Sam Jones (drag racer)

Driving the Chevrolet-powered Moody & Jones 1937 Chevrolet, Jones won NHRA's C/GS national title at the NHRA Nationals, held at Indianapolis Raceway Park, in 1962. His winning pass was 12.43 seconds at 113.20 mph (182.18 km/h).^[3] He also won Gas Street Eliminator at Indianapolis in 1962.^[4]

The next year, Jones won a second NHRA C/GS national title, at the Nationals in Indianapolis, again driving the Moody & Jones gasser. His winning pass there was 11.70 seconds at 117.80 mph (189.58 km/h).^[5]

• Davis, Larry. Gasser Wars. North Branch, MN: Cartech, 2003, pp. 182–3.

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