Jay Cochran

Jay Cochran drove the first race victory of a Ferrari 333 SP a

Jay Cochran (born January 19, 1963 in New York City ) is a former American racing driver .

Career

Jay Cochran was active as a driver in US sports car racing for almost three decades. For many years he competed in the IMSA-GTP series and the American Le Mans Series . He competed seven times in the Sebring 12-hour race and twice in the Le Mans 24-hour race . At Sebring, his best place in the final classification was sixth in 2011 ; at Le Mans he dropped out prematurely in both competitions.

His greatest achievement was winning the Road Atlanta 2-hour race in 1994 . This success was also the first race win for the Ferrari 333SP . He was also successful in the Daytona 24-hour race , which he finished in 1995 together with Jeremy Dale and Fredrik Ekblom in second place overall.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1993	TWR Jaguar Racing	Jaguar XJ220	Paul Belmondo	Andreas Fuchs	failure	Overheated cylinder
1995	Euromotorsport Racing	Ferrari 333SP	René Arnoux	Massimo Sigala	failure	Engine failure

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1989	Ball Bros. Racing	Spice SE88P	Steve thirst	Mike Brockman		failure	task
1990	Essex Racing	Spice SE88P	Ferdinand de Lesseps	Howard Katz		failure	electronics
1992	Scandia Motorsports	Kudzu DG-2	Fermín Vélez	Andy Evans		failure	suspension
1993	Kevin Jeannette	Gunnar 996	Dennis Aase	Chip Hanauer	Bobby Carradine	failure	accident
1995	Brix Racing	Spice BDG-02	Jeremy Dale	Fredrik Ekblom		Rank 7
2004	Team elite	Lotus Elise GT1	Damien Faulkner	Ed Zabinski		failure	Power transmission
2011	Dyson Racing Team Inc.	Lola B09 / 86	Chris Dyson	Guy Smith		Rank 6

Web links

• Results at Racing Sports Cars
• Jay Cochran at the Driver Database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Road Atlanta 2 Hours 1994
2. ↑ 1995 Daytona 24 Hours