Griff Allen
{{Short description|Motorsports broadcaster and promoter}}
Griff Allen is an American motorsports broadcaster, engineer, and actor/performer. Allen is known for his appearances on ESPN2 as host, reporter and analyst for ESPN SpeedWorld, the Outdoor Channel, Spike TV, Speed Channel, and other programming.[http://www.autoracing1.com/Archives/cart/2002_May-Jun.asp Pit Pass: Special with Speed Channel's Griff Allen] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210081359/http://www.autoracing1.com/Archives/cart/2002_May-Jun.asp |date=2009-02-10 }}, www.autoracing1.com. Accessed 2009-05-05.
Allen performs live analysis and commentary for: AMA Superbike, ASRA, CCS,[http://www.ccsracing.us/news/old/0706-0906.html Champion Cup Series, American Sport Bike Racing, Archived News July 2006 - September 2006] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518220416/http://ccsracing.us/news/old/0706-0906.html |date=2011-05-18 }}, ccsracing.us. Accessed 2009-05-02. monster truck events,[http://www.monsterjamonline.com/results/Result.2004-04-08.2452 USHRA Thunder Nationals, Richmond Coliseum, Richmond, VA, 03/19-21/2004], monsterjamonline.com. Accessed 2009-05-02. motocross, arenacross, drifting, rock crawling, car shows, major industry trade shows and auto shows.
Allen served as the national spokesperson for the Toyo TiresTake it to the Track program - which discourages illegal street racing. He has appeared frequently on local TV stations nationwide addressing issues of transportation-related public safety.
Career
=Engineering =
Allen worked in steel production, fluid systems component manufacturing, actuator development and investment casting.{{when|date=December 2022}} On 20 October 1998, he was awarded patent number 5,822,989 for his work in developing a fuel-saving clutch mechanism used in the heavy trucking industry along with co-inventors Michael L. Sturdevant and Edward T. Schneider.[https://patents.google.com/patent/US5822989 Thermochemical/mechanical brake and clutch unit], Google Patent Search.com. Accessed 2009-05-03. Allen holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}
=Acting=
Allen appeared as Captain Georg von Trapp in The Sound of Music and William Harrison Brent in the Ohio premier of Perfect Crime at Chagrin Valley Little Theatre.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}} He appeared as Mark Ferris in London Suite and Mike Connor in High Society with The Gates Mills Players - where he also directed the Pulitzer Prize for Drama nominated play Love Letters by A. R. Gurney.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}} He also appeared as Brett - a police officer in the 2001 HBO film Proximity,[http://www.fancast.com/people/Griff-Allen/1161432/projects Griff Allen (actor)]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, fancast.com. Accessed 2009-05-02. and as a Desk Sergeant in the 2004 Christopher K. Young film Sugar.[http://home.earthlink.net/~shallowfocus/sugar/sugar.html Sugar, a film by Christopher K. Young] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203183953/http://home.earthlink.net/~shallowfocus/sugar/sugar.html |date=2008-12-03 }}, videoveriteproductions.com. Accessed 2009-05-02. Allen appeared as a CDC Official in Diagnosis: Unknown on the Discovery Health Channel.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}} He has appeared in numerous radio and television commercials - most notably for Summit Racing Equipment.
=Motorsports broadcasting=
Allen hosted the 2008 AMA Sports Banquet[https://archive.today/20120918145232/http://www.womenridersnow.com/PublicFiles/DepartmentViewer.asp?ArticleID=1088 Women Riders Doing Great Things], www.womenridersnow.com. 2008-11-29. Accessed 2009-05-04. at the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum.[http://www.amadirectlink.com/magazine/feb2009/public/Snapshots.pdf Snapshots], www.amadirectlink.com. Accessed 2009-05-05.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|1158293}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060104150553/http://www.playinthestreet.com/ www.playinthestreet.com]- official website
- [http://www.ama-cycle.org/ American Motorcyclist Association (AMA)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218082945/http://www.ama-cycle.org/ |date=2008-12-18 }} - official website
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Category:Motorsport announcers
Category:Actors from Shaker Heights, Ohio