Pat Griffith
Pat Griffith (born April 26, 1925 - January 28, 1980 ) was a British automobile racing driver .
Career
Pat Griffith was active as a sports car racing driver in the 1950s and was a works driver for Aston Martin . After first races in club races in Great Britain and starts in British sports car races, Aston Martin's first international outing was the 1952 Mille Miglia . On an Aston Martin DB2 , he was unable to finish the race as a partner of George Abecassis after a retirement.
1953 was the most successful year in Pat Griffith's career. After a second overall place in the nine-hour race at Goodwood , beaten only by the Aston Martin teammates Reg Parnell and Eric Thompson , he won together with Peter Collins (who was his teammate in Goodwood) result in the World Sportscar Championship in 1953 scoring RAC Tourist Trophy on an Aston Martin DB3S .
His career ended in 1954 after a serious accident at the Hyères 12-hour race . After the family-owned tool company was sold to the British cement and construction group Turner & Nepal, he joined the company at the end of his career and later became a member of the board. He died of cancer in 1980.
statistics
Le Mans results
| year | team | vehicle | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 |
 Aston Martin Ltd.
|
Aston Martin DB3 Spyder |
Dennis Poore
|
failure | water pump |
Sebring results
| year | team | vehicle | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 |
Aston Martin Ltd.
|
Aston Martin DB3S |
Peter Collins
|
failure | Brakes |
Individual results in the sports car world championship
| season | team | race car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th | 16 | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st | 22nd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 |
Aston Martin Monkey Stabels |
Aston Martin DB3 Kieft |
 SEB
|
 MIM
|
 LEM
|
 SPA
|
 ONLY
|
RTT
|
 CAP
|
|||||||||||||||
| DNF | 19th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1954 | Aston Martin | Aston Martin DB3S |
 BUA
|
SEB
|
MIM
|
LEM
|
RTT
|
CAP
|
||||||||||||||||
| 3 | DNF | DNF | DNF |
literature
- Christian Moity, Jean-Marc Teissèdre, Alain Bienvenu: 24 heures du Mans, 1923–1992. Éditions d'Art, Besançon 1992, ISBN 2-909-413-06-3 .
Web links
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Griffith, Pat |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British racing car driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 26, 1925 |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 28, 1980 |