Jeff Krosnoff
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Winged Racer
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Jeff Krosnoff
Birthdate: September 24, 1964
Birthplace: Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA




Reynard 96I
Toyota RV8A
Arciero-Wells Racing

The team began the 1996 season without major sponsorship.



MCI began sponsoring the team on the eve of the 1996 United States 500, Round 6 of the World Championship. 		7-14-96

Automobile racing is a dangerous sport filled with tragedies among the glamour. July 14, 1996 was such a day of tragedies, when the world lost Jeff Krosnoff at Toronto, Round 11 of the World Championship. As the race approached its final laps, Jeff Krosnoff was among a group of drivers approaching the hard braking point on Lakeshore Boulevard. One of Krosnoff's tires touched one of Stefan Johansson's tires as the two cars went side by side. Krosnoff's Reynard-Toyota was launched into the air and it eventually hit a light post. Krosnoff and course worker Gary Avrin was killed in the resultant accident.

This was the first fatality in the World Championship since 1992 when Jovy Marcelo(Philippines) was killed during practice for the Indianapolis race. It was also the first fatality in a CART sanctioned race since the 1990 Vancouver round when a course worker was killed.
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Racing History
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 Year  Highlights
 1983  Started racing in the Jim Russell Racing School in Formula Fords, finishing second in the series with 7 wins; won the Gilles Villeneuve Rookie Award.
 1984  First professional season, racing in Mazda Pro Series, finished second in the series.
 1985  2 second place finishes in 5 Mazda Series starts.
 1986  Won 3 Mazda races. Won debut race in Pro Sports 2000. Won series "Star of Tomorrow Award". Recognized by SportsCar as one of the USA's top new driving talents.
 1987  Finished sixth in Atlantic Championship despite only racing in half the events.
 1988  Raced for the Nissan factory team in the SCCA Racetruck series, finished second in point; won 4 of 10 races. Voted Racetruck Rookie of the Year.
 1989  Raced in 6 of 7 All-Japan Formula 3000 championship races; finished tenth in points.
 1990  Finished seventh in All-Japan Formula 3000. Awarded OnTrack Magazine's "Americas' Choice Award".
 1991  Compted in All-Japan Formula 3000. Drove the TWR-Jaguar in Japanese Group C and 24 Heures du Mans.
 1992  Competed in All-Japan Formula 3000. Won opening round of Japan's Group C Championship race with NISMO team. Won in class at Japanese round of World SportsCar Championship. Finished second in Group C class at Daytona 24 Hours. Selected by Racer magazine as an America's Star Choice of Tomorrow.
 1993  Finished second at the Nippon Shinppan All-Japan Formula 3000 Mine All Star race(non-championship round). Drove the NISMO Nissan GT-R Skylkine for Nissan in the International Suzuka 1000k.
 1994  Second overall and first in class at 24 Heures du Mans driving SARD's Group C Toyota.* Competed in All-Japan Formula 3000. Lead driver for SARD's Toyota factory Supra in the 2 races the team entered in All-Japan GT.
 1995  Compted in All-Japan Formula 3000. Finished seventh in All-Japan GT championship with SARD. Competed at 24 Heures du Mans with SARD's new Toyota GT1.
 1996  Competed in the World Championship driving a Reynard-Toyota for Arciero-Wells Racing. Died in an accident at the Toronto race.


� *-The SARD Toyota car competing in Le Mans also intended to have Roland Ratzenberger as a driver. Tragically, Ratzenberger was killed during qualifying for the 1994 Formula 1 race in Imola.

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