George Green (racing driver)

{{Short description|American racing driver (1927–2008)}}

{{Infobox NASCAR driver

| name = George Green

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1927|11|15}}

| birth_place = Johnson City, Tennessee, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2008|11|18|1927|11|15}}

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| Total_Cup_Races = 116

| Years_In_Cup = 8

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| Best_Cup_Pos = 23rd (1957)

| First_Cup_Race = 1956 Race 49 (Columbia)

| Last_Cup_Race = 1963 Turkey Day 200 (Randleman)

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| Cup_Wins = 0

| Cup_Top_Tens = 29

| Cup_Poles = 0

| Total_Conv_Races = 12

| Years_In_Conv = 1

| Best_Conv_Pos = 8th (1959)

| First_Conv_Race = 1959 Race 1 (Daytona)

| Last_Conv_Race = 1959 Race 15 (Charlotte)

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| Conv_Wins = 0

| Conv_Top_Tens = 1

| Conv_Poles = 0

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George Green (September 15, 1927 – November 18, 2008) was an American NASCAR Grand National Series driver. He finished 55th at both the 1959 Daytona 500 and the 1960 Daytona 500, with him exiting the 1960 race with a gas tank explosion.{{cite web |url=http://www.racefansforever.org/50-years-of-nascar-racing--the-daytona-500-1960-1964-post-27.html |title=50 Years Of NASCAR Racing ~ The Daytona 500: 1960-1964 (Post 27) |publisher=Race Fans Forever |date= |accessdate=2016-02-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180209143454/https://www.racefansforever.org/50-years-of-nascar-racing--the-daytona-500-1960-1964-post-27.html |archive-date=2018-02-09 |url-status=dead }} He also finished 16th in the 1962 NASCAR Grand National Series standings, racing 46 of 53 total races.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/racing/standings?year=1962 |title=1962 - NASCAR Grand National NASCAR Standings - ESPN |publisher=Espn.go.com |date= |access-date=2016-02-15}}

Green was also a sergeant in the U.S. Army.{{cite web|url=http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/february-1960-george-green-of-johnson-city-tn-drove-this-news-photo/143636951 |title=RacingOne Archive 2010 |publisher=Getty Images |date=2012-05-01 |accessdate=2016-02-15}} He died on November 18, 2008, at the age of 81.{{cite web |title=George Green |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/George_Green/ |website=Racing Reference |access-date=11 October 2023}}