Davy Jones (racing driver)

American 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.

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. 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 also runs a driver experience course at a country club in Texas.

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 EnterprisesLBHPHXINDY28MILPORMEACLETORMIS10POCROAMDO19NAZ14LSMIA1335th3 1989 EuromotorsportPHXLBHINDY7MILDETPORCLEMEATORMISPOCMDOROANAZLS22nd6 1993 EuromotorsportSRFPHXLBHINDY15MILDETPORCLETORMISNHMROAVANMDONAZLS43rd0 1994 A. J. Foyt EnterprisesSRF19PHX12LBH1431st1 King RacingINDYRplMILDETPORCLETORMISMDONHMVANROANAZLS 1995 Dick Simon RacingMIASRFPHXLBHNAZINDY23MILDETPORROATORCLEMISMDONHMVANLS43rd0 1996 Galles RacingMIARIOSRFLBHNAZ500MILDETPORCLETORMIS12MDO16ROA24VAN14LS1431st1

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 XBRaced 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 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 GLNDNQ 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 INDDNQ GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO ATL NA 1995 Jasper Motorsports 77 Ford DAY33 CAR37 RCHDNQ ATL24 DAR20 BRI24 NWSDNQ MARDNQ TAL33 SON36 CLTDNQ DOV POC MCH DAY NHA POC TAL IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO ATL 46th 520

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 Pts Ref 1995 Roehrig Motorsports 18 Chevy PHO TUS SGS MMR POR EVG I70 LVL BRI MLW CNS HPT28 IRP FLM RCH MAR NWS SON MMR PHO 95th 79 1996 B&R Racing 9 Chevy HOM PHO POR EVG TUS CNS HPT13 BRI NZH MLW LVL I70 IRP FLM GLN NSV RCH NHA MAR NWS SON MMR PHO LVS 97th 124