Davy Jones (racing driver)

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.

Davy Jones
Jones in 2016
Nationality American
Born (1964-06-01) June 1, 1964
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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Racing career

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

American open–wheel racing results

(key)

CART

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

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

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

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

Winston Cup Series

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

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

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

  1. 24 Hours of Daytona results Archived 2010-01-25 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "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".
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  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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