Who is Buckshot Jones?
Buckshot Jones was born Roy Norris Jones under the zodiac sign of Leo on July 23, 1970 in Monticello, Georgia, USA; he is of American nationality and his ethnicity is white. He is best known as the racing driver which participated in the National Association for Stock Car Racing (NASCAR), which was founded on February 21, 1948 by William France, and is today the highest level of professional competition in auto racing in the US.
Early life and education
Buckshot was raised by his parents as an only child in Monticello; he has not revealed his mother’s name, but his father Billy Jones was well known in the NASCAR world; Roy Norris was nicknamed ‘Buckshot’ by his grandfather after he ran into a table and showed no sign of pain.
Buckshot attended Tucker High School and after graduating from college in 1988, he enrolled at the University of Georgia in 1992, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in business.
Career
While in college, Buckshot dreamed of racing and had an interest in motocross, but his father advised him to try stock cars, thinking it was safer. After his sixth race, Buckshot told his father he wanted to be a NASCAR champion, and the two developed a five-year plan that should help Buckshot achieve his dream.
In 1995, Buckshot moved with him team Buckshot Racing to the NASCAR Busch Series, which was promoted as NASCAR’s minor league circuit, and finished in ninth place at the South Boston Speedway race.
He then hired Ricky Pearson as his crew chief, which turned out to be a good decision as Buckshot won two races in 1998 and he was also named Most Popular Driver. In the following year he made the jump to the Winston Cup which is NASCAR’s premier racing series but this time he had Ricky’s brother Larry Pearson as crew chief but he failed to qualify in his rookie year so he returned to the Busch series.
In 2001, Buckshot returned to the Cup Series, driving a Dodge Intrepid for NASCAR team Petty Enterprises, but failed to qualify five times, finishing 41st.st in points, as he posted 16e at Talladega Superspeedway, NASCAR’s longest track at 2.66 miles (4,281 km), located north of Talladega, Alabama.
In April 2002, Buckshot retired from racing, but returned for two races in 2003, competing for the Phoenix Racing team, finishing 17the in the Daytona 500, held in Daytona Beach, Florida, and in September of the same year drove for the Michael Waltrip Racing team at Talladega, where he posted a career best performance leading 19 laps before his tire failed .
Buckshot sold his team and temporarily retired from racing, but reappeared in a NASCAR-sanctioned race in 2004, running two races in the Busch Series, returning after two years for the Snowball Derby, a half-mile paved oval track in Pensacola. , Florida, but finished last.
He returned to racing in 2007 and competed in the USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series, but retired at the end of the season and then reappeared in 2015, racing in the third division of the Whelen Modified Tour, which is the only division with open wheels that NASCAR sanctions – this was Buckshot’s last race.
Love life and relationship
There were several rumors about Buckshot’s love life and his sexual orientation, but it is common knowledge that in 1998 he married his longtime girlfriend Jina Cadena. The wedding took place on December 21 at First Baptist Church, in Duluth, Minnesota, in the presence of 500 guests, family and friends.
The two had known each other since childhood, dated for a long time and also worked together on Buckshot’s racing team. He proposed to her at the concert of the country singer Tracy Byrd, who knew about his plan, so while she was singing the song “Keeper of the Stars”, Buckshot went on stage holding Jina’s hand, and then went he get down on one knee. and asked her the “famous” question.
As of December 2021, Buckshot is still married to Jina and they have a son, born in 2001.
What is he doing today?
After he retired from racing, he started his own business and worked with his wife in land development and real estate in Gwinnett County, Georgia. Although successful, he is still a huge fan of NASCAR races and watches every race on television.
He said the main reason for his retirement from racing was his family life, but when asked about his racing career he once replied, “I wish I had started racing much sooner, I never raced until 1990. Every time I we got competitive, we moved up a class.
I would say the main thing I could come back to is maybe a little more patience because I’m so new to racing and I haven’t raced in years, while other people race all their lives. I would have liked to stay in racing for a few more years and then retire.”
Buckshot Jones appeared on the Dale Earnhardt podcast talking about his NASCAR career and why he stopped racing, and there’s uploaded the video on YouTube on August 27, 2021, on the “Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s Dirty Mo Media”.
His fans have been thrilled to hear him after all these years, so they’ll be happy to know that the full interview can be found at dirtymomedia.com.
Age, height and ability
Buckshot Jones is 51 years old, he has short light brown hair and blue eyes, weighs about 75 kg and is 1.67 m tall.
At the end of 2021, his net worth is estimated to be over $5 million.