- Jeff Krosnoff
Former Champ Car driver
Name = Jeff Krosnoff
Nationality = flagicon|USA American
Years = 1996
Team(s) =Arciero-Wells Racing (1996)
Races = 11
Championships = 0
Wins = 0
Podiums = 0
Poles = 0
First race = 1996 Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami (Homestead)
First win = -
Last win = -
Last race = 1996 Molson Indy TorontoJeffrey John Krosnoff (
September 24 ,1964 –July 14 ,1996 ) was an American race car driver. He was born inTulsa, Oklahoma , but grew up inLa Cañada, California .Career
Krosnoff competed in Japan in
Formula 3000 , where he was active from 1989 to 1995. Krosnoff also competed in the24 Hours of Le Mans several times, scoring 2nd in 1994. In the 1996 season, he made eleven starts inCART (nowChamp Car ), driving aReynard -Toyota forArciero-Wells Racing .Death
On
July 14 ,1996 with 3 laps to go in theMolson Indy Toronto atExhibition Place Krosnoff died from injuries sustained in an accident. Krosnoff's car made wheel-to-wheel contact with the car ofStefan Johansson , sending it into the air, over a concrete barrier, and into the catch fencing lining the street course. The fence did not deflect the car enough to keep it from hitting a tree and light pole that were close to the track.The violence of the accident left the car broken in half and sent the cockpit section back across the track. Even though the paramedics were there almost immediately, Krosnoff was already dead after striking the light pole.
A track volunteer named
Gary Avrin was also killed in the accident when he was struck by the right front wheel of Krosnoff's then-airborne car. Krosnoff was 31 years old when he died.External links
* [http://www.krosnoffscholarship.com/ Jeff Krosnoff Scholarship Fund]
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