Clifford Griffith

Clifford Griffith

Nation:	United States
Automobile world championship
First start:	Indianapolis 500 1951
Last start:	Indianapolis 500 1956
Constructors
1951  Ludson D. Morris 1952 Tom Sarafoff 1956 Jim Robbins
statistics
World Cup balance:	no World Cup placement
Starts Victories Poles SR 3 - - -
World Cup points :	-
Podiums :	-
Leadership laps :	-

Clifford "Cliff" Griffith (born February 6, 1916 in Nineveh , Indiana , † January 23, 1996 in Rochester , Indiana) was an American racing driver .

Career

Griffith started at irregular intervals between 1950 and 1956 in the AAA National series and 1961 in the USAC series . He came to a total of 19 races, eight times placing in the top ten. His best result was fourth place in the 1950 Springfield race. He also competed four times in the Indianapolis 500 . His best result here was a ninth place, which he achieved in 1952 in a Kurtis Kraft - Offenhauser . However, he was unable to qualify for the race eight times.

Since the 500 miles were part of the Formula 1 world championship from 1950 to 1960 , Griffith also has three entries in the driver’s world championship on the start lists. He could not achieve points for the World Cup.

statistics

Indy 500 results

year	Start number	begin	Agony (km / h)	Result	Round	guide	failure
1950	66	DNQ
1951	23	18th	215.359	28	30th	0	Rear axle
1952	22nd	9	219.833	9	200	0
1953	24	DNQ					Training accident
1954	22nd	DNQ
1956	27	30th	227.654	10	200	0
1957	31	DNQ
1960	29	DNQ
1961	26th	30th	233,382	24	55	0	engine
1962	84	DNQ
1963	72	DNQ
1964	35	DNQ

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

literature

• Rick Popely, L. Spencer Riggs: Indianapolis 500 Chronicle. Publications International Ltd., Lincolnwood IL 1998, ISBN 0-7853-2798-3 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Race results