George started out as a reporter and editor for a printing concern in Washingtonville, New York, that published three local weekly newspapers, before switching to the same Middletown paper that he had once shoved under the Series K's ashtray. That was the Times Herald-Record, a well-known daily in Orange County, New York. It was about 1953, and NASCAR was trying to establish a drag racing circuit in the Northeast, organizing drags at the airport in George's hometown of Montgomery. After a tryout, NASCAR hired him as the strip's announcer before the track fell victim to neighbors' noise complaints. A new strip then opened in Great Meadows, New Jersey, called Island Dragway. George signed on there as announcer and remained until moving near Chicago in 1962. In the course of his mic duties, George got to know Don Garlits, who, via his booked-in appearances, was one of Island's biggest spectator draws.
Subject ID: 74680
MoreGeorge started out as a reporter and editor for a printing concern in Washingtonville, New York, that published three local weekly newspapers, before switching to the same Middletown paper that he had once shoved under the Series K's ashtray. That was the Times Herald-Record, a well-known daily in Orange County, New York. It was about 1953, and NASCAR was trying to establish a drag racing circuit in the Northeast, organizing drags at the airport in George's hometown of Montgomery. After a tryout, NASCAR hired him as the strip's announcer before the track fell victim to neighbors' noise complaints. A new strip then opened in Great Meadows, New Jersey, called Island Dragway. George signed on there as announcer and remained until moving near Chicago in 1962. In the course of his mic duties, George got to know Don Garlits, who, via his booked-in appearances, was one of Island's biggest spectator draws.
Subject ID: 74680
Subject ID: 74680