George Fonder is a racing driver from United States who last raced in Formula 1 for Kurtis Kraft. Fonder has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 2 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,848 ranks Fonder 4282th of 40,700 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| 1954-05-31 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | P19 | −49 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +20 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway 1952 | Formula 1 | P15 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | ▸Formula 1 | Kurtis Kraft | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P16 | −50 | 3,848 |
| 1952 | ▸Formula 1 | Sherman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P13 | +2,518 | 3,868 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇮🇹 Alberto AscariHigher-rated, 2× champion | 6,252 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇺🇸 Jim RathmannHigher-rated | 6,175 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| 🇺🇸 Tony BettenhausenHigher-rated | 6,070 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4,272 | 🇺🇸 Billy Garrett | Formula 1 | 3,849 |
| 4,273 | 🇫🇷 Guillaume Bouzar | French F4 | 3,849 |
| 4,274 | 🇳🇱 Janneau Esmeijer | ADAC Formula 4 | 3,849 |
| 4,275 | 🏳️ Matheus Iorio | Stock Light | 3,849 |
| 4,276 | 🇺🇸 Ryan Repko | ARCA Menards Series | 3,849 |
| 4,277 | 🇩🇪 Toni Ulmen | Formula 1 | 3,849 |
| 4,278 | 🇺🇾 Alberto Uria | Formula 1 | 3,848 |
| 4,279 | 🇦🇷 Alessandro de Tomaso | Formula 1 | 3,848 |
| 4,280 | 🇨🇦 Bassam Kronfli | 24H Series | 3,848 |
| 4,281 | 🇺🇸 Chris Windom | NASCAR Cup Series | 3,848 |
| 4,282 | 🇺🇸 George Fonder | Formula 1 | 3,848 |
| 4,283 | 🇦🇹 Helmuth Koinigg | Formula 1 | 3,848 |
| 4,284 | 🇺🇸 Jud Larson | Formula 1 | 3,848 |
| 4,285 | 🇺🇸 Martin Truex | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,848 |
| 4,286 | 🇺🇸 Mike Garvey | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,848 |
| 4,287 | 🇺🇸 Ross Chouest | GT America | 3,848 |
| 4,288 | 🇺🇸 Bobby Rahal | Formula 1 | 3,847 |
| 4,289 | 🇬🇧 Daniel Brown | 24H Series | 3,847 |
| 4,290 | 🇬🇧 David Prophet | Formula 1 | 3,847 |
| 4,291 | 🇪🇸 Fernando MONJE | Ferrari Challenge | 3,847 |
| 4,292 | 🇯🇵 Masami Kageyama | Super GT | 3,847 |
George Fonder was an American racing driver who competed in single-seater racing during the early 1950s. He made two starts in the Formula 1 World Championship for Kurtis Kraft between 1952 and 1954, racing at the sport's highest level against a mixed field of amateurs, semi-professionals and established professionals.[1]
Fonder's Formula 1 record comprised a single season in 1954, in which he finished sixteenth in the championship standings. His career in the indexed series was brief; his two Formula 1 starts represent his only major-league racing on record. He raced at an established professional level, as measured by his rating of 3,848, placing him among competitors who had secured drives in international championship racing.[2]
In the single-seater field he inhabited, Fonder finished ahead of Bill Vukovich and Gene Hartley, both established professionals with considerably deeper Formula 1 experience than his own. Kurtis Kraft, the team that fielded him, was an established operation in the era; across the full index the team won five races and deployed 87 drivers, its strongest driver being fellow established professional Duane Carter.