Jack Griffin

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Jack Griffin is a retired American racing car driver .

Career in motorsport

Jack Griffin entered sports car races in the IMSA GTP series with moderate success in the 1980s . The American came to Europe twice and paid to take part in the Le Mans 24-hour race . In 1984 and 1985 he drove for Christian Bussi in Le Mans; both times it failed prematurely due to technical defects.

His best place in the IMSA GTP series was 21st overall in the 1985 Sebring 12-hour race .

statistics

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
1984 FranceFrance Christian Bussi Rondeau M382 United StatesUnited States Christian Bussi FranceFrance Bruno Ilien failure Broken accelerator pedal
1985 FranceFrance Christian Bussi Rondeau M482 United StatesUnited States Christian Bussi United StatesUnited States Marion Speer failure suspension

Sebring results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
1983 United StatesUnited States Pegasus Racing Porsche 914/4 United StatesUnited States John Zouzelka failure accident
1984 United StatesUnited States Pegasus Racing Porsche 935JLP-2 United StatesUnited States Marion Speer failure Gearbox damage
1985 United StatesUnited States Team Dallas Porsche Carrera RSR United StatesUnited States Bobby Hefner United StatesUnited States Skip Winfree Rank 21
1986 United StatesUnited States Team Dallas Porsche Carrera RSR United StatesUnited States Bobby Hefner United StatesUnited States Skip Winfree failure Gearbox damage

literature

  • Moity / Teissedre: 24 Hours of Le Mans 1923–1992 . Edition D'Art JP Barthelemy, ISBN 2-909-413-06-3 .

Individual evidence

  1. Sebring 12-hour race in 1986