Chris Griffis Memorial Test

The Chris Griffis Memorial Test is a two-day test event for Road to Indy racing series. The testing is conducted after the regular season. The test is used by teams to test new drivers as well as for the organization to test new cars for the following season.

Chris Griffis

Chris Griffis (11 May 1966 – 12 September 2011) was a former team manager for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports. Griffis started his career at Patrick Racing, working with Gordon Johncock, Emerson Fittipaldi among others. In 1990, Griffis joined Chip Ganassi Racing before moving to King Racing in 1993 and later joining Panther Racing in 2002. At Panther Racing, Griffis was the crew chief of Mark Taylor winning the 2003 Indy Lights title.[1]

Griffis collapsed and died after a basketball game. He was survived by his wife Mari and daughters (Clair and Sophia). Griffis was buried in Akron, Indiana.[2]

Fastest times
YearIndy LightsIndy Pro 2000USF2000
2011 Republic of Ireland Peter Dempsey (1:20.6546)[3] United Kingdom Jack Hawksworth (1:25.431)[4] Canada Scott Hargrove (1:29.6937)[3]
2012 United States Zach Veach (1:19.2209)[5] United States Spencer Pigot (1:24.859)[6] Canada Matthew Di Leo (1:27.623)[7]
2013 France Alexandre Baron (1:15.726)[8] Mexico Alfonso Celis Jr. (1:20.490)[9] United States Aaron Telitz (1:23.283)[10]
2014 United States Spencer Pigot (1:19.8039)[11] Mexico Patricio O'Ward (1:23.6525)[12] France Nico Jamin (1:26.3304)[13]
2015 United States Kyle Kaiser (1:54.2235)[14] Mexico Patricio O'Ward (2:04.7677)[15] Russia Nikita Lastochkin (2:09.5454)[16]
2016 Canada Garett Grist (1:14.7396)[17] Brazil Victor Franzoni (1:22.6179)[18] United States Neil Verhagen (1:24.8661)[19]
2017 France Nico Jamin (1:25.7173)[20] United States Oliver Askew (1:29.8142)[21] United States Darren Keane (1:25.1424)[22]
2018 United States Ryan Norman (1:14.9283) United States Darren Keane (1:19.2971) Australia Hunter McElrea (1:24.5064)
2019 Netherlands Rinus VeeKay (1:15.4790) Australia Hunter McElrea (1:19.4553) Denmark Christian Rasmussen (1:24.9311)
2021 Denmark Benjamin Pedersen (1:25.4619) United Kingdom Louis Foster (1:30.4354) United States Jagger Jones (1:35.4672)
2022 Singapore Danial Frost (1:16.2526) United States Jack William Miller (1:21.9745) United States Simon Sikes (1:25.8876)
2023 United Kingdom Louis Foster (1:14.8432) United States Simon Sikes (1:21.8032) United States Hudson Schwartz (1:25.8372)

Track
PeriodTrackLayoutLength
2011–2012Indianapolis Motor Speedway2.5134 miles
2013Barber Motorsports Park2.38 miles
2014–2019, 2021–presentIndianapolis Motor Speedway2.439 miles

Drivers who tested but not raced

The below table contains drivers who tested during the Chris Griffis Memorial Test in Indy Lights, USF Pro 2000 or USF2000 but not competed in any of the classes.

YearSeriesDriverTeam
2012 USF2000 United States Joe Ruch[23]Afterburner Autosport
Brazil Yukio Duzanowski[23]Belardi Auto Racing
United States Nick Neri[23]
Canada Michael Adams[23]JAY Motorsports
Norway Kevin Aabol[23]JDC MotorSports
Finland Antti Buri[23]
Estonia Tristan Viidas[23]Pabst Racing Services
Star Mazda Mexico Jose Carlos Sandoval[6]JDC MotorSports
Brazil Renan Guerra[6]Juncos Racing
Costa Rica Andre Solano[6]Team GDT
Italy Luca Orlandi[6]Team Pelfrey
United States Chris Yano[6]
Indy LightsAustralia Nick McBride[24]Sam Schmidt Motorsports
2014 USF2000 United States Jordan Bernloehr[13]Afterburner Autosport
United States Christian Ross[13]
Indy LightsUnited States Parker Kligerman[11]Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
2015 USF2000 United States Chase Owen[16]Afterburner Autosport
Australia Cameron Hill[16]JDC MotorSports
Canada Chase Pelletier[16]Team Pelfrey
United States Max Mallinen[16]SWAN Motorsports
Pro MazdaBrazil Henrique Baptista[15]Team Pelfrey
2016 USF2000 Brazil Leandro Wolther[19]ArmsUp Motorsports
United States Ryan Norberg[19]JDC MotorSports
Switzerland Hugo de Sadeleer[19]Pabst Racing
United States Neil Verhagen[19]
Indy LightsSlovakia Richard Gonda[17]Andretti Autosport
2017 USF2000United States Zoey EdenholmBN Racing
United States Elliott Finlayson
United States Justin GordonExclusive Autosport
United States Jaden ConwrightTeam BENIK
Pro MazdaNetherlands Leonard HoogenboomBN Racing
2018 USF2000 United States Tyler O'Connor Cape Motorsports
United States Ryan Bjerke DEForce Racing
Canada Logan Cusson Pabst Racing
2019 USF2000 United States TJ Thompson HMD Motorsports
United States Alexander Koreiba Jay Howard Driver Development
United States Jonathan Kotyk Legacy Autosport
Netherlands Rick Bouthoorn Pabst Racing
United States Harry Voigt Team E Jay Racing
IP2000 South Africa Raoul Hyman Exclusive Autosport
Indy Lights Russia Egor Orudzhev Andretti Autosport
2021 USF2000 United States TJ Thompson Jay Howard Driver Development
United States Ayrton Houk Pabst Racing
IP2000 United States Arias Deukmedjian Deuk Spine Racing
United States Nicholas Rivers Jay Howard Driver Development
United States Blake Upton Turn 3 Motorsport
2022 USF2000 United States Ayrton Houk Pabst Racing
United States Jason Pribyl Turn 3 Motorsport
United Kingdom Matthew Rees VRD Racing
USFP2000 United Kingdom Callum Voisin Jay Howard Driver Development
South Africa Raoul Hyman TJ Speed Motorsports
2023 USF2000 United States Jace Bacon Exclusive Autosport
Brazil Nicolas Giaffone DEForce Racing
United States Michael Boyiadzis Jay Howard Driver Development
United States Michael Costello
United States Tanner DeFabis
United States Jason Pribyl Pabst Racing
United States Hudson Schwartz
United States Connor Roberts Team Roberts
USFP2000 Netherlands Niels Koolen Jay Howard Driver Development
Republic of Ireland Adam Fitzgerald TJ Speed Motorsports
New Zealand Liam Sceats
United States Tyke Durst Turn 3 Motorsport
Indy NXT New Zealand Callum Hedge Cape Motorsports
Brazil Caio Collet HMD Motorsports
Netherlands Niels Koolen

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