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 fifth in the series behind Danny Sullivan. In 1982, driving for Bob Garretson Racing, finished third 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.

Wood returned to CART in 1987 and made four starts for Dick Simon with his best finish being tenth. He was away from the series in 1988, then returned in 1989 to make five 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 ten other starts, with a tenth-place finish at Phoenix, finishing 22nd in points.

In 1991, Wood made eight starts for Dale Coyne Racing, Arciero Racing, and Euromotorsports with the best finish being 13th. He then made seven starts in '92 for Arciero, and earned a best finish of 12th-place and a single point. In 1993, Wood attempted a nearly full season for Andrea Moda Formula/Euromotorsports but failed to qualify for six races and only made eight 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.