Al|date=June 11, 2011|work=AutoWeek|accessdate=2012-02-01}} 6. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|url=http://www.timgeorgejr.com/index.cfm?action=main.background|title=Background|publisher=Tim George Jr. official website|accessdate=2012-02-01}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://nascar.speedtv.com/article/arca-george-jr-to-make-truck-debut-at-phoenix-for-rcr/|title=George Jr. To Make Truck Debut At Phoenix For RCR|date=November 11, 2009|work=SPEEDtv.com|publisher=Fox Sports|accessdate=2012-02-01|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091112220512/http://nascar.speedtv.com/article/arca-george-jr-to-make-truck-debut-at-phoenix-for-rcr/|archivedate=November 12, 2009|df=}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.skipbarber.com/1966.asp|title=Tim George Jr. to Make NASCAR Nationwide Series Debut at Road America|date=June 27, 2010|publisher=Skip Barber Racing School|accessdate=2012-02-01|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120607091352/http://www.skipbarber.com/1966.asp|archivedate=June 7, 2012|df=}} 9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.timgeorgejr.com/index.cfm?action=news.show&cid=51549|title=The Rain, the Truck and Other Things|date=November 18, 2011|publisher=Tim George Jr. official website|accessdate=2012-02-01}} 10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.scenedaily.com/news/articles/truckseries/Tim_George_Jr_to_run_partial_Truck_Series_schedule_for_RCR__.html|title=Tim George Jr. to run partial Truck Series schedule for RCR|last=Bruce|first=Kenny|date=December 7, 2011|work=SceneDaily.com|publisher=The Sporting News|accessdate=2012-02-01}} 11. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.jayski.com/news/campingworld/2013/story/_/page/2013-nascar-camping-world-truck-team-chart|title=2013 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Team / Driver Chart|last=Adamczyk|first=Jay|work=Jayski's Silly Season Site|publisher=ESPN|accessdate=2013-06-01}} External links
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