George Constantine

George Constantine ( born February 22, 1918 in Southbridge, † January 7, 1968 ) was an American race car driver.

George Constantine drove in the 1950s sports car race in the SCCA series in North America. His first race car was a Jaguar XK 120. 1956 he won on a Jaguar D -Type Grand Prix at Watkins Glen sports car. Constantine celebrated many victories on an Aston Martin DBR2 how the Nassau Trophy in the Bahamas in 1959. 1959 he was elected together with Walt Hansgen to USSC Driver of the Year.

His success made ​​Constantine in the late 1950s in the United States to a well-known racing driver. Therefore He belonged to the local variables that have been invited for the first Grand Prix of the United States in 1959 after Sebring. Constantine was driving a Cooper T45 - Climax, the Michael Taylor had reported to him. The race could not finish the American. An overheated cylinder stopped the activities of Constantine, so he did not get the finish in his home race.

He ran until the mid- 1960s on sports car racing in 1962 and fifth in the 3- hour race at Daytona.