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{{Short description|American racing driver}}
'''Robert Clayton Groff'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://radaris.com/~Robert-Groff/1291350548 |title=Robert C Groff from Calabasas, CA |publisher=Radaris.com |accessdate=10 June 2024}}</ref> (born January 31, 1966, in [[Mission Hills, Santa Barbara County, California|Mission Hills, California]]), is a former driver in the [[Indy Racing League]] and [[Champ Car|CART]] [[Championship Car]] series and is brother of [[Mike Groff]].  He raced in the 1994 CART season and 1997-1998 IRL seasons with 9 combined starts.  His best career finish was in his first race, a ninth place at the 1997 [[Indianapolis 500]].

==Motorsports Career Results==

===American Open-Wheel racing results===
([[Template:American Open Wheel driver results legend|key]]) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position)

====American Racing Series / Indy Lights====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
! Year
! Team
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! 9
! 10
! 11
! 12
! 13
! 14
! Rank
! Points
|-
| [[1990 American Racing Series season|1990]]
! Groff Motorsports
|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|[[Slick 50 200|PHX]]<br>{{small|8}}
|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|[[Long Beach Grand Prix|LBH]]<br>{{small|6}}
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|[[Milwaukee 225|MIL]]<br>{{small|3}}
|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|[[Detroit Indy Grand Prix|DET]]<br>{{small|7}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|[[Grand Prix of Portland|POR]]<br>{{small|12}}
|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|[[Grand Prix of Cleveland|CLE]]<br>{{small|9}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|[[Meadowlands Grand Prix|MEA]]<br>{{small|9}}
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"|[[Honda Indy Toronto|TOR]]<br>{{small|DNS}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|[[Grand Prix of Denver|DEN]]<br>{{small|10}}
|[[Molson Indy Vancouver|VAN]]
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|[[Indy Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio|MDO]]<br>{{small|3}}
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|[[Champ Car Grand Prix of Road America|ROA]]<br>{{small|5}}
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|[[Firestone Indy 225|NAZ]]<br>{{small|1}}
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|[[Monterey Grand Prix|LS]]<br>{{small|3}}
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|'''5th'''
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|'''104'''
|-
| [[1991 Indy Lights season|1991]]
! Groff Motorsports
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|[[Long Beach Grand Prix|LBH]]<br>{{small|3}}
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|[[Slick 50 200|PHX]]<br>{{small|1}}
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|[[Milwaukee 225|MIL]]<br>{{small|1}}
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|[[Detroit Indy Grand Prix|DET]]<br>{{small|5}}
|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|[[Grand Prix of Portland|POR]]<br>{{small|9}}
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|[[Grand Prix of Cleveland|CLE]]<br>{{small|3}}
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|[[Meadowlands Grand Prix|MEA]]<br>{{small|4}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|[[Honda Indy Toronto|TOR]]<br>{{small|10}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|'''[[Grand Prix of Denver|DEN]]'''<br>{{small|13}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|[[Indy Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio|MDO]]<br>{{small|15}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|'''[[Firestone Indy 225|NAZ]]'''<br>{{small|7}}
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|[[Monterey Grand Prix|LS]]<br>{{small|15}}
|
|
|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|'''7th'''
|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|'''107'''
|-
| [[1992 Indy Lights season|1992]]
! Groff Motorsports
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|[[Slick 50 200|PHX]]<br>{{small|2}}
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|[[Long Beach Grand Prix|LBH]]<br>{{small|2}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|[[Detroit Indy Grand Prix|DET]]<br>{{small|15}}
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|[[Grand Prix of Portland|POR]]<br>{{small|4}}
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|[[Milwaukee 225|MIL]]<br>{{small|2}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|[[New Hampshire Indy 225|NHA]]<br>{{small|12}}
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|[[Honda Indy Toronto|TOR]]<br>{{small|5}}
|[[Grand Prix of Cleveland|CLE]]
|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|[[Molson Indy Vancouver|VAN]]<br>{{small|10}}
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|''[[Indy Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio|MDO]]''<br>{{small|1}}
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|[[Firestone Indy 225|NAZ]]<br>{{small|4}}
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|'''[[Monterey Grand Prix|LS]]'''<br>{{small|1}}
|
|
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|'''4th'''
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|'''128'''
|-
|rowspan=2| [[1993 Indy Lights season|1993]]
! [[Bradley Motorsports]]
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|[[Slick 50 200|PHX]]<br>{{small|3}}
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|[[Long Beach Grand Prix|LBH]]<br>{{small|5}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|[[Milwaukee 225|MIL]]<br>{{small|15}}
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|[[Detroit Indy Grand Prix|DET]]<br>{{small|3}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|[[Grand Prix of Portland|POR]]<br>{{small|14}}
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|[[Grand Prix of Cleveland|CLE]]<br>{{small|4}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|[[Honda Indy Toronto|TOR]]<br>{{small|5}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|rowspan=2 style="background:#DFFFDF;"|'''5th'''
|rowspan=2 style="background:#DFFFDF;"|'''103'''
|-
! Groff Motorsports
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|[[New Hampshire Indy 225|NHA]]<br>{{small|2}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|[[Molson Indy Vancouver|VAN]]<br>{{small|16}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|[[Indy Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio|MDO]]<br>{{small|19}}
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|[[Firestone Indy 225|NAZ]]<br>{{small|4}}
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|[[Monterey Grand Prix|LS]]<br>{{small|3}}
|
|
|}

====CART Indy Car World Series====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%"
! Year
! Team
! Chassis
! Engine
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! 9
! 10
! 11
! 12
! 13
! 14
! 15
! 16
! Rank
! Points
! Ref
|-
| [[1994 CART World Series season|1994]]
! [[Bettenhausen Racing|Bettenhausen Motorsports]]
! [[Penske Racing|Penske]] [[Penske PC-22|PC-22]]
! [[Ilmor]] [[Ilmor#The 265 V8|265C/D]] [[V8 engine|V8]][[Turbocharger|t]]
|[[1994 Australian FAI Indycar Grand Prix|SRF]]
|PHX
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|LBH<br />{{small|13}}
|[[1994 Indianapolis 500|IND]]
|MIL
|DET
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|POR<br />{{small|13}}
|CLE
|TOR
|MIC
|MDO
|NHA
|VAN
|ROA
|NAZ
|LS
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|'''34th'''
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|'''0'''
!<ref>{{cite web|url=https://racing-reference.info/drivdet/groffro01/1994/R|title=Robbie Groff – 1994 CART Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=August 15, 2023}}</ref>
|}

====Indy Racing League====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
! Year
! Team
! Chassis
! No.
! Engine
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! 9
! 10
! 11
! Rank
! Points
|-
| [[1996-1997 in IRL|1996-97]]
! [[McCormack Motorsports]]
! [[G-Force Technologies|G-Force]] GF01
! 30
!rowspan=2| [[Oldsmobile]] [[Northstar engine series#L47|Aurora]] [[V8 engine|V8]]
|[[1996 True Value 200|NHM]]
|[[1996 Las Vegas 500K|LVS]]
|[[1997 Indy 200 at Walt Disney World|WDW]]
|[[1997 Phoenix 200|PHX]]
|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|[[1997 Indianapolis 500|INDY]]<br>{{small|9}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|[[1997 True Value 500|TXS]]<br>{{small|15}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|[[1997 Samsonite 200|PPIR]]<br>{{small|10}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|[[1997 VisionAire 500|CLT]]<br>{{small|13}}
|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|[[1997 Pennzoil 200|NH2]]<br>{{small|10}}
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|[[1997 Las Vegas 500K|LV2]]<br>{{small|18}}
|
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| '''20th'''
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| '''135'''
|-
| [[1998 in IRL|1998]]
! [[Blueprint Racing]]
! [[Dallara]] IR8
! 27
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|[[1998 Indy 200 at Walt Disney World|WDW]]<br>{{small|28}}
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"|[[1998 Dura Lube 200|PHX]]<br>{{small|DNQ}}
|[[1998 Indianapolis 500|INDY]]
|[[1998 True Value 500|TXS]]
|[[1998 New England 200|NHM]]
|[[1998 Pep Boys 400K|DOV]]
|[[1998 VisionAire 500K|CLT]]
|[[1998 Radisson 200|PPIR]]
|ATL
|TX2
|LSV
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| '''41st'''
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| '''2'''
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%"
! Years
! Teams
! Races
! Poles
! Wins
! Podiums<br>(Non-win)
! Top 10s<br>(Non-podium)
! Indianapolis 500<br>Wins
! Championships
|-
|2
|2
|7
|0
|0
|0
|3
|0
|0
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{DriverDB driver|<!-- 1991 -->robbie-groff}}

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