Buckshot Jones

Roy "Buckshot" Jones (born July 23, 1970) is an American racing driver who has competed in NASCAR and sprint cars. He most recently ran in the USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series.

Buckshot Jones
Jones' 1998 Winston Cup car
BornRoy Jones
(1970-07-23) July 23, 1970
Monticello, Georgia, U.S.
Awards1998 NASCAR Busch Series Most Popular Driver
NASCAR Cup Series career
56 races run over 7 years
Best finish41st (2001)
First race1997 NAPA 500 (Atlanta)
Last race2003 EA Sports 500 (Talladega)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 1 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
147 races run over 8 years
Best finish7th (1997)
First race1995 Sears Auto Center 250 (Milwaukee)
Last race2004 Meijer 300 (Kentucky)
First win1996 Sears Auto Center 250 (Milwaukee)
Last win1998 Gumout Long Life Formula 200 (Loudon)
Wins Top tens Poles
2 33 3
Statistics current as of November 24, 2012.

Life and career

Jones earned the nickname "Buckshot" from his grandfather after he ran into a table and showed no signs of pain or agony.[1] His racing career began as a hobby during his studies at the University of Georgia, where he earned a business degree. Jones originally wanted to race motocross, but his dad suggested stock cars since they were safer.

After his sixth race Jones went out to dinner with his father, where he told him that he wanted to be a NASCAR champion. He and his father then developed a six-year plan that would allow Jones to move up the ladder and begin to fulfill his dream.

In 1995, Jones moved to the NASCAR Busch Series with his own team called Buckshot Racing. After a disappointing rookie campaign where his best finish was a ninth at South Boston Speedway, Jones hired Ricky Pearson, son of the legendary David Pearson, as his crew chief. Jones won two races over the next three years, winning the Most Popular Driver award in 1998. In 1999, after marrying his longtime girlfriend Jina, he made the jump to Winston Cup driving the No. 00 Pontiac, with Ricky's brother Larry Pearson taking over his Busch ride. Crown Fiber Communications was the major sponsor of the car. Jones failed to qualify several times in his rookie year, including the first two races of the season. On the occasions in which he did make the field, a DNF was the typical result. After nine starts, he decided to end his bid for Rookie of the Year and returned to the Busch Series. During his Busch campaign of 2000, he had one pole, three top-tens, and finished 21st in points.

In 2001 he returned to the Cup Series, driving the No. 44 Georgia-Pacific-sponsored Dodge Intrepid for Petty Enterprises. Unfortunately, the season was a struggle. He failed to qualify 5 times and had 10 DNFs, finishing 41st in points with a best result of 16th at Talladega in the spring, and again at Phoenix. Due to a growing family, Buckshot stopped racing full time in April of 2002. After missing the Daytona 500, he was 35th in points after Martinsville, with a top finish of 12th in his home race at Atlanta. He returned for 2 races in 2003, finishing 17th for Phoenix Racing at Daytona in July, and leading 19 laps for Michael Waltrip Racing in a career-best performance at Talladega in September before retiring with damage from a blown tire.

Buckshot has since sold his team and temporarily retired from racing. He last appeared in a NASCAR sanctioned race in 2004, when he ran two Busch Series events. He currently works in land development and real estate in Gwinnett County, Georgia. He returned to auto racing in the Snowball Derby in December 2006 but finished last after being caught in an early accident. In 2007, he returned to racing to drive the No. 00 Chevrolet for DMT Motorsports in the Southern Division of the USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series, but re-retired at the end of the season. In 2015, Jones raced in the third division of the Whelen Modified Tour.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Winston Cup Series
NASCAR Winston Cup Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 NWCC Pts
1997 Buckshot Racing 00 Pontiac DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR TEX BRI MAR SON TAL CLT DOV POC MCH CAL DAY NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH NHA DOV MAR CLT TAL CAR PHO ATL
43		 70th 34
1998 Stavola Brothers Racing 8 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX MAR TAL CAL CLT DOV
8		 RCH
DNQ		 MCH 52nd 458
Buckshot Racing 00 Pontiac POC
DNQ		 SON NHA POC
Stavola Brothers Racing Chevy IND
27		 GLN MCH
27		 BRI NHA
DNQ		 DAR RCH
DNQ		 DOV
42		 MAR CLT TAL
16		 DAY PHO CAR ATL
1999 Buckshot Racing Pontiac DAY
DNQ		 CAR
DNQ		 LVS
29		 ATL
37		 DAR
34		 TEX
35		 BRI
39		 MAR
DNQ		 TAL
21		 CAL
DNQ		 RCH
DNQ		 CLT
29		 DOV
DNQ		 MCH
DNQ		 POC SON DAY
41		 NHA POC IND
DNQ		 GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH NHA DOV MAR ATL
26		 45th 676
No Fear Racing 14 Ford CLT
DNQ
Eel River Racing 30 Pontiac TAL
27		 CAR PHO HOM
2000 Buckshot Racing 00 Pontiac DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX MAR TAL CAL RCH CLT DOV MCH POC SON DAY NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH NHA DOV MAR CLT TAL CAR PHO HOM ATL
37		 68th 52
2001 Petty Enterprises 44 Dodge DAY
29		 CAR
35		 LVS
36		 ATL
19		 DAR
41		 BRI
33		 TEX
33		 MAR
38		 TAL
16		 CAL
DNQ		 RCH
DNQ		 CLT
27		 DOV
26		 MCH
36		 POC
42		 SON
36		 DAY
DNQ		 CHI
38		 NHA
24		 POC
39		 IND
36		 GLN MCH
DNQ		 BRI
43		 DAR
35		 RCH
37		 DOV
38		 KAN
31		 CLT
DNQ		 MAR
30		 TAL
28		 PHO
16		 CAR
38		 HOM
34		 ATL
33		 NHA
41		 41st 1939
2002 DAY
DNQ		 CAR
41		 LVS
23		 ATL
12		 DAR
19		 BRI
40		 TEX
26		 MAR
33		 TAL CAL RCH CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY CHI NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH NHA DOV KAN TAL CLT MAR 49th 559
Michael Waltrip Racing 00 Chevy ATL
DNQ		 CAR PHO HOM
2003 Phoenix Racing 09 Dodge DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX TAL MAR CAL RCH CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY
17		 CHI NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH NHA DOV 62nd 160
Michael Waltrip Racing 00 Chevy TAL
40		 KAN CLT MAR ATL
DNQ		 PHO CAR HOM
Daytona 500
Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish
1999 Buckshot Racing Pontiac DNQ
2001 Petty Enterprises Dodge 29 29
2002 DNQ

