Jeff Krosnoff

Jeff Krosnoff
Nationality	American
Years active	1996

Jeffrey John Krosnoff (September 24, 1964 – July 14, 1996) was an American race car driver. He was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, but grew up in La Cañada, California. Krosnoff attended Flintridge Prep, a private high school, and enrolled at University of California, San Diego in September 1982. After one year, he transferred to UCLA, where he majored in business. Throughout his college career, Krosnoff was focused on pursuing his dream of professional racecar driving.

Career

Krosnoff competed in Japan in Formula 3000, where he was active from 1989 to 1995. Krosnoff also competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans several times, scoring 2nd in 1994. In the 1996 season, he made 11 starts in CART (now Indycar Series), driving a Reynard-Toyota for Arciero-Wells Racing.

Death

On July 14, 1996 with 3 laps to go in the Molson Indy Toronto at Exhibition Place Krosnoff was involved in a horrendous accident. Krosnoff's car made wheel-to-wheel contact with the car of Stefan Johansson, sending it into the air, over a concrete barrier, and into the catch fencing lining the street course. The fence did not deflect the car enough to keep it from hitting a light post which was inside the fencing.

The violence of the accident left the car broken in half and sent the cockpit section back across the track. Even though the paramedics were there almost immediately, Krosnoff was already dead after striking the light post.

A track volunteer, Gary Avrin, was also killed in the accident when he was struck by the right front wheel of Krosnoff's then-airborne car.

Career results

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Class	No	Tyres	Car	Team	Co-Drivers	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1991	C2	36	G	Jaguar XJR-12 Jaguar 7.4L V12	TWR Suntec Jaguar	David Leslie Mauro Martini	183	DNF	DNF
1994	LMP1 /C90	1	D	Toyota 94C-V Toyota R36V 3.6 L Turbo V8	SARD Company Ltd.	Eddie Irvine Mauro Martini	343	2nd	1st
1995	GT1	27	D	Toyota Supra LM Toyota 3S-GTE 2.1L Turbo I4	SARD Co. Ltd.	Marco Apicella Mauro Martini	264	14th	8th

American Open-Wheel racing results

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CART

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Rank	Points
1996	Arciero-Wells Racing	MIA Ret	RIO Ret	SRF Ret	LBH Ret	NZR 18	500 Ret	MIL 18	DET 15	POR 17	CLE Ret	TOR Ret	MIS	MDO	ROA	VAN	LS	35th	0

External links

• Jeff Krosnoff Scholarship Fund