Background
Rice was born George J. Viola.
Rice was born George J. Viola.
When he started racing, he drove sprint cars, not midgets. When he heard about midgets he wanted to try them but his sprint car club at that time don"t permit drivers to compete in other series. In the 1940s in particular he was very successful.
George also raced in 24 Hours of Le Mans with the Briggs Cunningham team in 1952.