Tim George Jr. (born December 21, 1980) is an American professional

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driver.

Personal life and early career

George was born on

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in 1980 as the son of

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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

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franchises. He also served as an executive for

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and

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. 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

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, and when he was criticized by the head chef for having modified a recipe, he took a break to watch the cars race. He soon enrolled in racing school, and first competed in the 2005 Skip Barber Racing School Southern Series. He raced in the

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for

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in 2007 and 2008, winning the 2008 Rookie of the Year award and one race, at

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, before moving to full-time stock-car racing. He is single.

Stock car career

Though only completing two events in the actual NASCAR series, George competed in the

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starting in 2008, driving at first for

, then for

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before joining

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at the start of the 2010 season. He scored his first win in the series at

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in a rain-shortened event in the summer of 2011, leading only the last two laps before the race was called due to rain, darkness, and fog. He finished seventh in season points in 2011, his best career points finish in the ARCA Racing Series. George made occasional starts in the

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-sanctioned

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and

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during the 2009, 2010 and 2011 seasons. His first start in the Truck Series was at

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in 2009, and his first Nationwide Series start was at

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in 2010. He attempted to qualify for the 2011 season-ending

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in the Camping World Truck Series, driving for RCR in conjunction with Eddie Sharp Racing, but failed to qualify when

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were rained out. George competed part-time in the Camping World Truck Series for Richard Childress Racing in 2012, driving for the team's with

sponsorship in twelve races over the course of the season. After finishing 22nd in points, he returned to the series in 2013, driving for Wauters Motorsports.

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Motorsports career results

NASCAR

( 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

K&N Pro Series East

Season still in progress
Ineligible for series points

ARCA Racing Series

( key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

24 Hours of Daytona

( key)

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