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 (age 60) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
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)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
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
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
IndyCar Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish	2nd (1996)
First race	1996 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
Wins Podiums Poles 0 1 0
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)
Wins Podiums Poles 0 0 0
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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Racing career

Jones during qualifying for the 1987 Indianapolis 500

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	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
Sources:[18][19]

References

1. 24 Hours of Daytona results Archived 2010-01-25 at the Wayback Machine
2. 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.
3. "Davy Jones".
4. "Davy Jones – 1987 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
5. "Davy Jones – 1989 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
6. "Davy Jones – 1993 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
7. "Davy Jones – 1994 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
8. "Davy Jones – 1995 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
9. "Davy Jones – 1996 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
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.

External links

• Davy Jones driver statistics at Racing-Reference

Sporting positions
Preceded by Yannick Dalmas J.J. Lehto Masanori Sekiya	Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1996 with: Manuel Reuter Alexander Wurz	Succeeded by Michele Alboreto Stefan Johansson Tom Kristensen