Jeff Bucknum

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Jeff Bucknum
Nationality	United States
Date of Birth	July 12, 1966 (1966-07-12) (age 41)
Place of Birth	Glendale, California
Related to	Ronnie Bucknum (father)
IRL IndyCar Series
Years active	2005-2006
Teams	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Hemelgarn Racing A. J. Foyt Enterprises
Starts	11
Wins	0
Poles	0
Best finish	20th in 2006
Previous series
2001-2005 1998-1999 1995-1996	American Le Mans Series Star Mazda West Barber Dodge Pro Series

Jeff Bucknum (born July 12, 1966 in Glendale, California) is an American race car driver. He competed in four Indy Racing League races in 2005, including the Indianapolis 500, with a best finish of 10th at Infineon Raceway. He also drove a car in the LMP2 class of the American Le Mans Series where he placed 2nd in series points in 2005.

In 2006, Bucknum teamed up with Ron Hemelgarn for his second Indy 500 appearance, in which he had the honor of being the month's first qualifier, but was involved in a second lap crash and finished 32nd. It was announced on July 12, 2006 that Jeff would drive for the remainder of the IRL season for Foyt Enterprises in the Indy Racing League.^[1] However, he only finished 3 of the 6 races that he drove for Foyt in 2006 and finished no better than 13th. Jeff is the son of Formula One and Championship Car racer Ronnie Bucknum.