Jerry Sneva

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Jerry Sneva (born May 23, 1949, Spokane, Washington), is a former off-road driver who also drove in the USAC and CART Championship Car series. He raced in the 1977-1982 seasons, with 26 combined career starts, including the 1977-1980 and 1982 Indianapolis 500 and was named 1977 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year. He finished in the top ten 5 times, with his best finish in 4th position in 1979 at Pocono.

Jerry is the younger brother of 1983 Indianapolis 500 winner Tom Sneva.

[edit] Indy 500 results

Year Car Start Qual Rank Finish Laps Led Retired
1977 36 16 186.616 23 10 187 0 Flagged
1978 30 32 187.266 33 31 18 0 Transmission
1979 73 21 184.379 28 31 16 0 Piston
1980 7 5 187.852 6 17 130 0 Crash T1
1982 69 28 195.270 26 23 61 0 Crash T2
Totals 412 0
Starts 5
Poles 0
Front Row 0
Wins 0
Top 5 0
Top 10 1
Retired 4