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Lance Jones an avid motor head since he was able to turn a steering wheel, started racing go karts competitively the World Cart Assoc. and International Karting Assoc at the age of 14.
He competed in the Enduro Class and raced on most major road courses in the East, like Watkins Glen Road Atlanta, Daytona and Mid- Ohio.
After college he drove SCCA sports cars and the historic racing series in a McClaren MGBGT.
Lance graduated into professional racing and competed in the IMSA (International Motor sports Association) for many years. Lance drove GTU Mazda RX7's, then ultimately prototyped GTP cars. He was fortunate enough to drive Porsche Fab cars Mazda Tigas and Buick Royals.
His 3 rd place in Camel Lights Class in the 12 hrs. of Sebring was a high light of his professional racing career. Lance has successfully worked for the Xerox Corp., owned Performance and Classic Cars in Atlanta Georgia and was a member of the Disney Channel launch team.
He has owned an interest in a cable company in Palm Beach, Florida and spent 2 yrs. scuba diving with a team searching for the last 1715 Spanish Treasure Fleet that sunk in a hurricane off the east coast of Florida.
Now a days his passion for muscle cars has him busy collecting and restoring 1968-1970 rare Hemi and 6 pack Mopars just to name a few.
Currently as an executive with Klipsch Audio Technologies, he works closely developing the "Best of Class" Klipsch loudspeakers to companies like Hard Rock, Regal Cinemas, United Artists and AMC. His circle of good friends include fellow muscle car enthusiasts
- Little Steven Van Zant (Sopranos)
- Bruce Springstein of the E street band
- Dylan Mc Dermott ( The Practice)
- Al Jardine, The Beach Boys (also Godfather to his youngest daughter Serenna) and a host of good-natured collectors that mutually enjoy the passion of muscle car collecting.
Lance is happily married to his wife Carrie of 15 yrs. They have 2 beautiful and very talented girls, Savannh and Serenna. He is the owner a funky restoration shop in Orlando, Florida, that restores rare Mopars to their original condition. The shop is called Mopar Heaven where they are currently restoring Al Jardine 1971 Plum Crazy 426 Shaker Hood Hemi Cuda. |