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

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	MDO	MIN1	MIN2	ONT 6	19th	80

PPG Indy Car Series

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 V8 t	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 V8 t	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 V8 t	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 V8 t	PHX 11	LBH																22nd	7	^[6]
1990	U.S. Engineering	Lola T89/00	Cosworth DFS / DFX V8 t			INDY DNQ	MIL	DET 11	POR	CLE 10	MEA 20	TOR 24	MCH 25	DEN 19	VAN	MDO 14	ROA 23	NAZ	LAG 19		22nd	7	^[6]
1991	Dale Coyne Racing	Lola T89/00	Cosworth DFX V8 t	SRF	LBH	PHX 22	INDY	MIL													32nd	0	^[7]
	Arciero Racing	Lola T89/00	Buick 3300 V6 tc						DET 24	POR 20	CLE	MEA	TOR	MCH
	Euromotorsport	Lola T91/00	Cosworth DFS V8 t												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]
1992	Euromotorsport	Lola T91/00	Cosworth DFS V8 t														MDO 13	NAZ	LAG		34th	1	^[8]
1993	Euromotorsport	Lola T91/00	Cosworth DFS V8 t	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 V8 t	SRF	PHX	LBH	INDY	MIL	DET	POR 29	CLE 23	TOR 28	MCH 17	MDO DNQ	NHA DNQ	VAN	ROA				43rd	0	^[10]
1994	Euromotorsport	Lola T93/07	Ilmor 265C V8 t															NAZ DNQ	LAG DNQ		43rd	0	^[10]
1995	Project Indy	Reynard 94I	Ford XB V8 t	MIA	SRF	PHX	LBH	NAZ	INDY	MIL	DET	POR	ROA	TOR Wth	CLE	MCH	MDO	NHA	VAN	LAG	-	0	^[11]

References

^ 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.
^ "Jeff Wood – 1983 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
^ "Jeff Wood – 1985 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
^ "Jeff Wood – 1987 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
^ "Jeff Wood – 1989 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
^ "Jeff Wood – 1990 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
^ "Jeff Wood – 1991 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
^ "Jeff Wood – 1992 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
^ "Jeff Wood – 1993 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
^ "Jeff Wood – 1994 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
^ "Jeff Wood – 1995 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.