DAVE GRIFFIN 1950-2020

We regret to record the death, last Sunday, of Irish racer Dave Griffin. Son of Dave Sr, who worked for racers Bobby Baird and Joe Kelly in the 1950s, Griffin never regained consciousness after a fall last October. A successful Formula Ford racer, Dave started in a Lotus 69F at home, then switched to a PRS 78F. He is best remembered in the UK for winning the 1979 Champion of Brands title at Boxing Day’s final hurdle in one of Jerry Furner’s Harlequin Racing Van Diemen RF79S.