John Bradley Jones (born October 19, 1965 in Thunder Bay, Ontario), is a 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.
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.
(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 | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | SIL | VAL | PAU | SPA | IMO | MUG | PER | ÖST | BIR | BUG | JAR | 21st | 1 | ||
| 1987 | SIL | VAL | SPA | PAU | DON | PER | BRH | BIR | IMO | BUG | JAR | 11th | 8 | ||
| 1990 | Paul Stewart Racing | DON | SIL | PAU | JER | MNZ | PER | HOC | BRH | BIR | BUG | NOG | 12th | 7 | |
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(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 | [4] | |||
| 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 | [5] | |||
| 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 | [6] | |
| 1992 | Arciero Racing | SRF | PHX | LBH | INDY | DET | POR | MIL | NHA | TOR | MCH | CLE | ROA | VAN 12 | MDO 23 | NAZ 22 | LAG | 36th | 1 | [7] |