As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Sam Hanks · Cliff Griffith
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
3
—
0
3 shared
Qualifying H2H
3
—
0
3 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P7
Best championship
—
Teammate battle by season
1
0
1951
1
0
1952
Career totals
Sam Hanks
Cliff Griffith
Championships
0
0
Wins
1
0
Poles
0
0
Podiums
4
0
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
20
0
Starts
8
3
Rate-adjusted · per start
Sam Hanks
Cliff Griffith
Win rate
12.5%
0%
Podium rate
50%
0%
Pole rate
0%
0%
Points / start
2.5
0.0
Avg grid
P11.6
P19.0
Avg finish
P11.3
P15.7
Finish rate
50%
66.7%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Sam Hanks
Cliff Griffith
Mechanical retirements
3
1
Crash retirements
1
0
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both.
Milestones & racecraft
1950
Debut season
1951
1957 · aged 42
First win
—
—
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P9
+0.4
Avg places gained
+3.3
Season points trajectory
Sam Hanks
Cliff Griffith
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Sam Hanks | Cliff Griffith |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 1 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P9 |
| Sam Hanks 1 · 4 · P1 0 · 0 · P9 Cliff Griffith | ||
Team history
Sam Hanks
Kurtis Kraft 1950–1956Epperly 1957
Cliff Griffith
Kurtis Kraft 1951–1952Stevens 1956
19501957
Basis
Head-to-head counts races where both drivers were classified, compared by final position (post-penalty). Teammate section counts only seasons in the same car. Career totals mirror the source data. Data: Jolpica-F1 (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).