George Robson (racing driver), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

George Robson (racing driver)

Canadian racing driver

Date of Birth: 24-Feb-1909

Place of Birth: Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 02-Sep-1946

Profession: engineer, racing automobile driver

Nationality: Canada, United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

George Robson (; February 24, 1909 – September 2, 1946) was a British born, naturalized American racing driver active in the 1940s.
Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, Robson later moved to the Mount Dennis section of York, Ontario, Canada and finally to the United States in 1924, with his family settling in Huntington Park, California. Robson was the winner of the first Indianapolis 500 following World War II (1946) but would die later that year with George Barringer in an accident at Lakewood Speedway in Atlanta, Georgia.
He was very much at his peak at the time of his death.
He had qualified for pole for that race and performed strongly since his surprise '500 victory.Robson's brother Hal also competed in the Indy 500.
Robson was the last Indianapolis 500 winner to die in the same year as his victory until 2011 when fellow Englishmen turned American citizen Dan Wheldon died in a crash at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.