Tags: Motorsport Racer, Racing Driver.
George Barringer (May 2 1906 – September 2 1946) was an American racecar driver from Wichita Falls Texas active during the 1930s and 1940s. Barringer made 17 Championship Car starts with a best finish of second at Springfield in August 1935 and Milwaukee in August 1939. It was in 1941 that Barringer would debut a revolutionary rear engine racecar at the Indianapolis 500 unfortunately he would only place 32nd after a garage fire destroyed the car before the race began.