Davy Jones (racing driver)
Davy Jones | |||||||
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Nationality | American | ||||||
Born | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | June 1, 1964||||||
Last updated on: September 17, 2014 | |||||||
NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
7 races run over 1 year | |||||||
Best finish | 46th (1995) | ||||||
First race | 1995 Daytona 500 (Daytona) | ||||||
Last race | 1995 Save Mart Supermarkets 300 (Sears Point) | ||||||
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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
2 races run over 2 years | |||||||
Best finish | 95th (1995) | ||||||
First race | 1995 Heartland Tailgate 175 (Topeka) | ||||||
Last race | 1996 Lund Look 225 (Topeka | ||||||
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IndyCar Series career | |||||||
1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
Best finish | 2nd (1996) | ||||||
First race | 1996 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis Motor Speedway) | ||||||
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Champ Car career | |||||||
16 races run over 6 years | |||||||
Best finish | 22nd (1989) | ||||||
First race | 1987 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis) | ||||||
Last race | 1996 Monterey Grand Prix (Laguna Seca) | ||||||
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24 Hours of Le Mans career | |||||||
Years | 1988–1991, 1996 | ||||||
Teams | Silk Cut Jaguar, Joest Racing | ||||||
Best finish | 1st (1996) | ||||||
Class wins | 1 (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
[edit]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
[edit]American open–wheel racing results
[edit](key)
CART
[edit]Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Rank | Points | Ref |
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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 |
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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
[edit]Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Rank | Points | Ref |
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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
[edit]Year | Chassis | Engine | Start | Finish | Team |
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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
[edit](key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Winston Cup Series
[edit]NASCAR Winston Cup Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
[edit]NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
[edit]Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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1988 | Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing |
Danny Sullivan Price Cobb |
Jaguar XJR-9LM | C1 | 331 | 16th | 14th |
1989 | Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing |
Derek Daly Jeff Kline |
Jaguar XJR-9LM | C1 | 85 | DNF | DNF |
1990 | Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing |
Michel Ferté Eliseo Salazar |
Jaguar XJR-12 | C1 | 282 | DNF | DNF |
1991 | Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing |
Raul Boesel Michel Ferté |
Jaguar XJR-12 | C2 | 360 | 2nd | 2nd |
1996 | Joest Racing | Alexander Wurz Manuel Reuter |
TWR Porsche WSC-95 | LMP1 | 354 | 1st | 1st |
References
[edit]- ^ 24 Hours of Daytona results Archived 2010-01-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Davy Jones".
- ^ "Davy Jones – 1987 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
- ^ "Davy Jones – 1989 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
- ^ "Davy Jones – 1993 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
- ^ "Davy Jones – 1994 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
- ^ "Davy Jones – 1995 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
- ^ "Davy Jones – 1996 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
- ^ "Davy Jones – 1996 Indy Racing League Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
- ^ "Davy Jones – 1997 Indy Racing League Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
- ^ "Davy Jones – 2000 Indy Racing Northern Lights Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
- ^ "Davy Jones – 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
- ^ "Davy Jones – 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
- ^ "Davy Jones – 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
- ^ "Davy Jones – 1995 NASCAR SuperTruck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
- ^ "Davy Jones – 1996 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
- ^ "Davy Jones". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
- ^ "Davy Jones Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
External links
[edit]- Davy Jones driver statistics at Racing-Reference
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