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.^[1] 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.

Indy 500 results

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

Starts	5
Poles	0
Front Row	0
Wins	0
Top 5	0
Top 10	1
Retired	4

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Jerry Sneva wins Indy's Rookie of the Race Honors". Spartanburg Herald. May 31, 1977. pp. B3. Retrieved 22 March 2010.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Vern Schuppan	Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year 1977	Succeeded by Larry Rice Rick Mears

Persondata
Name	Sneva, Jerry
Alternative names
Short description	American racing driver
Date of birth	May 23, 1949
Place of birth
Date of death
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