Davy Jones

Duane David 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.

Racing career

In 1983, Jones came third 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 sixteen starts in CART from 1987 to 1996. Jones also made seven Winston Cup starts in 1995 for Jasper Motorsports with a best finish of twentieth 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 on January 24, 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.

Racing record

American open–wheel racing results (key)

CART

Indy Racing League Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415 Rank Points Ref 1996 Galles RacingWDWPHXINDY2 26th 33 1996-97 Galles RacingNHMLVSWDWWthPHXINDYTXSPPIRCLTNH2LV2 NC - 2000 Team CoulsonWDWPHXLVSINDYDNQTXSPPIRATLKTYTX2 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 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

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 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

Daytona 500 Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish 1995 Jasper Motorsports Ford 33 33

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 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

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results