Davy Jones (racing driver)

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Davy Jones (born June 1, 1964 in Chicago) won the 1996 24 Hours of Le Mans together with 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 suffered a serious crash at Walt Disney World Speedway in January 1997. The accident left him with a broken neck, and ultimately led to his retirement from racing.

He is not related to fellow racers Parnelli Jones, P. J. Jones, Page Jones or Buckshot Jones.

[edit] Indy 500 results

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish
1987	March	Cosworth	28th	28th
1989	Lola	Cosworth	31st	7th
1993	Lola	Chevrolet	28th	15th
1995	Lola	Ford-Cosworth	32nd	23rd
1996	Lola	Mercedes	2nd	2nd
2000	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Did Not Qualify

Preceded by Yannick Dalmas J.J. Lehto Masanori Sekiya

Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1996 Manuel Reuter Davy Jones Alexander Wurz

Succeeded by Michele Alboreto Stefan Johansson Tom Kristensen