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Roy "Buckshot" Jones (born July 23, 1970 in Monticello, Georgia), is a previous auto racing driver who has competed within NASCAR and sprint cars.
Jones earned a nickname "Buckshot" from his grandfather when he ran into the table & showed there is no signs of hurt or even agony. His racing career began as a hobby in a period of his studies at the University of Georgia. Jones originally wanted to race motocross, but his daddy suggested stock cars since they were safer.
Fallowing his sixth race Jones went intent on dinner by having his father, in which he told him that he wanted to exist as the NASCAR champion. He & his father so developed a 5-season project that would allow Jones to move higher the ladder & start to fulfill his dream.
Around 1995, Jones moved to the NASCAR Busch Series with his own team known as Buckshot Racing. Fallowing the unsatisfying greenhorn campaign, Jones hired Ricky Pearson, son of the legendary David Pearson, as his crew chief. Jones won 2 races on top a next tercet years. In the period of this instance, he gained the reputation as an overaggressive driver world health organization induced numbers of crashes. Around 1999, after marrying his long-instance girlfiend Jina, he mass produced a go for it to Winston Cup driving the 00 Pontiac, with Ricky's brother Larry Pearson taking over his Busch ride. Crown Fiber was the major sponsor of the car.
A resolutions, but, were dissatisfactory. He failed to qualify many days, including a foremost both races of the year. On the occasions where he did produce the field, a DNF was the average symptom. When nine starts, he decided to prevent his bid for Rookie of the Year. Inside 2001 he returned to a Cup Series, camping the total 44 Georgia-Pacific Dodge for Petty Enterprises. Unluckily for him, a outcomes were single slightly better than his former races & he was discharged midway through the 2002 season.
Duck shot has since sold his team & has apparantly retired from either racing. There are no word in what he is doing perfect today.
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