Sam Jones is an American gasser drag racer. He won the C/Gas title in 1962 and 1963.

History

Driving the Chevrolet-powered Moody & Jones 1937 Chevrolet, he won

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's C/GS national title at the

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, held at Indianapolis Raceway Park, in 1962. His winning pass was 12.43 seconds at . He also won Gas Street Eliminator at Indianapolis in 1962. The next year, he won a second NHRA C/GS national title, at Indianapolis, again in the Moody & Jones gasser. His winning pass there was 11.70 seconds at .Davis, p.183.

References

Sources

*Davis, Larry. ''Gasser Wars''. North Branch, MN: Cartech, 2003, pp. 182–3. Dragster drivers American racing drivers {{US-autoracing-bio-stub