P. J. Jones Born In Torrance, California - April 23, 1969

April 23, 1969

P. J. Jones

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Born in Torrance, California, USA.
He has contested in multiple disciplines, including NASCAR, IndyCar, IMSA GT, ARCA, the American Le Mans Series, USAC, the Chili Bowl, and Stadium Super Trucks. His father is Indianapolis 500 winner Parnelli Jones and his brother Page Jones is a former racing driver.

Jones was runner-up at the GTP class of the IMSA GT Championship in 1993 and fourth in 1992. He also finished 4th at the 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup Series race at Watkins Glen, and second at the 1999 CART race at Nazareth. In 2017, Jones returned to NASCAR, racing in the Xfinity Series race at Watkins Glen International in Chris Cockrum Racing's No. 25 car.

Jones was a proficient ice hockey player, scoring ninety-eight goals in thirty games when he was just short of one decade old and playing peewee hockey in California. He and his team were state champions that year. Any ideas of a professional career in Jones' other sport were hindered by a surgery six years after the championship; following another two years of play, Jones ceased participation in ice hockey of all kinds.