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Davy Jones
Jones in 2016
Nationality American
Born (1964-06-01) June 1, 1964 (age 60)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Last updated on: September 17, 2014
NASCAR Cup Series career
7 races run over 1 year
Best finish46th (1995)
First race1995 Daytona 500 (Daytona)
Last race1995 Save Mart Supermarkets 300 (Sears Point)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
2 races run over 2 years
Best finish95th (1995)
First race1995 Heartland Tailgate 175 (Topeka)
Last race1996 Lund Look 225 (Topeka
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
IndyCar Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish2nd (1996)
First race1996 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
Wins Podiums Poles
0 1 0
Champ Car career
16 races run over 6 years
Best finish22nd (1989)
First race1987 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis)
Last race1996 Monterey Grand Prix (Laguna Seca)
Wins Podiums Poles
0 0 0
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years1988–1991, 1996
TeamsSilk Cut Jaguar, Joest Racing
Best finish1st (1996)
Class wins1 (1996)
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Davy Jones (born June 1, 1964) is an American racing driver. He won the 1996 24 Hours of Le Mans alongside Alexander Wurz and Manuel Reuter.

Racing career

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Jones during qualifying for the 1987 Indianapolis 500

In 1983 he came 3rd in the British Formula Three Championship behind Ayrton Senna and Martin Brundle. He also that year tested the Brabham F1 car at Brands Hatch with Bernie Ecclestone, the then team owner, looking at Jones as the next American hope for F1 competition. In the mid-1980s Jones competed in New Zealand Formula Atlantic during the off season and twice won the New Zealand Grand Prix in 1984 and 1987. In 1986 Jones drove for the Factory BMW McLaren Team in IMSA GTP with teammate John Andretti and earned the only BMW GTP victory that season at Watkins Glen. Jones won the 1996 24 Hours of Le Mans with teammates Manuel Reuter and Alexander Wurz in a TWR-Porsche. He also placed second to Buddy Lazier in the 1996 Indianapolis 500, the first of the Indy Racing League era. He has five total starts in the race as well as 16 starts in CART from 1987 to 1996. Jones also made seven Winston Cup starts in 1995 for Jasper Motorsports with a best finish of 20th at Darlington Raceway and participated in the 1992 and 1993 editions of the International Race of Champions finishing 8th and 9th respectively. Jones won the 1990 24 Hours of Daytona driving a Jaguar XJR-12, along with Jan Lammers and Andy Wallace.[1]

Jones was seriously injured in a practice crash for the IRL race at Walt Disney World Speedway in January 1997. This was the first race where the IRL used their brand new cars with normally aspirated engines. The accident left him with an injured neck, and led to his brief retirement from racing.[2] Jones' withdrawal from the Team Joest squad to compete in the 1997 Le Mans 24 Hours allowed Tom Kristensen to take over the vacant seat, and win his first Le Mans enduro.

Jones has since then competed in sports cars, mainly in the Grand-Am Road Racing Rolex Sports Car Series and Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge. He currently works as a guest speaker, racing advisor, instructor and also runs a driver experience course at a country club in Texas.[3]

Racing record

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American open–wheel racing results

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(key)

CART

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Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Rank Points Ref
1987 A. J. Foyt Enterprises LBH PHX INDY
28 		MIL POR MEA CLE TOR MIS
10 		POC ROA MDO
19 		NAZ
14 		LS MIA
13 		35th 3 [4]
1989 Euromotorsport PHX LBH INDY
7 		MIL DET POR CLE MEA TOR MIS POC MDO ROA NAZ LS 22nd 6 [5]
1993 Euromotorsport SRF PHX
 LBH
 INDY
15 		MIL
 DET
 POR
 CLE
 TOR
 MIS
 NHM
 ROA
 VAN
 MDO
 NAZ
 LS
 43rd 0 [6]
1994 A. J. Foyt Enterprises SRF
19 		PHX
12 		LBH
14 		31st 1 [7]
King Racing INDY
Rpl 		MIL
 DET
 POR
 CLE
 TOR
 MIS
 MDO
 NHM
 VAN
 ROA
 NAZ
 LS
1995 Dick Simon Racing MIA
 SRF
 PHX
 LBH
 NAZ
 INDY
23 		MIL
 DET
 POR
 ROA
 TOR
 CLE
 MIS
 MDO
 NHM
 VAN
 LS
 43rd 0 [8]
1996 Galles Racing MIA RIO SRF LBH NAZ 500 MIL DET POR CLE TOR MIS
12 		MDO
16 		ROA
24 		VAN
14 		LS
14 		31st 1 [9]

