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{{short description|American racing driver}}
'''Jay Scott Drake''' (born July 5, 1969 in [[Santa Maria, California]]) is an American [[auto racing]] driver.
[[File:JayDrake2005.jpg|thumb|Drake driving an Infiniti Pro Series car for [[Vision Racing]] in 2005 on the [[Streets of St. Petersburg]]]]

==Racing career==
Drake won the 1998 [[Turkey Night Grand Prix]] [[midget car racing|midget car]] race. Drake was the [[United States Automobile Club|USAC]] National [[Sprint car racing|Sprint Car]] Champion in 2004. He also competed in 14 [[Indy Pro Series]] races in [[2004 in IPS|2004]] and [[2005 in IPS|2005]] with a best finish of third and finishing 9th in the 2005 point standings. Jay is currently the team manager for Keith Kunz Motorsports USAC Midget Team.

==Awards==
*2004 USAC National Sprint Car Series Champion
*2001 Chili Bowl winner 
*2000 Indiana Sprintweek Champion
*1997 USAC National Midget Series "Most Improved Driver"
*1996 Western States Midget Series Champion
*1993 Western States Midget Series "Rookie of the Year"
*1991 USAC TQ Midget Champion
*1990 USAC TQ Midget Champion
*1990 USAC TQ Midget "Rookie of the Year"

==Racing record==

===American open-wheel racing===
([[Template:American Open Wheel driver results legend|key]]) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position)

====Indy Lights====
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%"
! Year
! Team
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! 9
! 10
! 11
! 12
! 13
! 14
! Rank
! Points
|-
| [[2004 Infiniti Pro Series season|2004]]
! [[AFS Racing]]
|[[Homestead-Miami Speedway|HMS]]
|[[Phoenix International Raceway|PHX]]
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|[[Firestone Freedom 100|INDY]]<br><small>4</small>
|[[Kansas Speedway|KAN]]
|[[Nashville Superspeedway|NSH]]
|[[Milwaukee Mile|MIL]]
|[[Firestone Indy 400|MIS]]
|[[Kentucky Speedway|KTY]]
|[[Pikes Peak International Raceway|PPIR]]
|[[Chicagoland Speedway|CHI]]
|[[California Speedway|FON]]
|[[Texas Motor Speedway|TXS]]
|
|
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|'''23rd'''
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|'''32'''
|-
| [[2005 Infiniti Pro Series season|2005]]
! [[Vision Racing]]
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|[[Homestead-Miami Speedway|HMS]]<br><small>5</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|[[Phoenix International Raceway|PHX]]<br><small>13</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|[[Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg|STP]]<br><small>10</small>
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|[[Firestone Freedom 100|INDY]]<br><small>3</small>
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|[[Texas Motor Speedway|TXS]]<br><small>4</small>
|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|[[Liberty Challenge|IMS]]<br><small>10</small>
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|[[Nashville Superspeedway|NSH]]<br><small>3</small>
|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|[[Milwaukee Mile|MIL]]<br><small>6</small>
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|[[Kentucky Speedway|KTY]]<br><small>4</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|[[Pikes Peak International Raceway|PPIR]]<br><small>8</small>
|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|[[Infineon Raceway|SNM]]<br><small>8</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|[[Chicagoland Speedway|CHI]]<br><small>7</small>
|[[Watkins Glen International|WGL]]
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|[[CaliforniaSpeedway|FON]]<br><small>12</small>
|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|'''9th'''
|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|'''341'''
|-
|}

==External links==
*{{DriverDB driver|<!-- 173 -->jay-drake}}

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[[Category:1969 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indy Lights drivers]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Santa Maria, California]]
[[Category:Racing drivers from California]]
[[Category:World of Outlaws drivers]]
[[Category:USAC Silver Crown Series drivers]]
[[Category:Vision Racing drivers]]
[[Category:AFS Racing drivers]]


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