- Jerry Sneva
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Jerry Sneva (born May 23, 1949, Spokane, Washington), is a former off-road driver who also drove in the USAC and CART Championship Car series. He raced in the 1977-1982 seasons, with 26 combined career starts, including the 1977-1980 and 1982 Indianapolis 500 and was named 1977 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year.[1] He finished in the top ten 5 times, with his best finish in 4th position in 1979 at Pocono.
Jerry is the younger brother of 1983 Indianapolis 500 winner Tom Sneva.
Indy 500 results
Year Car Start Qual Rank Finish Laps Led Retired 1977 36 16 186.616 23 10[1] 187 0 Flagged 1978 30 32 187.266 33 31 18 0 Transmission 1979 73 21 184.379 28 31 16 0 Piston 1980 7 5 187.852 6 17 130 0 Crash T1 1982 69 28 195.270 26 23 61 0 Crash T2 Totals 412 0 Starts 5 Poles 0 Front Row 0 Wins 0 Top 5 0 Top 10 1 Retired 4 References
- ^ a b "Jerry Sneva wins Indy's Rookie of the Race Honors". Spartanburg Herald. May 31, 1977. pp. B3. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Wy8sAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EM0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6126,6166090&dq=jerry+sneva&hl=en. Retrieved 22 March 2010.
Sporting positions Preceded by
Vern SchuppanIndianapolis 500
Rookie of the Year
1977Succeeded by
Larry Rice
Rick MearsCategories:- 1949 births
- Champ Car drivers
- American racecar drivers
- Living people
- Indianapolis 500 drivers
- Indianapolis 500 Rookies of the Year
- American auto racing biography stubs
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