Davy Jones | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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) | ||||||
| |||||||
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 | ||||||
| |||||||
IndyCar Series career | |||||||
1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
Best finish | 2nd (1996) | ||||||
First race | 1996 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis Motor Speedway) | ||||||
| |||||||
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) | ||||||
| |||||||
24 Hours of Le Mans career | |||||||
Years | 1988–1991,1996 | ||||||
Teams | Silk Cut Jaguar,Joest Racing | ||||||
Best finish | 1st (1996) | ||||||
Class wins | 1 (1996) | ||||||
. |
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.
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]
(key)
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] |
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] |
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 |
(key) (Bold –Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics –Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * –Most laps led.)
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] |
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] |
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 |
Arie Luijendijk, nicknamed "The Flying Dutchman," is a Dutch former auto racing driver, and winner of the 1990 and 1997 Indianapolis 500 races. He was inducted into the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame in 2009, and the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2014.
Anthony Joseph Foyt Jr. is an American former racing driver who competed in numerous disciplines of motorsport. He is best known for his open wheel racing career, and for becoming the first four-time winner of the Indianapolis 500. He holds the most American National Championship titles in history, winning seven.
Robert Woodward Rahal is an American former auto racing driver and current team owner of Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing. As a driver he won three championships and 24 races in the CART open-wheel series, including the 1986 Indianapolis 500. He also won the Indianapolis 500 in 2004 and 2020 as team owner for Buddy Rice and Takuma Sato, respectively.
Alfred Unser Jr. – nicknamed "Little Al" to distinguish him from his father, Al Unser – is an American retired racing driver. Known primarily for his Championship car career, Unser won two CART championships, and is a two-time winner of the Indianapolis 500.
Eliseo Salazar Valenzuela is a Chilean former racing driver. As of 2024, he is the only Chilean to have participated in a Formula One World Championship. He made his Formula One debut on 15 March 1981, and ultimately contested 37 races scoring a total of three championship points. After Formula One, Salazar has participated in numerous motorsport disciplines, including the Chilean national rally championship, Formula 3000, IndyCar, and the World Sportscar Championship.
Massimiliano "Max" Papis is an Italian professional motorsport driver who has competed in several top-level motorsports events such as Le Mans 24 Hours, Formula One and Champ Car. He has three Champ Car victories. He is the son-in-law of Emerson Fittipaldi. Papis also currently drives in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series.
James "Jimmy" Vasser Jr. is an American former racing driver who competed primarily in the CART series and Champ Car. Vasser won ten CART series races and won the 1996 CART championship with Chip Ganassi Racing. Vasser was the last American to win the CART title. Vasser won the 1996 U.S. 500, and had a best finish of 4th at the Indianapolis 500 twice.
John Andrew Andretti was an American professional race car driver. He won individual races in CART, IMSA GTP, Rolex Sports Car Series, and NASCAR during his career. A member of the Andretti racing family, he was the son of Aldo Andretti, older brother of racer Adam Andretti, nephew of Mario Andretti, and the cousin to CART drivers Michael and Jeff Andretti. He is also the first cousin once-removed of Marco Andretti.
Michel Jourdain Lascurain, better known as Michel Jourdain Jr., is a Mexican racecar driver, best known for winning two Champ Car races in 2003. He is the 2020 Super Copa GTM Champion.
Bryan John Herta is an American race strategist and former race car driver. He currently runs his own team, Bryan Herta Autosport in the NTT IndyCar Series and is the strategist for the #27 Andretti Autosport in the same series. His team won the 2011 Indianapolis 500 with driver Dan Wheldon and the 2016 Indianapolis 500 with driver Alexander Rossi. He is the father and former strategist of IndyCar driver Colton Herta.
Alex Barron is an American former race car driver. He began racing CART FedEx World Series Championship cars in 1998 and made his first Indy Racing League Northern Lights Series start in 2001.
Walter Dallenbach Jr. is an American former racing driver who competed in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series. He competed in 226 Winston Cup races from 1991 to 2001 and had 23 top 10 finishes. The son of open wheel racer and former CART chief steward Wally Dallenbach Sr., Wally Jr. is also a road racer. In addition to NASCAR, Dallenbach has raced in SCCA Trans-Am, IMSA Camel GT, CART, and the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb.
Scott Sharp is an American professional racing driver in the United SportsCar Championship. He is the son of six-time SCCA champion Bob Sharp. Sharp is best known for his years as a competitor in the Indy Racing League.
Parnell Velko "P. J." Jones is an American professional racing driver. He has contested in multiple disciplines, including NASCAR, IndyCar, IMSA GT Championship, the American Le Mans Series, USAC, the Chili Bowl, and the Stadium Super Trucks.
Darren Manning is a British motor racing driver who has raced in the IRL IndyCar Series for Chip Ganassi Racing and Dreyer & Reinbold Racing.
Geoff Brabham is an Australian racing driver. Brabham spent the majority of his racing career in the United States.
Michael Dennis Groff is a former race car driver who competed in CART and the IRL IndyCar Series and was the 1989 Indy Lights champion. His younger brother Robbie was also a CART and IRL driver from 1994 to 1998.
Mark Dismore is a former driver in the Indy Racing League and the 1990 Toyota Pacific champion as well as the winner of the 1993 24 Hours of Daytona with Dan Gurney's All American Racers in a Toyota GTP car with co-drivers Rocky Moran and P. J. Jones. He made 3 CART starts in 1991 but was badly injured in a practice crash for the Indianapolis 500, when his car veered sharply towards the entrance of pit road at the exit of Turn 4 and back-ended the fence, only to careen across the pit lane and smash virtually head on at sizeable speed against the edge of pit wall; this second impact tore off the front of the car leaving Mark's legs exposed. Amongst the injuries he suffered, the most severe was a broken neck. He was largely out of open wheel racing until the 1996 Indy 500 where he drove for Team Menard though he did try to qualify in the 1992 Indianapolis 500 for Concept Motorsports in an outdated Lola/Buick. In 1997 he drove a second car at the Indy 500 for Kelley Racing and would become a full-time fixture there until the 2001 season. He returned to Menard for a partial season in 2002. Dismore has a single IRL win coming in the fall 1999 Texas Motor Speedway race and also finished a career-best third in points that season. Among his 62 career IRL starts he won four poles. He also represented the IRL in the International Race of Champions in 2000 and 2001.
Johnny Unser is a former race car driver. He is the son of open wheel driver Jerry Unser Jr., cousin of Al Unser Jr. and Robby Unser, nephew of Al Unser and Bobby Unser, and first cousin once removed of Alfred Unser. Unser's father, Jerry, died in a racing accident when Unser was seven months old. He made 5 starts in CART in 1993 and 1994 with a best result of 15th. He joined the Indy Racing League in its inaugural 1996 season but had a transmission failure during the pace lap of what would've been his first Indianapolis 500 and was not credited with completing any laps. In 1997 he made his first start in the Indy 500 starting in the 35th position after League and Speedway owner Tony George added his and Lyn St. James' car to the field because slower cars than theirs were guaranteed starting positions because of prior races. He went on to finish 18th, his best "500" result in 5 starts. Unser drove the majority of his IRL races for Hemelgarn Racing and in his 14 career IRL starts he had a best finish of 9th in his very first series start in 1996 at Phoenix International Raceway. His last major open wheel race was the 2000 Indy 500.
Stéphan Grégoire is a French race car driver currently living in Zionsville, Indiana.