Busch Series
NASCAR Busch Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 NBSC Pts
1993 DAY CAR RCH DAR BRI HCY ROU MAR NZH CLT DOV MYB GLN MLW TAL IRP MCH NHA BRI DAR RCH DOV ROU CLT MAR
DNQ		 CAR HCY
DNQ		 ATL NA -
1995 Buckshot Racing 00 Ford DAY CAR RCH
DNQ		 ATL NSV DAR BRI HCY NHA NZH CLT DOV MYB
DNQ		 GLN MLW
34		 TAL SBO
9		 IRP
29		 MCH
16		 BRI
23		 RCH
12		 DOV
11		 CLT
DNQ		 CAR HOM
37		 41st 833
Chevy DAR
41
1996 Ford DAY
DNQ		 CAR
37		 RCH
19		 ATL
18		 NSV
DNQ		 DAR
DNQ		 BRI
DNQ		 HCY
24		 NZH
21		 CLT
DNQ		 DOV
21		 SBO
23		 MYB
13		 GLN
29		 MLW
1		 NHA
21		 TAL
DNQ		 IRP
9		 MCH
27		 BRI
24		 DAR
34		 RCH
33		 DOV
19		 CLT
27		 HOM
DNQ		 25th 1708
Pontiac CAR
37
1997 DAY
12		 CAR
13		 RCH
13		 ATL
4		 LVS
39		 DAR
6		 HCY
14		 TEX
7		 BRI
10		 NSV
10		 TAL
38		 NHA
41		 NZH
9		 CLT
6		 DOV
17		 SBO
3		 GLN
20		 MLW
4		 MYB
10		 GTY
25		 IRP
7		 MCH
5		 BRI
26		 DAR
32		 RCH
6		 DOV
23		 CAL
40		 CAR
15		 HOM
26		 7th 3437
Ford CLT
10
1998 Pontiac DAY
4		 CAR
15		 LVS
8		 NSV
13		 DAR
14		 BRI
28*		 TEX
28		 HCY
12		 TAL
4		 NHA
1		 NZH
33		 CLT
29		 DOV
19		 RCH
30		 PPR
18		 GLN
29		 MLW
7		 MYB
15		 CAL
11		 SBO
17		 IRP
3		 MCH
14		 BRI
8		 DAR
42		 RCH
36		 DOV
41		 CLT
5		 GTY
31		 CAR
35		 ATL
5		 HOM
16		 9th 3453
1999 DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR TEX NSV
12		 BRI TAL CAL NHA
16		 RCH NZH CLT DOV
22		 SBO GLN
19		 MLW
16		 MYB
23		 PPR
39		 GTY
40		 IRP
33		 MCH
11		 BRI
35		 DAR
11		 RCH
26		 DOV
10		 CLT
11		 CAR
18		 MEM
36		 PHO
10		 HOM
17		 28th 1889
2000 DAY
8		 CAR
38		 LVS
24		 ATL
36		 DAR
25		 BRI
34		 TEX
26		 NSV
38		 TAL
2		 MYB
31		 GLN
20		 21st 2952
Chevy CAL
23		 RCH
26		 NHA
19		 CLT
17		 DOV
23		 SBO
33		 MLW
40		 NZH
25		 PPR
19		 GTY
20		 IRP
29		 MCH
40		 BRI
27		 DAR
20		 RCH
26		 DOV
6		 CLT
26		 CAR
17		 MEM
11		 PHO
25		 HOM
16
2001 DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL RCH NHA NZH CLT DOV
18		 KEN MLW GLN CHI
7		 GTY PPR IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN
8		 CLT
13		 MEM PHO CAR
19		 HOM
18		 48th 736
2004 Phoenix Racing 1 Dodge DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL GTY RCH NZH CLT DOV NSH
29		 KEN
38		 MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR IRP MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM ATL PHO DAR HOM 107th 125
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References
  1. "Buckshot Jones Takes Aim at Indy". Motorsport.com. July 1, 1998. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
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