Jeff Wood (racing driver)

Jeff Wood (born January 20, 1957) is an American former race car driver born in Wichita, Kansas. He was Formula Atlantic Rookie of the Year in 1977. He drove in the CanAm series for Carl Haas in 1981 and finished 5th in the series behind Danny Sullivan. In 1982, driving for Bob Garretson Racing, finished 3rd place in the 24 Hours of Daytona.[1] He then made his CART debut in 1983 at the Caesars Palace Grand Prix driving for Dan Gurney. He then drove in the Formula Atlantic West Series where he won the 1985 championship. He returned to CART in 1987 and made 4 starts for Dick Simon with his best finish being 10th. He was away from the series in 1988, then returned in 1989 to make 5 starts for Gohr Racing, where he finished 12th at the Michigan 500. In 1990 he drove for a new team, Todd Walther Racing, where he made his first attempt to qualify for the Indianapolis 500, but crashed in practice. He made 10 other starts, with a 10th-place finish at Phoenix, finishing 22nd in points. In 1991 he made 8 starts for Dale Coyne Racing, Arciero Racing, and Euromotorsports with the best finish being 13th. 7 starts in '92 for Arciero netted Wood a 12th-place finish and a single point. In 1993 Wood attempted a nearly full season for Andrea Moda Formula/Euromotorsports but failed to qualify for 6 races and only made 8 starts and again failed to score points. He made four more unsuccessful starts in 1994 for Euromotorsports in what would be his final races in the series. He was named to an entry for the 1996 Indianapolis 500, but the car failed to appear. His best finish in his 49 CART races was an 8th place that came in his second series start back in 1983 at Laguna Seca Raceway.

Racing record

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SCCA National Championship Runoffs

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Year Track Car Engine Class Finish Start Status
1977 Road Atlanta March 77B Cosworth Formula B 4 5 Running

Complete USAC Mini-Indy Series results

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Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pos Points
1980 MIL POC MDO MIN1 MIN2 ONT
6 		19th 80

PPG Indy Car Series

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PPG Indy Car Series results
Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Rank Points Ref
1983 All American Racers Eagle 83 Chevrolet V8 ATL INDY MIL CLE MCH ROA POC RIV MDO MCH CPL
22 		LAG
8 		PHX 24th 5 [2]
1985 Hess Racing Lola T900 Cosworth DFX V8t LBH INDY MIL POR MEA CLE
23 		MCH ROA POC MDO SAN MCH LAG PHX MIA - 0 [3]
1987 Dick Simon Racing Lola T87/00 Cosworth DFX V8t LBH PHX INDY MIL POR MEA CLE TOR MCH POC ROA
10 		MDO
15 		NAZ
DNQ 		LAG
10 		MIA
23 		33rd 6 [4]
1989 Gohr Racing Lola T88/00 Cosworth DFS V8t PHX LBH INDY MIL DET POR CLE
15 		MEA
15 		TOR
DNQ 		MCH
12 		POC MDO
16 		ROA
15 		NAZ
DNQ 		LAG
DNQ 		32nd 1 [5]
1990 U.S. Engineering Lola T88/00 Cosworth DFS / DFX V8t PHX
11 		LBH 22nd 7 [6]
Lola T89/00 INDY
DNQ 		MIL DET
11 		POR CLE
10 		MEA
20 		TOR
24 		MCH
25 		DEN
19 		VAN MDO
14 		ROA
23 		NAZ LAG
19
1991 Dale Coyne Racing Lola T89/00 Cosworth DFX V8t SRF LBH PHX
22 		INDY MIL 32nd 0 [7]
Arciero Racing Buick 3300 V6 tc DET
24 		POR
20 		CLE MEA TOR MCH
Euromotorsport Lola T91/00 Cosworth DFS V8t DEN
13 		VAN
20 		MDO
19 		ROA
14 		NAZ
DNS 		LAG
17
1992 Arciero Racing Lola T91/00 Buick 3300 V6 tc SRF PHX LBH INDY
DNQ 		DET
13 		POR
19 		MIL
19 		NHA
15 		TOR
13 		MCH
12 		CLE ROA VAN 34th 1 [8]
Euromotorsport Cosworth DFS V8t MDO
13 		NAZ LAG
1993 Euromotorsport Lola T91/00 Cosworth DFS V8t SRF PHX
Wth 		LBH
20 		INDY MIL
DNQ 		DET
DNQ 		POR
28 		CLE
17 		TOR
28 		MCH
20 		NHA
24 		ROA
27 		VAN
15 		MDO
DNQ 		NAZ LAG
DNQ 		41st 0 [9]
1994 Euromotorsport Lola T92/00 Ilmor 265A V8t SRF PHX LBH INDY MIL DET POR
29 		CLE
23 		TOR
28 		MCH
17 		MDO
DNQ 		NHA
DNQ 		VAN ROA 43rd 0 [10]
Lola T93/07 Ilmor 265C V8t NAZ
DNQ 		LAG
DNQ
1995 Project Indy Reynard 94I Ford XB V8t MIA SRF PHX LBH NAZ INDY MIL DET POR ROA TOR
Wth 		CLE MCH MDO NHA VAN LAG - 0 [11]

References

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  1. ^ O'Malley, J.J. (2009). "Daytona 24 Hours: The Definitive History of America's Great Endurance Race", p. 393. David Bull Publishing, Phoenix. ISBN 978-1-935007-00-5.
  2. ^ "Jeff Wood – 1983 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  3. ^ "Jeff Wood – 1985 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  4. ^ "Jeff Wood – 1987 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  5. ^ "Jeff Wood – 1989 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  6. ^ "Jeff Wood – 1990 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  7. ^ "Jeff Wood – 1991 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  8. ^ "Jeff Wood – 1992 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  9. ^ "Jeff Wood – 1993 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  10. ^ "Jeff Wood – 1994 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  11. ^ "Jeff Wood – 1995 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
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Sporting positions
Preceded by North American Formula Atlantic
Pacific Division Champion
1985 		Succeeded by


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