George Snider

For the Canadian politician, see George Snider (politician).

George Snider
Born	(1940-12-08) December 8, 1940 (age 84) Bakersfield, California, U.S.
Champ Car career
142 races run over 28 years
Best finish	1st (1981-82)
First race	1964 Bobby Ball Memorial (Phoenix)
Last race	1992 Michigan 500 (Michigan)
First win	1981 Tony Bettenhausen 100 (Springfield)
Wins Podiums Poles 1 9 0

George Lee Snider III (born December 8, 1940, in Bakersfield, California) ^{[1] [2]} is a retired American race car driver. A longtime driver in the United States Automobile Club Silver Crown series, Snider is also a 22-time starter of the Indianapolis 500, the most starts without winning the race. His best finish was eighth in the 1975 Indianapolis 500. Snider made many starts driving for his good friend A. J. Foyt. His last Indy start was in 1987. Snider is known to many fans by his nickname "Ziggy".

Snider is the 1971 USAC Silver Crown Champion and the 1981-1982 USAC Champ Car champion, the last "big car" championship to include pavement races other than the Indy 500.

Snider owns Silver Crown race cars and, in 2005, allowed Foyt's grandson A. J. Foyt IV to race a car at the Milwaukee Mile.

Snider is currently a partner in ownership of non wing 360ci and 410ci sprint car teams in California (BUSTER AND ZIGGY RACING). Peter Murphy (originally from Australia now residing in Fresno, CA) currently drives their 360ci non wing sprint car in USAC West Coast 360 competition. Bud Kaeding (multi time USAC champion and Oval Nationals champion) drove the 410ci sprint car for the team on August 14, 2010, at Santa Maria Speedway in a USAC/CRA racing event where he placed 3rd.

Awards

• He was inducted in the West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame in 2021.

Complete USAC Championship Car results

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	Pos	Points
1964	PHX	TRE	INDY	MIL	LAN	TRE	SPR	MIL	DUQ	ISF	TRE	SAC	PHX 9																39th	80
1965	PHX 23	TRE	INDY 21	MIL DNQ	LAN 16	PPR	TRE 9	IRP 9	ATL 25	LAN 7	MIL	ISF 2	MIL	DSF 14	INF 8	TRE 10	SAC 15	PHX DNQ											21st	453
1966	PHX 6	TRE	INDY 19	MIL 10	LAN 21	ATL DNQ	PIP	IRP 6	LAN 11	SPR 6	MIL 10	DUQ DNQ	ISF 12	TRE DNP	SAC 11	PHX													19th	365
1967	PHX 21	TRE	INDY 26	MIL 18	LAN DNQ	PIP	MOS	MOS	IRP DNQ	LAN	MTR	MTR	SPR 18	MIL DNQ	DUQ 16	ISF 17	TRE DNQ	SAC 3	HAN 22	PHX	RIV								30th	140
1968	HAN 9	LVG 5	PHX 6	TRE 6	INDY 31	MIL 8	MOS	MOS	LAN	PIP	CDR	NAZ 8	IRP	IRP	LAN	LAN	MTR	MTR	SPR 3	MIL	DUQ 10	ISF 3	TRE DNQ	SAC 13	MCH	HAN	PHX 3	RIV DNP	16th	919
1969	PHX	HAN 14	INDY 16	MIL DNQ	LAN 9	PIP	CDR	NAZ	TRE 5	IRP 20	IRP	MIL 25	SPR 2	DOV	DUQ 7	ISF 7	BRN DNQ	BRN	TRE 5	SAC DNQ	KEN	KEN	PHX 26	RIV 18					17th	840
1970	PHX 7	SON	TRE	INDY 20	MIL	LAN	CDR	MCH 23	IRP 23	SPR 14	MIL	ONT DNQ	DUQ 4	ISF 14	SED 15	TRE 18	SAC 2	PHX 7											21st	460
1971	RAF	RAF	PHX 18	TRE	INDY 33	MIL 21	POC 33	MCH 14	MIL 5	ONT 32	TRE 14	PHX 15																	29th	200
1972	PHX 16	TRE DNQ	INDY 11	MIL 23	MCH 6	POC 21	MIL 18	ONT 8	TRE 10	PHX 10																			16th	517
1973	TWS	TRE	TRE	INDY 12	MIL	POC 25	MCH	MIL	ONT	ONT	ONT 14	MCH	MCH	TRE	TWS	PHX 12													32nd	29
1974	ONT	ONT 10	ONT 11	PHX 17	TRE	INDY 28	MIL	POC 25	MCH	MIL	MCH 16	TRE	TRE	PHX															29th	130
1975	ONT DNS	ONT	ONT 20	PHX 18	TRE	INDY 8	MIL	POC 10	MCH 22	MIL	MCH	TRE	PHX																18th	400
1976	PHX	TRE	INDY 13	MIL	POC 9	MCH	TWS	TRE	MIL	ONT	MCH 22	TWS 7	PHX 10																19th	365
1977	ONT	PHX	TWS	TRE	INDY 24	MIL	POC 33	MOS	MCH DNQ	TWS 20	MIL	ONT 32	MCH 21	PHX 10															40th	45
1978	PHX	ONT	TWS	TRE	INDY 8	MOS	MIL	POC 6	MCH 15	ATL	TWS DNS	MIL	ONT 27	MCH	TRE	SIL 11	BRH 8	PHX 20											15th	766
1979	ONT 8	TWS 5	INDY 33	MIL 18	POC 25	TWS	MIL 11																						14th	361
1980	ONT	INDY 15	MIL	POC DNQ	MDO																								44th	25
1981-82	INDY DNQ1	POC 4	ILL 1	DUQ 3	ISF 8	INDY 21																							1st	1,395
1982-83	ISF	DSF 15	NAZ 9	INDY 32																									19th	95
1983-84	DUQ 4	INDY 11																											8th	340

