Mike Groff

Mike Groff
Nationality	United States
Born	November 16, 1961 (1961-11-16) (age 49) Van Nuys, California
Retired	1999
Related to	Robbie Groff
Indy Racing League IndyCar Series
Years active	1996-1998
Teams	A. J. Foyt Enterprises Walker Racing Byrd-Cunningham Racing
Starts	12
Wins	0
Poles	0
Best finish	6th in 1996

Mike Groff
CART Championship Car
Years active	1990-1994, 1996
Teams	Euromotorsport A. J. Foyt Enterprises Walker Racing Rahal-Hogan Racing
Starts	54
Wins	0
Poles	0
Best finish	16th in 1991
Previous series
1986-1989 1985	American Racing Series American Formula Super Vee
Championship titles
1989	American Racing Series champion

Mike Groff (born November 16, 1961 in Van Nuys, California) is a former race car driver in CART and the Indy Racing League and the 1989 Indy Lights champion. He made 54 starts in CART beginning in 1990 with a best finish of 6th, occurring at Phoenix International Raceway in 1994. After a difficult season of Honda V-8 engine development during 1994, Groff competed in all 3 races of the first IRL season in 1996 finishing 6th in the championship after posting a pair of 3rd place finishes at both Phoenix and Las Vegas Motor Speedways. In 1997 Groff went on to post a season best 2nd place finish at Walt Disney World Speedway, Orlando, FL. His last open wheel race Indy Car race was the 1998 Indianapolis 500. He attempted to qualify for the 1999 "500" but failed to do so. His best finish in his 5 Indy 500 starts is a 12th in 1997. His younger brother Robbie was also a CART and IRL driver from 1994 to 1998.

Racing record

American Open Wheel

(key)

CART results

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Rank	Points
1990	Euromotorsport	PHX	LBH	IND DNQ	MIL	DET Ret	POR Ret	CLE 9	MEA Ret	TOR 11	MIS 11	DEN 14	VAN Ret	MDO 10	ROA Ret	NAZ 7	LS 15		17th	17
1991	Euromotorsport	SRF 8	LBH Ret	PHX Ret	IND Ret	MIL Ret	DET Ret	POR 11	CLE 10	MEA 11									16th	22
	Foyt										TOR 8	MIS	DEN DNS	VAN	MDO Ret	ROA 8	NAZ	LS Ret
1992	Walker	SRF	PHX	LBH	IND DNQ	DET DNS	POR						ROA Ret	VAN					25th	5
	Euromotorsport							MIL 14	NHA 13	TOR	MIS	CLE
	Foyt														MDO 15	NAZ Ret	LS 8
1993	Rahal	SRF	PHX	LBH	IND DNQ	MIL Ret	DET Ret	POR 9	CLE	TOR	MIS	NHA 11	ROA Ret	VAN	MDO Ret	NAZ	LS		23rd	8
1994	Rahal	SRF 8	PHX 6	LBH Ret	IND Ret	MIL 19	DET Ret	POR 11	CLE Ret	TOR Ret	MIS Ret	MDO Ret	NHA Ret	VAN 14	ROA Ret	NAZ 11	LS 15		20th	17
1996	Walker	MIA	RIO	SRF	LBH	NAZ 14	500	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MIS	MDO	ROA	VAN	LS		34th	0

IndyCar

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Rank	Points
1996	Foyt	WDW 6	PHX 3										6th	228
	Walker			INDY 20
1996-1997	Byrd-Cunningham	NHM 4	LVS 3	WDW 2	PHX 6	IND 12	TXS DNS	PPI	CLT 14	NH2 DNS	LV2		14th	169
1998	Byrd-Cunningham	WDW 7	PHX 15	INDY 15	TXS Rpl	NHM	DOV	CLT	PPI	ATL	TX2	LVS	30th	56
1999	TeamXtreme	WDW	PHX	INDY DNQ	TXS	PPI	ATL	DOV	PP2	LVS	TX2		NC	0

Indy 500 results

Year	Chassis	Engine	Starter	Finish	Tean
1990	Lola	Cosworth	Failed to Qualify		Euromotorsport
1991	Lola	Cosworth	18th	24th	Euromotorsport
1992	Lola	Chevrolet	Raced by Scott Goodyear		Walker
1993	Rahal-Hogan	Chevrolet	No Attempt		Rahal
1994	Penske	Ilmor	31st	31st	Rahal
1995	Reynard	Ford-Cosworth	Raced by Bryan Herta		Ganassi
1996	Reynard	Ford-Cosworth	11th	20th	Walker
1997	G-Force	Infiniti	18th	12th	Byrd
1998	G-Force	Oldsmobile	32nd	15th	Byrd
1999	Dallara	Infiniti	Failed to Qualify		TeamXtreme

External Links

• Driver Database Profile

Sporting positions
Preceded by Jon Beekhuis	American Racing Series Champion 1989	Succeeded by Paul Tracy

Persondata
Name	Groff, Mike
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Short description
Date of birth	November 16, 1961
Place of birth	Van Nuys, California
Date of death
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