Indy Racing League

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Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Rank Points Ref
1996 Galles Racing WDW PHX INDY
2 		26th 33 [10]
1996-97 Galles Racing NHM LVS WDW
Wth 		PHX INDY TXS PPIR CLT NH2 LV2 NC - [11]
2000 Team Coulson WDW
 PHX
 LVS
 INDY
DNQ
 		TXS
 PPIR
 ATL
 KTY
 TX2
 NC - [12]

Indianapolis 500

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Year Chassis Engine Start Finish Team
1987 March 86C Ford Cosworth DFX 28 28 A. J. Foyt Enterprises
1989 Lola T88/00 Ford Cosworth DFX 31 7 Euromotorsport
1993 Lola T92/00 Chevrolet 265A 28 15 Euromotorsport
1994 Lola T94/00 Ford XB Raced by S. Goodyear King Racing
1995 Lola T95/00 Ford XB 32 23 Dick Simon Racing
1996 Lola T95/00 Mercedes-Benz IC108B 2 2 Galles Racing
2000 G-Force Oldsmobile DNQ Team Coulson

NASCAR

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(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Winston Cup Series

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NASCAR Winston Cup Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 NWCC Pts Ref
1993 Gray Racing 77 Ford DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL SON CLT DOV POC MCH DAY NHA POC TAL GLN
DNQ 		MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO ATL NA - [13]
1994 U.S. Racing 88 Ford DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL SON CLT DOV POC MCH DAY NHA POC TAL IND
DNQ 		GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO ATL NA - [14]
1995 Jasper Motorsports 77 Ford DAY
33 		CAR
37 		RCH
DNQ 		ATL
24 		DAR
20 		BRI
24 		NWS
DNQ 		MAR
DNQ 		TAL
33 		SON
36 		CLT
DNQ 		DOV POC MCH DAY NHA POC TAL IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO ATL 46th 520 [15]

Craftsman Truck Series

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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 NCTC Pts Ref
1995 Roehrig Motorsports 18 Chevy PHO TUS SGS MMR POR EVG I70 LVL BRI MLW CNS HPT
28 		IRP FLM RCH MAR NWS SON MMR PHO 95th 79 [16]
1996 B&R Racing 9 Chevy HOM PHO POR EVG TUS CNS HPT
13 		BRI NZH MLW LVL I70 IRP FLM GLN NSV RCH NHA MAR NWS SON MMR PHO LVS 97th 124 [17]

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1988 United Kingdom Silk Cut Jaguar
United Kingdom Tom Walkinshaw Racing 		United States Danny Sullivan
United States Price Cobb 		Jaguar XJR-9LM C1 331 16th 14th
1989 United Kingdom Silk Cut Jaguar
United Kingdom Tom Walkinshaw Racing 		Republic of Ireland Derek Daly
United States Jeff Kline 		Jaguar XJR-9LM C1 85 DNF DNF
1990 United Kingdom Silk Cut Jaguar
United Kingdom Tom Walkinshaw Racing 		France Michel Ferté
Chile Eliseo Salazar 		Jaguar XJR-12 C1 282 DNF DNF
1991 United Kingdom Silk Cut Jaguar
United Kingdom Tom Walkinshaw Racing 		Brazil Raul Boesel
France Michel Ferté 		Jaguar XJR-12 C2 360 2nd 2nd
1996 Germany Joest Racing Austria Alexander Wurz
Germany Manuel Reuter 		TWR Porsche WSC-95 LMP1 354 1st 1st
Sources:[18][19]

References

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  1. ^ 24 Hours of Daytona results Archived 2010-01-25 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Siano, Joseph (24 January 1997). "Davy Jones Seriously Hurt In Wreck During Practice (Published 1997)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2022-06-22.
  3. ^ "Davy Jones".
  4. ^ "Davy Jones – 1987 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  5. ^ "Davy Jones – 1989 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  6. ^ "Davy Jones – 1993 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  7. ^ "Davy Jones – 1994 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  8. ^ "Davy Jones – 1995 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  9. ^ "Davy Jones – 1996 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  10. ^ "Davy Jones – 1996 Indy Racing League Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  11. ^ "Davy Jones – 1997 Indy Racing League Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  12. ^ "Davy Jones – 2000 Indy Racing Northern Lights Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  13. ^ "Davy Jones – 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
  14. ^ "Davy Jones – 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
  15. ^ "Davy Jones – 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
  16. ^ "Davy Jones – 1995 NASCAR SuperTruck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
  17. ^ "Davy Jones – 1996 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
  18. ^ "Davy Jones". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
  19. ^ "Davy Jones Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
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Sporting positions
Preceded by Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans
1996 with:
Manuel Reuter
Alexander Wurz 		Succeeded by
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