Davy Jones

Davy Jones

Born: June 1, 1964
Age: 60
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Biography

Davy Jones (born June 1, 1964) is an American racing driver.

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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 & 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.

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. 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 specialises in launching new up-market vehicles.

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
1987 A.J. Foyt Enterprises
LBH

PHX

INDY

MIL

POR

MEA

CLE

TOR

MIS

POC

ROA

MDO

NAZ

LS

MIA
35th 3
1989 Euromotorsport
PHX

LBH

INDY

MIL

DET

POR

CLE

MEA

TOR

MIS

POC

MDO

ROA

NAZ

LS
22nd 6
1993 Euromotorsport
SRF

PHX

LBH

INDY

MIL

DET

POR

CLE

TOR

MIS

NHM

ROA

VAN

MDO

NAZ

LS
43rd 0
1994 A.J. Foyt Enterprises
SRF

PHX

LBH
31st 1
King Racing
INDY

MIL

DET

POR

CLE

TOR

MIS

MDO

NHM

VAN

ROA

NAZ

LS
1995 Dick Simon Racing
MIA

SRF

PHX

LBH

NAZ

INDY

MIL

DET

POR

ROA

TOR

CLE

MIS

MDO

NHM

VAN

LS
43rd 0
1996 Galles Racing
MIA

RIO

SRF

LBH

NAZ

500

MIL

DET

POR

CLE

TOR

MIS

MDO

ROA

VAN

LS
31st 1

Indy Racing League

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rank Points
1996 Galles Racing
WDW

PHX

INDY
26th 33
1996-1997 Galles Racing
NHM

LVS

WDW

PHX

INDY

TXS

PPIR

CLT

NH2

LV2
NC -
2000 Team Coulson
WDW

PHX

LVS

INDY

TXS

PPIR

ATL

KTY

TX2
NC -

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
1993 Gray Racing 77 Ford DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL SON CLT DOV POC MCH DAY NHA POC TAL GLN
MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO ATL NA -
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
GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO ATL NA -
1995 Jasper Motorsports 77 Ford DAY
CAR
RCH
ATL
DAR
BRI
NWS
MAR
TAL
SON
CLT
DOV POC MCH DAY NHA POC TAL IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO ATL 46th 520

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
1995 Roehrig Motorsports 18 Chevy PHO TUS SGS MMR POR EVG I70 LVL BRI MLW CNS HPT
IRP FLM RCH MAR NWS SON MMR PHO 95th 79
1996 B&R Racing 27 Chevy HOM PHO POR EVG TUS CNS HPT
BRI NZH MLW LVL I70 IRP FLM GLN NSV RCH NHA MAR NWS SON MMR PHO LVS 97th 124

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
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

[ Source: Wikipedia ]


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