Sports DIGEST : Groff Sinks to Third in Super-Vee

Super-Vee racer Mike Groff dropped to third in the Sports Car Club of America’s national point standings after a sixth-place finish in Sunday’s Detroit Grand Prix.

Groff, of Northridge, was second in points going into the race, but was passed by Davey Jones, who came in second in the Detroit street race.

Groff is only four points behind the leader, Ken Johnson, going into the Meadowlands Grand Prix this Sunday in East Rutherford, N. J.

The Detroit race was Groff’s fourth of the 12-race season. He was fourth at the Long Beach Grand Prix, second at Indianapolis Raceway Park and 10th at Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway.