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Jeff Krosnoff

American racing driver

Field	Value
name	Jeff Krosnoff
image	2nd placed Mauro Martini, Jeff Krosnoff & Eddie Irvine on the podium at the 1994 Le Mans (31933587856).jpg
caption	Krosnoff, Eddie Irvine and Mauro Martini, runners-up at 1994 24 Hours of Le Mans
birth_name	Jeffrey John Krosnoff
birth_date
birth_place	Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
death_date
death_place	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
death_cause	Racing accident
years	1996
Total_Champ_Races	11
Years_In_Champ	1
Champ_Car_Team	Arciero-Wells
Best_Champ_Pos	35th - 1996
First_Champ_Race	1996 Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami (Homestead)
Last_Champ_Race	1996 Molson Indy Toronto (Exhibition Place)
Champ_Wins	0
Champ_Podiums	0
Champ_Poles	0

Jeffrey John Krosnoff (September 24, 1964 – July 14, 1996) was an American race car driver. A competitor in the CART PPG Indy Car World Series, he was killed in a racing accident during the 1996 Molson Indy Toronto.

Early life and career

Krosnoff was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, but grew up in La Cañada, California, where he attended Flintridge Preparatory School, a private high school. He then attended the University of California, San Diego for one year beginning in September 1982. Afterward, he transferred to UCLA, where he majored in Business. Throughout his college career, Krosnoff was focused on pursuing his dream of professional racecar driving.

Krosnoff competed in Japan in Formula 3000, where he was active from 1989 to 1995. Krosnoff also competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans several times, scoring 2nd in 1994. In the 1996 season, he made eleven starts in the CART series, driving a Reynard-Toyota for Arciero-Wells Racing.

Death

On July 14, 1996, with four laps to go in the Molson Indy Toronto at Exhibition Place, Krosnoff's car made wheel-to-wheel contact with the car of Stefan Johansson, sending it into the air, over a concrete barrier, and into the catch fencing lining the street course. The fence did not stop the car enough to keep it from hitting a tree which was outside the fence. The car then rotated into a light post which was located inside the fence near the tree.

The violence of the accident left the car broken in half and sent the cockpit section back across the track, and the race was ended ahead of time due to the amount of debris blocking the course. Even though the paramedics were there almost immediately, Krosnoff died instantly after his head struck the tree and then suffered major internal injuries when his car hit the light post. A track official, Gary Avrin, was also killed in the accident when he was struck by the right front wheel of Krosnoff's then-airborne car. Krosnoff was declared dead minutes later at a local hospital, with the cause of death being listed as "massive head and chest injuries, skeletal injuries, and complete cardiac arrest."

Career results

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Class	No	Tyres
Pos.	1991	1994	1995
C2	36		Jaguar XJR-12
Jaguar 7.4L V12	GBR TWR Suntec Jaguar	GBR David Leslie
ITA Mauro Martini	183	DNF	DNF
LMP1
/C90	1		Toyota 94C-V
Toyota R36V 3.6 L Turbo V8	JPN SARD Company Ltd.	GBR Eddie Irvine
ITA Mauro Martini	343	2nd	1st
GT1	27		Toyota Supra LM
Toyota 3S-GTE 2.1L Turbo I4	JPN SARD Co. Ltd.	ITA Marco Apicella
ITA Mauro Martini	264	14th	8th

Japanese Top Formula Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1988	SUZ	FUJ	MIN	SUZ	SUG	FUJ	SUZ	SUZ
13
1989	SUZ	FUJ
5	MIN
9	SUZ
Ret	SUG
Ret	FUJ
13	SUZ
9	SUZ
3
1990	SUZ
10	FUJ
Ret	MIN
DNQ	SUZ
3	SUG
10	FUJ
Ret	FUJ
4	SUZ
5	FUJ
17	SUZ
3
1991	SUZ
7	AUT
10	FUJ
4	MIN
Ret	SUZ
Ret	SUG
14	FUJ
17	SUZ
Ret	FUJ
C	SUZ
9	FUJ
4
1992	SUZ
12	FUJ
9	MIN
Ret	SUZ
13	AUT
11	SUG
14	FUJ
Ret	FUJ
24	SUZ
10	FUJ	FUJ
1993	SUZ
14	FUJ
13	MIN
2	SUZ
13	AUT
C	SUG
Ret	FUJ
C	FUJ
11	SUZ
11	FUJ
13	SUZ
15
1994	SUZ
6	FUJ
11	MIN
Ret
			SUZ	SUG	FUJ	SUZ
12	FUJ
7	FUJ
16	SUZ
Ret
1995	SUZ
10	FUJ
C	MIN
9	SUZ
12	SUG
9	FUJ
10	TOK
Ret	FUJ
12	SUZ
Ret

All-Japan Sports Prototype Championship results

Year	Team	Car	2	3
1991	FUJ	FUJ
Ret	FUJ
Ret	SUZ
Ret	SUG
6	FUJ
5
				SUG
2
1992	SUZ
1	FUJ
4	FUJ
5	SUG	FUJ
			MIN
4

Complete JGTC results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	Class	1
1994	FUJ	SEN	FUJ	SUG
Ret	MIN
10
1995	SUZ
3	FUJ
12	SEN
5	FUJ
16	SUG
3	MIN
11

American Open-Wheel racing results

(key)

CART

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6
1996	MIA
22	RIO
26	SRF
18	LBH
26	NZR
18	500
18	MIL
18	DET
15	POR
17	CLE
16	TOR
16	MIS	MDO	ROA	VAN	LS	35th	0

References

(July 15, 1996). "2 deaths Mar Molson-Indy". [[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]].
[https://web.archive.org/web/20200722092343/https://www.explace.on.ca/files/image/58dae023bda48/square/Molson-Indy.jpg Gary Avrin memorial]
"Jeff Krosnoff – 1996 CART Results". NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.

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