John Jones (racing driver)

Driver in the CART Championship Car series

Jones' 1991 Champ Car

John Bradley Jones (born October 19, 1965 in Thunder Bay, Ontario) is a Canadian former driver in the CART Championship Car series. He raced in the 1988, 1989, 1991, and 1992 seasons with 41 career starts, including the 1989 Indianapolis 500. He finished in the top ten 11 times, including four in 7th position in 1988, when he finished the season in 11th position and was named Rookie of the Year.

John's brother Hunter Jones was also an active driver in the CART Indy Lights championship.

## Personal life

[edit]

He married Sports Car Club of America Trans-Am Series manager Robyn Watkins in April 1990.[1][2] They have two children.[3] Jones holds an architecture degree.[3]

## Racing results

[edit]

### Complete International Formula 3000 results

[edit]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

Year  | Entrant  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10  | 11  | Pos. | Pts

|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|

1986 | Onyx Race Engineering | SIL
20 | VAL
DNQ | PAU
6 | SPA
22 | IMO
DNQ | MUG
12 | PER
11 | ÖST
14 | BIR
7 | BUG
15 | JAR
11 | 21st  | 1
1987 | Lola Motorsport | SIL
Ret | VAL
5 | SPA
7 | PAU
2 | DON
13 | PER
8 | BRH
8 | BIR
7 | IMO
9 | BUG
11 | JAR
10 | 11th  | 8
1990 | Paul Stewart Racing | DON
3 | SIL
11 | PAU
4 | JER
Ret | MNZ
Ret | PER
Ret | HOC
DNQ | BRH
DNQ | BIR
11 | BUG
9 | NOG
DNQ | 12th  | 7

Sources:[4][5]

### Complete American Open Wheel racing results

[edit]

(key)

#### PPG IndyCar World Series

[edit]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year  | Team  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10  | 11  | 12  | 13  | 14  | 15  | 16  | 17  | Rank  | Points  | Ref

|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|

1988 | Arciero Racing | PHX
20 | LBH
12 | INDY
DNQ | MIL
14 | POR
8 | CLE
7 | TOR
7 | MEA
7 | MCH
8 | POC
8 | MDO
7 | ROA
13 | NAZ
11 | LAG
11 | MIA
16 |  |  | 11th | 44 | [6]
1989 | Protofab Racing  | PHX
16 | LBH
20 | INDY
11 | MIL
11 | DET
11 | POR
19 | CLE
25 | MEA
11 | TOR
18 | MCH
16 | POC
10 | MDO
13 | ROA
10 | NAZ
| LAG
22 |  |  | 17th | 14 | [7]
1991 | Arciero Racing | SRF
| LBH
| PHX
| INDY
| MIL
| DET
| POR
| CLE
21 | MEA
19 | TOR
10 | MCH
8 | DEN
11 | VAN
15 | MDO
21 | ROA
21 | NAZ
13 | LAG
21 | 18th | 10 | [8]
1992 | Arciero Racing | SRF
| PHX
| LBH
| INDY
| DET
| POR
| MIL
| NHA
| TOR
| MCH
| CLE
| ROA
| VAN
12 | MDO
23 | NAZ
22 | LAG
|  | 36th | 1 | [9]

#### Indy Lights

[edit]

Year  | Team  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10  | 11  | 12  | 13  | Rank  | Points  | Ref

|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|

1997 | Eclipse Racing | MIA
19 | LBH
25 | NAZ
19 | SAV
19 | STL | MIL | DET
20 | POR
18 | TOR | TRO | VAN | LAG | FON | 33rd | 0 | [10]

## See also

[edit]

* List of Canadians in Champ Car

* Biography portal

## References

[edit]

1. ^ Sexton, Rosemary (April 14, 1990). "Denver and Thunder Bay pit stops in nuptial race". The Globe and Mail. p. A10. ProQuest 385683795.
2. ^ Morgan, Dennis (September 29, 1990). "Ontario driver hits the skids in European races". Toronto Star. p. K5. Retrieved January 7, 2024 - via Newspapers.com .
3. ^ a b Orr, Frank (August 25, 1996). "Jones architect of own future behind wheel". Toronto Star. p. D5. Retrieved January 7, 2024 - via Newspapers.com .
4. ^ "John Jones Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
5. ^ "John Jones". Motor Sport. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
6. ^ "John Jones – 1988 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
7. ^ "John Jones – 1989 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
8. ^ "John Jones – 1991 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
9. ^ "John Jones – 1992 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
10. ^ "John Jones – 1997 Firestone / Dayton Indy Lights Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 8, 2024.

## External links

[edit]

* John Jones career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions

Preceded by

Fabrizio Barbazza

|  CART Rookie of the Year
1988 | Succeeded by

Bernard Jourdain

* v
* t
* e

PPI Motorsports

Years active|

1979–2006

Owners|

* Cal Wells

Former drivers|

| CART|

* Fabrizio Barbazza
* Steve Bren
* Pancho Carter
* Steve Chassey
* Eddie Cheever
* Mark Dismore
* Luiz Garcia Jr.
* Robby Gordon
* Marco Greco
* Pete Halsmer
* Ludwig Heimrath
* John Jones
* Jeff Krosnoff
* Randy Lanier
* Buddy Lazier
* Randy Lewis
* Hiro Matsushita
* Cristiano da Matta
* Jeff MacPherson
* Tero Palmroth
* Max Papis
* Johnny Parsons
* Scott Pruett
* Oriol Servià
* Didier Theys
* Jacques Villeneuve
* Rich Vogler
* Bill Whittington
* Max Wilson
* Jeff Wood

|

NASCAR|

* Ricky Craven
* Bobby Hamilton Jr.
* Andy Houston
* Travis Kvapil
* Anthony Lazzaro
* Chad Little
* Scott Pruett
* Boris Said

Lore|

* The closest finish ever

This biographical article related to Canadian auto racing is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template