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 fifth in the series behind Danny Sullivan. In 1982, driving for Bob Garretson Racing, finished third place in the 24 Hours of Daytona.O'Malley, J.J. (2009). "Daytona 24 Hours: The Definitive History of America's Great Endurance Race", p. 393. David Bull Publishing, Phoenix. . 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.
Wood returned to CART in 1987 and made four starts for Dick Simon with his best finish being tenth. He was away from the series in 1988, then returned in 1989 to make five 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 ten other starts, with a tenth-place finish at Phoenix, finishing 22nd in points.
In 1991, Wood made eight starts for Dale Coyne Racing, Arciero Racing, and Euromotorsports with the best finish being 13th. He then made seven starts in '92 for Arciero, and earned a best finish of 12th-place and a single point. In 1993, Wood attempted a nearly full season for Andrea Moda Formula/Euromotorsports but failed to qualify for six races and only made eight 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
SCCA National Championship Runoffs
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 Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pos Points 1980 MIL POC MOH MIN1 MIN2 ONT 19th 80
PPG Indy Car Series PPG Indy Car Series resultsYearTeamChassisEngine1234567891011121314151617RankPointsRef1983All American RacersEagle 83Chevrolet V8ATLINDYMILCLEMCHROAPOCRIVMOHMCHCPLLAGPHX 24th 51985Hess RacingLola T900Cosworth DFX V8tLBHINDYMILPORMEACLEMCHROAPOCMOHSANMCHLAGPHXMIA - 01987Dick Simon RacingLola T87/00Cosworth DFX V8tLBHPHXINDYMILPORMEACLETORMCHPOCROAMOHNAZLAGMIA 33rd 61989Gohr RacingLola T88/00Cosworth DFS V8tPHXLBHINDYMILDETPOR CLE MEA TORMCHPOCMOHROA NAZ LAG 32nd 11990U.S. EngineeringLola T88/00Cosworth DFS / DFX V8t PHXLBH 22nd 7 Lola T89/00 INDYMIL DETPOR CLE MEA TOR MCH DENVAN MOH ROANAZ LAG1991Dale Coyne RacingLola T89/00Cosworth DFX V8tSRFLBH PHXINDYMIL 32nd 0 Arciero RacingBuick 3300 V6 tc DET PORCLEMEATORMCHEuromotorsportLola T91/00Cosworth DFS V8t DEN VAN MOH ROA NAZ LAG1992Arciero RacingLola T91/00Buick 3300 V6 tcSRF PHXLBHINDY DET POR MIL NHA TOR MCHCLEROAVAN 34th 1 EuromotorsportCosworth DFS V8tMOHNAZLAG1993EuromotorsportLola T91/00Cosworth DFS V8tSRFPHX LBHINDY MIL DET POR CLE TOR MCH NHA ROA VAN MOHNAZ LAG 41st 01994EuromotorsportLola T92/00Ilmor 265A V8t SRF PHX LBH INDY MIL DETPORCLETORMCHMOHNHA VAN ROA 43rd 0 Lola T93/07Ilmor 265C V8tNAZLAG1995Project IndyReynard 94IFord XB V8tMIA SRF PHX LBH NAZ INDY MIL DET POR ROATOR CLE MCH MOH NHA VAN LAG - 0
References
External links CART statistics at ChampCarStats.com 1981 Can-Am Results at OldRacingCars.com