James "Jimmy" Means (born May 29, 1950 in Huntsville, Alabama) is a retired American racing driver and owner, who competed in the Winston Cup Series as an owner/driver. He is currently an adviser for Front Row Motorsports and owns his own team, Means Racing.

He competed in NASCAR for eighteen years in mostly his own equipment, posting seventeen career top-tens. He made three career Busch Series starts in 1989, finishing 10th at Darlington Raceway. Following his retirement, Means worked as a crew chief in NASCAR, working for Bud Moore Engineering and Moy Racing. Means was part the Alabama Gang which included Bobby Allison, Donnie Allison, Neil Bonnett, Red Farmer, and Donnie Allison and later Davey Allison, Hut Stricklin, Steve Grissom and Mike Alexander. He is the father of Brad Means.

Means won dozens of late model races in Alabama and Tennessee in the early '70s, including track championships at Huntsville Speedway and the historic Nashville Speedway USA.

Means made his Cup debut in 1976 at the Daytona 500, driving the number 5 Chevrolet for Bill Gray. He led one lap but finished 40th after an engine failure. He ran an additional eighteen races for Gray in the number 52 car with sponsorship from WIXC, finishing in eleventh place twice. The following season, Means drove twenty-six races and had a career-best six top-ten finishes, but due to twelve DNFs, he only finished nineteenth in points.

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