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Davy Jones
Jones in 2016
Nationality	American
Born	(1964-06-01)June 1, 1964 (age 61) Chicago,Illinois, U.S.
NASCAR driver
NASCARCup Series career
7 races run over 1 year
Best finish	46th (1995)
First race	1995Daytona 500 (Daytona)
Last race	1995Save Mart Supermarkets 300 (Sears Point)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCARCraftsman Truck Series career
2 races run over 2 years
Best finish	95th (1995)
First race	1995Heartland Tailgate 175 (Topeka)
Last race	1996Lund Look 225 (Topeka
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
IndyCar Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish	26th (1996)
First race	1996Indianapolis 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	1987Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis)
Last race	1996Monterey Grand Prix (Laguna Seca)
Wins Podiums Poles 0 0 0
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	1988–1991, 1996
Teams	Silk CutJaguar,Joest Racing
Best finish	1st (1996)
Class wins	1 (1996)
Statistics up to date as of September 17, 2014.

Davy Jones (born June 1, 1964) is an American racing driver. He won the1996 24 Hours of Le Mans alongsideAlexander Wurz andManuel Reuter.

In 1983, Jones came third in theBritish Formula Three Championship behindAyrton Senna andMartin Brundle. He also that year tested theBrabham F1 car atBrands Hatch withBernie 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 theNew Zealand Grand Prix in 1984 and 1987. In 1986, Jones drove for the Factory BMWMcLaren Team inIMSAGTP with teammateJohn Andretti and earned the onlyBMW GTP victory that season atWatkins Glen. Jones won the1996 24 Hours of Le Mans with teammatesManuel Reuter andAlexander Wurz in aTWR-Porsche. He also placed second toBuddy Lazier in the1996 Indianapolis 500, the first of theIndy Racing League era. He has five total starts in the race as well as sixteen starts inCART from 1987 to 1996. Jones also made sevenWinston Cup starts in 1995 forJasper Motorsports with a best finish of twentieth atDarlington Raceway and participated in the 1992 and 1993 editions of theInternational Race of Champions finishing 8th and 9th respectively. Jones won the 199024 Hours of Daytona driving aJaguar XJR-12, along withJan Lammers andAndy Wallace.^[1]

Jones was seriously injured in a practice crash for the IRL race atWalt 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.^[2] Jones' withdrawal from theTeam Joest squad to compete in the1997 Le Mans 24 Hours allowedTom Kristensen to take over the vacant seat, and win his first Le Mans enduro.

Jones has since then competed in sports cars, mainly in theGrand-Am Road Racing Rolex Sports Car Series andContinental 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 inTexas.^[3]

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

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1988	Silk CutJaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Danny Sullivan Price Cobb	Jaguar XJR-9LM	C1	331	16th	14th
1989	Silk CutJaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Derek Daly Jeff Kline	Jaguar XJR-9LM	C1	85	DNF	DNF
1990	Silk CutJaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Michel Ferté Eliseo Salazar	Jaguar XJR-12	C1	282	DNF	DNF
1991	Silk CutJaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Raul Boesel Michel Ferté	Jaguar XJR-12	C2	360	2nd	2nd
1996	Joest Racing	Alexander Wurz Manuel Reuter	TWRPorsche WSC-95	LMP1	354	1st	1st
Sources:[18][19]

• Davy Jones driver statistics at Racing-Reference

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