• ¹: At the 1981 Indianapolis 500, Snider initially qualified 29th, but the sold the car to Tim Richmond. Richmond drove the car on race day.

Complete PPG Indy Car Series results

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Pos.	Pts	Ref
1979	Hoffman Racing	PHX	ATL	ATL	INDY 33	TRE	TRE	MCH	MCH	WGL	TRE	ONT	MCH	ATL	PHX				-	0	[3]
1980	Gilmore Racing	ONT	INDY 15	MIL	POC DNQ	MDO	MCH	WGL	MIL	ONT	MCH	MEX	PHX						48th	25	[4]
1982		PHX	ATL	MIL	CLE	MCH 19	MIL	POC 21	RIV	ROA	MCH	PHX							40th	3	[5]
1983		ATL	INDY 32	MIL	CLE	MCH	ROA	POC	RIV	MDO	MCH	CPL	LAG	PHX					59th	0	[6]
1984	Gilmore Racing	LBH	PHX	INDY 11	MIL	POR	MEA	CLE	MCH	ROA	POC	MDO	SAN	MCH	PHX	LAG	CPL		38th	2	[7]
1985	Gilmore Racing	LBH	INDY 32	MIL	POR	MEA	CLE	MCH	ROA	POC	MDO	SAN	MCH	LAG	PHX	MIA			60th	0	[8]
1986	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	PHX	LBH	INDY 26	MIL	POR	MEA	CLE	TOR	MCH 27	POC	MDO	SAN	MCH	ROA	LAG	PHX	MIA	48th	0	[9]
1987	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	LBH	PHX	INDY 33	MIL	POR	MEA	CLE	TOR	MCH	POC	ROA	MDO	NAZ	LAG	MIA			50th	0	[10]
1988	Calumet Farms	PHX	LBH	INDY DNQ	MIL	POR	CLE	TOR	MEA	MCH	POC	MDO	ROA	NAZ	LAG	MIA			-	0	[11]
1990		PHX	LBH	INDY DNQ	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	MEA	TOR	MCH	DEN	VAN	MDO	ROA	NAZ	LAG		-	0	[12]
1992	Gilmore Racing	SRF	PHX 22	LBH	INDY	DET	POR	MIL	NHA	TOR									53rd	0	[13]
	Euromotorsport										MCH 24	CLE	ROA	VAN	MDO	NAZ	LAG

Indianapolis 500 results

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish
1965	Gerhardt	Offy	16th	21st
1966	Lotus	Ford	3rd	19th
1967	Mongoose	Ford	10th	28th
1968	Mongoose	Ford	29th	31st
1969	Coyote	Ford	15th	16th
1970	Coyote	Ford	10th	20th
1971	Eagle	Offy	21st	33rd
1972	Coyote	Foyt	21st	11th
1973	Coyote	Foyt	30th	12th
1974	Atlanta	Foyt	13th	28th
1975	Eagle	Offy	24th	8th
1976	Eagle	Offy	27th	13th
1977	Wildcat	DGS	13th	24th
1978	Coyote	Foyt	23rd	8th
1979	Lightning	Offy	35th	33rd
1980	Parnelli	Cosworth	21st	15th
1981	Parnelli	Cosworth	29th	DNS
1982	March	Cosworth	26th	21st
1983	March	Cosworth	13th	32nd
1984	March	Cosworth	31st	11th
1985	March	Chevrolet	28th	32nd
1986	March	Cosworth	31st	26th
1987	March	Chevrolet	31st	33rd
1988	March	Chevrolet	DNQ
1990	Lola	Buick	DNQ

References

1. Archives, L. A. Times (1988-06-27). "George Snider of Bakersfield, driving a car..." Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2025-02-23.
2. Archives, L. A. Times (1985-03-10). "George Snider Starts His USAC Title Bid in Season Sprint Opener at Ascot Park". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2025-02-23.
3. "George Snider – 1979 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
4. "George Snider – 1980 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
5. "George Snider – 1982 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
6. "George Snider – 1983 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
7. "George Snider – 1984 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
8. "George Snider – 1985 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
9. "George Snider – 1986 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
10. "George Snider – 1987 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
11. "George Snider – 1988 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
12. "George Snider – 1990 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
13. "George Snider – 1992 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 16, 2023.

External links

• George Snider career summary at DriverDB.com