:''This is about the Australian racing driver. For similar names see the disambiguation page George Reynolds (disambiguation)'' George Reynolds (8 May 1928 – March 2012) was an Australian racing driver. The career of Reynolds, who was born on 8 May 1928, extended from the late 1950s into the late 1960s. Known primarily as a

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driver, Reynolds won Class D of the 1962 Armstrong 500 at Phillip Island, sharing a Volkswagen with Jim McKeown. However, Reynolds is best known as outright winner (although outright winners were not officially acknowledged at the time) of the Armstrong 500, now held at Bathurst, in

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. With three time winning partners

Bob Jane Robert Frederick Jane (18 December 1929 – 28 September 2018) was an Australian race car driver and prominent entrepreneur and business tycoon. A four-time winner of the Armstrong 500, the race that became the prestigious Bathurst 1000 and a ...

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Harry Firth Henry Leslie Firth (18 April 1918 – 27 April 2014) was an Australian racing driver and team manager. Firth was a leading race and rally driver during the 1950s and 1960s and continued as an influential team manager with first the Ford works ...

split amongst the entries of the factory supported Ford touring car team both Jane and Firth needed co-drivers for the 500-mile classic. Reynolds was paired with Jane and assisted Jane to his fourth consecutive Bathurst victory. Reynolds was later one of a group of drivers who raced for David McKay's

Scuderia Veloce Scuderia Veloce was an Australian motor racing team founded by journalist racer David McKay. The team, which competed in many motor racing categories in the 1960s, is regarded as the first professional motor racing operation in Australia. It w ...

team. He continued to race at the front rank of Australian drivers into the late 1960s, taking a top ten finish at the 1968 Surfers Paradise 6 Hour driving a Ferrari with Phil West as well as a top five finish at the

1968 Hardie-Ferodo 500 The 1968 Hardie-Ferodo 500 was a production car race held on 6 October 1968 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia. It was the ninth running of the Bathurst 500. For the first time factory support ...

co-driving a Holden Dealer Racing Team

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with Brian Muir, both times in entries fielded by Scuderia Veloce. Reynolds died in March 2012. 1966 Isuzu Bellett 1500 Race car (23109875104)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Reynolds, George Australian racing drivers Bathurst 1000 winners Australian Touring Car Championship drivers 2012 deaths 1928 births