George Amick

George Amick

Born	October 24, 1924(1924-10-24)
Died	April 4, 1959(1959-04-04) (aged 34)
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	American
Active years	1957–1958
Teams	Snowberger, Epperly
Races	2 (1 start)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	1
Career points	6
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First race	1957 Indianapolis 500
Last race	1958 Indianapolis 500

George Amick (24 October 1924 Vernonia, Oregon – 4 April 1959 Daytona Beach, Florida) was an American racecar driver, mainly competing in the American National Championship. He was killed in a crash in a USAC 100-mile (160 km) race at Daytona International Speedway. Major open-wheel racing would not return to the track for many years.

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 Quinn Epperly, and built by master Indianapolis chief mechanic George Salih. 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.

Indy 500 results

Year Car Start Qual Rank Finish Laps Led Retired 1958 99 25 142.710 25 2 200 18 Running Totals 200 18

Starts 1 Poles 0 Front Row 0 Wins 0 Top 5 1 Top 10 1 Retired 0

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	WDC	Points
1957	Federal Engineering	Snowberger	Offenhauser L4	ARG	MON	500 DNQ	FRA	GBR	GER	PES	ITA				NC	0
1958	Norman Demler	Epperly Indy Roadster	Offenhauser L4	ARG	MON	NED	500 2	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	POR	ITA	MOR	15th	6

External links

• George Amick at Racing Reference

Sporting positions
Preceded by Don Edmunds	Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year 1958	Succeeded by Bobby Grim