# 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. 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 1990 | U.S. Engineering | Lola T88/00 | Cosworth DFS / DFX V8t | PHX 11 | LBH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 22nd | 7 |
| 1990 | U.S. Engineering | Lola T89/00 | Cosworth DFS / DFX V8t | | | 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 |
| 1991 | Dale Coyne Racing | Lola T89/00 | Cosworth DFX V8t | SRF | LBH | PHX 22 | INDY | MIL | | | | | | | | | | | | | 32nd | 0 |
| 1991 | Arciero Racing | Lola T89/00 | Buick 3300 V6 tc | | | | | | DET 24 | POR 20 | CLE | MEA | TOR | MCH | | | | | | | 32nd | 0 |
| 1991 | Euromotorsport | Lola T91/00 | Cosworth DFS V8t | | | | | | | | | | | | DEN 13 | VAN 20 | MDO 19 | ROA 14 | NAZ DNS | LAG 17 | 32nd | 0 |
| 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 |
| 1992 | Euromotorsport | Lola T91/00 | Cosworth DFS V8t | | | | | | | | | | | | | | MDO 13 | NAZ | LAG | | 34th | 1 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 1994 | Euromotorsport | Lola T93/07 | Ilmor 265C V8t | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | NAZ DNQ | LAG DNQ | | 43rd | 0 |
| 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 |