Biography
Cliff Griffith was born in 1916 in Nineveh, Indiana. He served in the United States Army during the Second World War. Before joining the USAC, he won two championships in the Midwest Dirt Track Racing Association.
The Indianapolis 500 counted towards the Formula One World Championship from 1950 to 1960. Griffith took part in 1951 and 1952 in a Kurtis Kraft and in 1956 in a Stevens, giving him three World Championship starts without scoring a point. His best finish at Indianapolis was ninth in 1952. In the Championship Car series he made 19 starts across the 1950 to 1952, 1956 and 1961 seasons, with a best result of fourth at Springfield in 1950. He died in Rochester, Indiana, in 1996.
Source: Wikipedia, “Cliff Griffith”. Text licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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