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

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