Doug George

Doug George (born November 5, 1960) is an American professional stock car racing driver and mechanic. He currently serves as the crew chief of the No. 81 Toyota Tundra driven by Ryan Truex in the Camping World Truck Series.

He began racing professionally in the 1980s, driving for his own team. In 1990, he won the NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Series Rookie of the Year award. He later moved to the NASCAR Winston West Series, where he won Rookie of the Year honors and later, the 1995 series championship.

George made his NASCAR debut in 1995 at Sears Point International Raceway. Driving the #07 Olson Technology Ford Thunderbird, he qualified 42nd and finished 31st in the Winston Cup race. He ran an additional race that season at Phoenix International Raceway, where he finished 41st after a wreck. In 1996, he ran the Craftsman Truck Series in the #21 Ortho Ford F-150. He had a fifth-place run at Sears Point, and finished 12th in the standings, runner-up to Bryan Reffner in the Rookie of the Year battle.

In 1997, George began drivin the #12 Chevrolet Silverado for Bob Blake.He drove for a variety of teams that season, his best finish an eighth at Sonoma for Charles Hardy. He began the 1998 in the #26 MB Motorsports Ford, posting two thirtieth-place finishes. Late in the season, he joined Liberty Racing, driving the #84 Porter-Cable Power Tools Ford and had a tenth at Sonoma, before finishing the season in Liberty's #98 Big Daddy's BBQ Sauce Ford, where had his worst finish with Liberty, fifteenth.

In 1999, George drove a pair of races for Conely Racing, finishing seventeenth at Gateway International Raceway. He joined Impact Motorsports as the crew chief of the #12 Hot Wheels Dodge Ram for Carlos Contreras in 2000. During the season, he drove Impact's #86 R.C. Cola truck at Gateway following the release of Mike Cope, finishing 33rd after a wreck. He drove the #12 truck filling in for Contreras at Kentucky, finishing sixteenth.

Following his driving career, George worked at Morgan-Dollar Motorsports, and later at Joe Gibbs Racing, serving as crew chief for Coy Gibbs. In 2005, he joined Xpress Motorsports and was named crew chief for the #19 for Regan Smith, but the team shut down after two races. He joined the #89 team driven by Morgan Shepherd in 2006 before the team was purchased by CJM Racing. In 2007, he returned to NASCAR as crew chief for Billy Ballew Motorsports from 2008 to 2010, working most notably with Kyle Busch. He left BBM for Kevin Harvick Incorporated in 2010 to work on the #2 truck split by Kevin Harvick and Elliott Sadler. He moved to Turner Motorsports in 2011 before being hired by GB Racing for the 2012 season. In 2009, George was inducted into the West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame. For 2013, he will serve as the crew chief for Scott Stenzel at MB Motorsports, following GB Racing's reduction to a part-time schedule.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

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

Winston Cup Series

NASCAR Winston Cup Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	NWCC	Pts
1994	Olson Technology Racing	37	Ford	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	SON DNQ	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	DAY	NHA	POC	TAL	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	PHO DNQ	ATL	N/A	-
1995	Olson Technology Racing	07	Ford	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	SON 31	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	DAY	NHA	POC	TAL	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	PHO 41	ATL	55th	110

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	NCTC	Pts
1996	Venable Racing	21	Ford	HOM 10	PHO 19	POR 14	EVG 14	TUS 21	CNS 10	HPT 17	BRI 14	NZH 22	MLW 19	LVL 18	I70 6	IRP 28	FLM 15	GLN 9	NSV 6	RCH 24	NHA 21	MAR 13	NWS 15	SON 5	MMR 7	PHO 9	LVS 16				12th	2883
1997	Blake Motorsports	12	Chevy	WDW 18	TUS 25	HOM 17	PHO 20	POR 19	EVG 17	I70 11	NHA 26	TEX 29	BRI 36																		21st	2057
	SKB Racing	92	Chevy											NZH 17	MLW 19	LVL 26							RCH DNQ	MAR				PHO 21	LVS 21
	Core Motorsports	32	Ford														CNS 29	HPT	IRP
	Genzman Racing	25	Ford																	FLM 24
	Doran Racing	77	Chevy																		NSV DNQ
	MB Motorsports	26	Ford																			GLN DNQ
	Charles Hardy Motorsports	35	Chevy																						SON 8
	Brevak Racing	34	Chevy																							MMR 34
	Brevak Racing	65	Ford																								CAL 36
1998	MB Motorsports	26	Ford	WDW	HOM 33	PHO 30	POR 30	EVG 32	I70 DNQ	GLN DNQ																					34th	924
	Unknown	93	Chevy								TEX DNQ	BRI	MLW	NZH	CAL	PPR	IRP	NHA	FLM	NSV	HPT	LVL	RCH	MEM	GTY	MAR
	Liberty Racing	84	Ford																								SON 10	MMR 12	PHO 14
	Liberty Racing	98	Ford																											LVS 15
1999	Conely Racing	7	Chevy	HOM	PHO	EVG	MMR	MAR	MEM	PPR	I70	BRI	TEX	PIR	GLN	MLW	NSV	NZH	MCH	NHA	IRP	GTY 17	HPT	RCH 35	LVS	LVL	TEX	CAL			73rd	170
2000	Impact Motorsports	86	Dodge	DAY	HOM	PHO	MMR	MAR	PIR	GTY 33	MEM	PPR	EVG	TEX																	78th	179
2000	Impact Motorsports	12	Dodge												KEN 16	GLN	MLW	NHA	NZH	MCH	IRP	NSV	CIC	RCH	DOV	TEX	CAL				78th	179

References

↑ "West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame". West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame. Retrieved 16 March 2012.

External links

Doug George driver statistics at Racing-Reference
Page at ErgonRacing

Achievements
Preceded by Mike Chase	NASCAR Winston West Series champion 1995	Succeeded by Lance Hooper
Preceded by Dan Press	NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Tour champion 1990	Succeeded by Rick Carelli

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