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.

Life and career

Jones' 1998 Winston Cup car

Jones earned the nickname "Buckshot" from his grandfather after he ran into a table and showed no signs of pain or agony. 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 #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 #44 Georgia-Pacific-sponsored Dodge Intrepid for Petty Enterprises. Unfortunately, the results were only slightly better than his previous races and he was fired midway through the 2002 season.

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, GA. 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 #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, Buckshot 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	Petty Enterprises	44	Dodge	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
2002	Michael Waltrip Racing	00	Chevy																																	ATL DNQ	CAR	PHO	HOM	49th	559
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
2003	Michael Waltrip Racing	00	Chevy																													TAL 40	KAN	CLT	MAR	ATL DNQ	PHO	CAR	HOM	62nd	160

Daytona 500

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
1999	Buckshot Racing	Pontiac	DNQ
2001	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	29	29
2002	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	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
1995			Chevy																					DAR 41														41st	833
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
1996			Pontiac																									CAR 37										25th	1708
1997			Pontiac	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
1997			Ford																											CLT 10								7th	3437
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
2000			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			21st	2952
2001			Chevy	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

External links

Buckshot Jones driver statistics at Racing-Reference

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 60894099 LCCN: n2001097744

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