He also that year tested the Brabham F1 car at Brands Hatch with Bernie Ecclestone, the then team owner, looking at Jones as the next American hope for F1 competition.

Jones won the 1996 24 Hours of Le Mans with teammates Manuel Reuter and Alexander Wurz in a TWR-Porsche.

Jones won the 1990 24 Hours of Daytona driving a Jaguar XJR-12, along with Jan Lammers and Andy Wallace.

[1] Jones was seriously injured in a practice crash for the IRL race at Walt Disney World Speedway in January 1997.

He currently works as a guest speaker, racing advisor, instructor and also runs a driver experience course at a country club in Texas.