Cliff Yiskis

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Cliff Yiskis is a former NASCAR driver from Cupertino, California. He competed in one Nextel Cup event in his career. That came in 1957, when Yiskis had a solid qualifying effort of 10th at Eureka. From there, Yiskis was able to move through the field to an amazing 4th place finish. However, he did not compete in another Nextel Cup race. Yiskis did race for years in Super Modifieds at San Jose Speedway, San Jose, California and Kearney Bowl Speedway in Fresno, California, finishing 10th in NASCAR State of California points in 1968.

Cliff Yiskis was inducted into the San Jose Speedway Hall of Fame in 1999.