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The diverse career of Griff Allen includes being a motorsports broadcaster, engineer/inventor, actor/performer, on-site announcer/emcee, and communications/media skills trainer. Allen is best known for his regular appearances on ESPN2 as host, pit reporter and expert analyst for ''Speedworld'', ''In the Driver’s Seat'', ''The Mother’s Polish Car Show Series'', ''Inside Drag Racing'', ''World of Trucks'' by the Outdoor Channel, and other programming. He gained his greatest visibility as one of the first and one of the longest-running broadcasters of the sport compact broadcast wave as the National Import Racing Association (NIRA), Island Drag Racing Association (IDRA), Import Drag Racing Circuit (IDRC), National Hot Rod Association (NHRA), Summer Slam, NOPI Nationals and other sanctions and promoters started airing their events on Speedvision, Spike, Speed Channel,〔(Pit Pass: Special with Speed Channel's Griff Allen ), www.autoracing1.com. Accessed 2009-05-05.〕 and ESPN2. Allen performs live analysis and commentary for AMA Superbike, ASRA, CCS,〔(Champion Cup Series, American Sport Bike Racing, Archived News July 2006 - September 2006 ), ccsracing.us. Accessed 2009-05-02.〕 monster truck events,〔(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 Tires ''Take 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. In 2006, Griff Allen, would be crowned champion of the W.E.ROCK Celebrity Rockcrawl held during the 2006 W.E.ROCK World Championship event in Henderson, Nevada. ==Engineer/Inventor== Prior to his broadcasting career, Allen worked in the industries of steel production, fluid systems component manufacturing, actuator development and investment casting. 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.〔(Thermochemical/mechanical brake and clutch unit ), Google Patent Search.com. Accessed 2009-05-03.〕 Allen holds a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Griff Allen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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