Bio

 

   Mariah McGriff’s Racing Biography  

 

Mariah began racing karts in 2008 at the age of 13 as a third generation driver. She was born into a racing family–starting from her grandfather, both parents, uncles, and aunts. Even though racing surrounded her from all aspects, she still was the one who dreamed of becoming a champion herself. After six years of karting, Mariah was in her Senior Year of High School and decided to build her SRL Southwest Tour Car from frame to finish for her Senior Exit Project.

 

2008-2009

 

This was the beginning of Mariah’s career, starting at Musselman Honda Circuit. She had finally talked her parents into letting her buy a Parolin chassis with an IAME TaG JR engine, and she came out winning. At the end of both years, she won the Laps for Life Fundraiser for the UMC Foundation/ Diamond Children’s Hospital in Tucson, Arizona. In 2009, Mariah and her team set a world record for over 26 hours in a non-stop kart race for the fundraiser.

 

2010-2011                                            

 

In 2010 and 2011, Mariah won the track championship at Musselman Honda Circuit in Tag SR. She was also runner up in the Arizona State Championship in 2010.   In addition, the President of Tucson Kart Club asked Mariah to race 8 races in a Burris Clone on the dirt oval in 2011; she won five of the eight races. Later in October 2011, she tested with Joiner Motorsports in a Tour Car at the Willow Springs Short Track and with Bill McAnally in the Late Model in Roseville, California in November. With this being only her second time in the seat of a stock car her fast time was only four tenths slower than fast time at the track the previous race. In 2011, Mariah visited the Diamond Children’s Center in Tucson prior to the Laps for Life Fundraiser event where she finished second and set the track record in the 9 horsepower kart used for the event. At the end of 2011, Mariah went to Las Vegas to compete in Championship Karting Internationals final race of the season where she found out she had won their “Karting’s Got Talent” program to receive a national factory kart ride the following year.

 

2012

 

In 2012, Mariah found herself competing in World Formula, Shifter Light, and TaG SR. She set the pole positions in each division and won in both Shifter Light and World Formula. This was the last year of Laps for Life; her and her team found their selves on the top of the podium again. In addition, she visited the children in the hospital for the second year in a row and helped raised nearly $300,000 for the UMC Foundation/ Diamond Children’s Hospital in Tucson to date.

 

2013

 

In 2013, Mariah won both Shifter Light races she participated in and both road-races she participating in a Mustang FR500. This was also the year she had been waiting for—to race her Super Late Model she had built form the ground-up. In her first race, she finished second, almost winning it. Throughout the rest of the year, she finished in the top five in nearly all of her races at Tucson Speedway, winning the Rookie of the Year.   In addition, she raced in her first SRL Southwest Tour Race at Rocky Mountain; finishing 18th after an electrical fire ended her night early.

 

2014

 

In 2014, Mariah raced at Tucson Speedway for their local season again, until funding kept her from finishing the last two races. In July, she made the long haul to Washington State to attempted to make one of the biggest races on the West Coast at Evergreen Speedway missing the A main by minimal spots. She also finished in the top ten at Las Vegas Motor Speedway’s Bullring in October.

 

2015

 

In 2015, Mariah is racing in Tucson Speedway’s local NASCAR Super Late Model season. She has hopes of running additional tracks in 2015.

 

 

5/4/15 SM                                             Mariah McGriff Racing Statistics

2008-2015

 

Stock Car Racing
Year Class Track # Laps # Cars Start Pos. Finish Pos. Poles Wins
3/28/2015 Super Late Tucson Speedway 50 16 9 9
10/19/2014 Super Late LVMS 100 9
9/13/2014 Super Late Tucson Speedway 40 17 2 5
9/6/2014 Super Late Tucson Speedway 50 20 7 9
8/16/2014 Super Late Tucson Speedway 50 19 15 11
7/12/2014 Super Late Tucson Speedway 75 19 2 6
7/21/2014 Super Late Evergreen – LCQ 12
5/31/2014 Super Late Tucson Speedway 103 13 9 4
5/3/2014 Super Late Tucson Speedway 50 11 5 6
4/5/2014 Super Late Tucson Speedway 50 15 10 14
2/8/2014 Super Late Tucson Speedway 100 17 12 13
12/14/2013 Super Late Tucson Speedway 25 6 4 4
11/16/2013 Super Late Tucson Speedway 30 9 1 5
11/2/2013 Super Late Tucson Speedway 67 14 10 5
10/19/2013 Super Late Tucson Speedway 40 11 8 3
10/5/2013 Super Late Tucson Speedway 50 9 4 3
9/21/2013 Super Late Tucson Speedway 30 13 2 9
9/7/2013 Super Late Tucson Speedway 50 16 1 4
7/30/2013 SRL Series Rocky Mountain 18
6/1/2013 Super Late Tucson Speedway 18 11
5/4/2013 Super Late Tucson Speedway 50 12 9 3
4/6/2013 Super Late Tucson Speedway 70 16 9 2
   
       
22 Starts, 11 top-5 (45%), 17 top-10 (77%), 3 DNF
Note: 2013-2014 Tucson Speedway Rookie of the Year

 

 

Mustang Road Racing
Year Class Track Starts Poles Wins 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6-10th
9/2/2013 Mustang FR500 Inde Motorsports 1 1
9/1/2013 Mustang FR500 Inde Motorsports 1 1
Totals 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Percentage   0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0%      
Note:   Participated in 10 trackdays in Oregon, Washington, California, Arizona
Portland International Raceway, Pacific Raceways, Chuckwalla, Wild Horse Pass, Inde Motorsports

 

 

Kart Racing
Year Class Track Starts Poles Wins 2nd 3rd 5th 7th 18th
2015 Shifter Light Asphalt Roadcourse 2 1 1 1
8/12/2014 Shifter Light Asphalt Roadcourse 1 1 1
2013 Shifter Light Asphalt Roadcourse 2 2 2
2012 TaG Sr Asphalt Roadcourse 1 1 1
2012 Shifter Light Asphalt Roadcourse 3 1 2 1
2012 World Formula Asphalt Roadcourse 1 1 1
2012 Laps for Life Asphalt Roadcourse 1 1
2011 TaG Sr Asphalt Roadcourse 5 5 5        
2011 Burris Clone Dirt Oval 8 5 5 3        
2011 Laps for Life Asphalt Roadcourse 1 1        
2010 TaG Sr Asphalt Roadcourse 13 6 3 3 3 1 1 1
2010 Laps for Life Asphalt Roadcourse 1 1
2009 TaG Jr Asphalt Roadcourse 6 3 4 1 1
2009 Laps for Life Asphalt Roadcourse 1 1
2008 TaG Jr Asphalt Roadcourse 5 4 3 1
2008 Laps for Life Asphalt Roadcourse 1 1
Totals 52 30 30 10 7 1 1 1
Percentage   57.7% 57.7% 19.2% 13.5%      
Note: 2009 TaG Jr Champion 52 starts, 30 poles, 30 wins, 49 top-5, 50 top-10
               2010 & 2011 TaG Sr Champion
               2010 Arizona State Champion Runner-up