Jagger Jones

Jagger Parnell Jones (born July 29, 2002) is an American professional racing driver. He competed in Indy NXT for Cape Motorsports in 2023 and HMD Motorsports in 2024 replacing Niels Koolen for the race at Mid-Ohio. Jones previously competed in the U.S. F2000 National Championship with Cape Motorsports. He also competed in what is now the ARCA Menards Series West full-time in 2019, driving the No. 6 Ford for Sunrise Ford Racing.

Jones is the grandson of 1963 Indianapolis 500 winner Parnelli Jones and the son of former NASCAR, CART, and sports car driver P. J. Jones.

Early career Jones began racing go-karts at the age of nine in both the United States and in Europe. He made his late model debut for JR Motorsports at Myrtle Beach Speedway in June 2018, He later drove two more races for JRM, competing at South Boston Speedway in July and Hickory Motor Speedway in September. Jones nearly won on debut at the Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, leading with one lap remaining before being passed by Hailie Deegan while navigating lapped traffic in turns one and two. Despite being moved out of the bottom lane, Jones held no ill will against Deegan's last-lap move, saying, "I think her move was fine...she didn't really do anything too bad. It's just the lapped car cut me off in front. It just pushed me up the track." Jones also drove the NORRA 1000 off-road race in Mexico during 2019.

Open-wheel career On November 2, 2021, it was announced that Jones would make his open-wheel racing debut in the U.S. F2000 National Championship driving for Cape Motorsports in 2022.

On September 7, 2022, Cape Motorsports announced that Jones would move up the Road to Indy ladder to Indy NXT in 2023.

Sportscar career Jones made his prototype racing debut in the IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge at the back end of 2023, driving an LMP3 car for Remstar Racing at Road Atlanta. He would qualify on pole for both races, though a self-inflicted collision in race one and a mechanical problem in race two exterminated his podium chances.

The following year, Jones returned to the SportsCar Challenge, sweeping the weekend at St. Petersburg by winning both races from pole position.

Personal life Jones is a third generation driver. His grandfather, Parnelli, won the 1963 Indianapolis 500, He is an alumnus of Notre Dame Preparatory High School in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Racing record

Career summary Season still in progress.

† As he was a guest driver, he Jones was ineligible to score points.

NASCAR (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

K&N Pro Series West NASCAR K&N Pro Series West results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pts Ref 2019 Sunrise Ford Racing 6 Ford LVS2 IRW4 TUS4 TUS6 CNS7 SON14 DCS2 IOW11 EVG5 GTW7 MER14* AAS1* KCR2 PHO5 2nd 542

American open-wheel racing results

U.S. F2000 National Championship (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Races with * indicate most race laps led)

Indy NXT (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Races with L indicate a race lap led) (Races with * indicate most race laps led) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points 2023 Cape Motorsports STP BAR IMS DET DET RDA MOH IOW NSH IMS GMP POR LAG LAG 13th 241 2024 HMD Motorsports STP BAR IMS IMS DET RDA LGA LGA MOH IOW GMP POR MIL NSH 27th 17

Complete IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Races with L indicate a race lap led) (Races with * indicate most race laps led)