Английская Википедия:Elmer George

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Elmer Ray George (July 15, 1928 – May 31, 1976) was an American race car driver.

Born in Hockerville, Oklahoma, George died in Terre Haute, Indiana. He drove in the AAA and USAC Championship Car series, racing in the 1956–1963 seasons with 64 starts, including the Indianapolis 500 races in 1957, 1962, and 1963.

He finished in the top ten 36 times, with one victory, in 1957 at Syracuse.

George was also the 1957 USAC Sprint Car Series champion.

1962 Bobby Ball Memorial race

On November 18, 1962, George suffered cuts and a left shoulder injury in a USAC Champ Car race held at the Arizona State Fairgrounds. Having hit another car's bumper, George lost control of his HOW Special, hit the guard rail before the grandstand, slid and headed towards the stands where he broke through a chain-link fence, landing upside down. 22 spectators were injured as a result.

Personal

Elmer George was married to Mari Hulman George, daughter of Tony Hulman, owner of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Elmer and Mari had three daughters and one son, Tony George, founder of the Indy Racing League, and Ex-CEO of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Elmer had two children from a previous marriage, Joseph F. George and Carolyn Coffey.

During the late 1960s and early 1970s, George was the director of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network.

On May 3, 1976, Mari filed for divorce. On the day of the 1976 Indianapolis 500 (May 30, 1976), Elmer George argued by telephone with Guy Trolinger, a horse trainer at the family farm near Terre Haute, and Mari's alleged boyfriend. After the race, George drove to the farm, broke into the house and confronted Trolinger, then around 1:00 a.m., gunfire broke out, and George was shot and killed as a result of multiple gunshot wounds. A grand jury ruled that Trolinger killed George in self-defense at which point the charges were dropped.

Award

He was inducted in the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 2005.

Complete AAA/USAC Championship Car results

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Pos	Points
1954	INDY	MIL	LAN	DAR	SPR	MIL	DUQ	PIK	SYR	ISF DNQ	SAC	PHX	LVG	-	0
1955	INDY DNQ	MIL	LAN	SPR	MIL	DUQ	PIK	SYR	ISF	SAC 7	PHX DNQ			37th	60
1956	INDY	MIL 18	LAN 8	DAR 7	ATL 19	SPR DNQ	MIL 20	DUQ 6	SYR 18	ISF 14	SAC 5	PHX 7		20th	410
1957	INDY 33	LAN 17	MIL 7	DET 5	ATL 15	SPR 6	MIL 6	DUQ 4	SYR 1	ISF 6	TRE 21	SAC 10	PHX 16	10th	830
1958	TRE 12	INDY DNQ	MIL 17	LAN 13	ATL 8	SPR 2	MIL DNQ	DUQ DNS	SYR 16	ISF 10	TRE DNQ	SAC 17	PHX 8	19th	300
1959	DAY 6	TRE 6	INDY DNQ	MIL DNQ	LAN 5	SPR	MIL	DUQ	SYR	ISF	TRE	SAC	PHX	25th	233
1960	TRE	INDY	MIL	LAN DNQ	SPR 3	MIL	DUQ 14	SYR 8	ISF DNQ	TRE	SAC 13	PHX 6		21st	270
1961	TRE 8	INDY	MIL 8	LAN 4	MIL DNQ	SPR 8	DUQ 14	SYR 6	ISF 15	TRE	SAC 6	PHX 9		13th	470
1962	TRE DNQ	INDY 17	MIL 18	LAN DNQ	TRE DNQ	SPR 10	MIL 17	LAN Шаблон:Small	SYR Шаблон:Small	ISF Шаблон:Small	TRE Шаблон:Small	SAC Шаблон:Small	PHX Шаблон:Small	18th	229
1963	TRE	INDY 30	MIL	LAN	TRE	SPR	MIL	DUQ	ISF	TRE	SAC Шаблон:Small	PHX		-	0
1964	PHX	TRE Шаблон:Small	INDY DNQ	MIL	LAN	TRE Шаблон:Small	SPR	MIL Шаблон:Small	DUQ	ISF	TRE	SAC	PHX	-	0

Indianapolis 500 results

Year	Car	Start	Qual	Rank	Finish	Laps	Led	Retired
1957	23	9	140.729	22	33	0	0	Crash BS
1962	21	17	146.092	33	17	146	0	Engine
1963	21	28	147.893	31	30	21	0	Handling
Totals						167	0

Starts	3
Poles	0
Front Row	0
Wins	0
Top 5	0
Top 10	0
Retired	3

World Championship career summary

The Indianapolis 500 was part of the FIA World Championship from 1950 through 1960. Drivers competing at Indy during those years were credited with World Championship points and participation. George participated in the 1957 Indianapolis 500, his only World Championship race. He finished 33rd and did not accumulate any championship points.