Erik Jones

Erik Benjamin Jones (born May 30, 1996) is an American professional stock car racing driver. The 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion, he competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 43 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE for Richard Petty Motorsports. His nicknames are EJ, his initials, and That Jones Boy, given to him by announcer Ken Squier.[1]

Erik Jones
Jones at Martinsville Speedway in 2019
Born	Erik Benjamin Jones May 30, 1996 Byron, Michigan
Achievements	First driver ever to win Rookie of the Year in all three NASCAR national series 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Champion 2011 CRA All-Star Tour Champion 2012, 2013 Snowball Derby Winner 2013, 2014, 2015 Winchester 400 Winner 2019 Bojangles' Southern 500 Winner 2020 Busch Clash Winner
Awards	2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Rookie of the Year 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series Rookie of the Year 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Cup Series career
147 races run over 5 years
Car no., team	No. 43 (Richard Petty Motorsports)
2020 position	17th
Best finish	15th (2018)
First race	2015 SpongeBob SquarePants 400 (Kansas)
Last race	2020 Season Finale 500 (Phoenix)
First win	2018 Coke Zero Sugar 400 (Daytona)
Last win	2019 Bojangles' Southern 500 (Darlington)
Wins Top tens Poles 2 62 2
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
78 races run over 5 years
2019 position	106th
Best finish	4th (2016)
First race	2014 EnjoyIllinois.com 300 (Joliet)
Last race	2019 Food City 300 (Bristol)
First win	2015 O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 (Texas)
Last win	2017 O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 (Texas)
Wins Top tens Poles 9 50 15
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
42 races run over 5 years
2018 position	93rd
Best finish	1st (2015)
First race	2013 Kroger 250 (Martinsville)
Last race	2018 Gander Outdoors 150 (Pocono)
First win	2013 Lucas Oil 150 (Phoenix)
Last win	2015 WinStar World Casino & Resort 350 (Texas)
Wins Top tens Poles 7 35 7
Statistics current as of November 8, 2020.

Racing career

Early career and short track racing

Jones' 2010 ASA North Late Model that he won with at the La Crosse

Jones celebrating 2010 win

Jones began his racing career at the age of seven, in quarter-midget racing; he began racing stock cars at age 13,[2] and began competing in the ASA Late Model Series in 2010, becoming the youngest-ever winner of the Oktoberfest race at LaCrosse Fairgrounds Speedway.[3] Moving to the Champion Racing Association's CRA All-Star Tour in 2011, he won the series championship in his rookie year; Jones also was the winner of that year's Governor's Cup 200 late model race at New Smyrna Speedway, leading every lap of the event; he was the first driver not born in the state of Florida to achieve that feat in over thirty years.[4]

Jones moved to the ARCA Racing Series for the 2012 season,[4] becoming the first-ever driver to compete in the series at the age of 15;[5] competing in 10 of the series' 19 races (he was not eligible at tracks longer than one mile), he posted a best finish of third at Winchester Speedway and Berlin Raceway.[6] In December of that year, Jones held off NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Kyle Busch to win the prestigious Snowball Derby.[7]

In December 2013, Jones was named the winner of the 2013 Snowball Derby after the original winner, Chase Elliott, was disqualified after post-race inspections revealed a piece of tungsten in his car.[8]

Truck Series

Jones' 2013 truck at Rockingham Speedway

In March 2013, Kyle Busch Motorsports announced that it had signed Jones to drive in five age-eligible Camping World Truck Series races in the team's No. 51 Toyota Tundra,[5] driving at Martinsville Speedway, Rockingham Speedway and Iowa Speedway, as NASCAR relaxed the "Kyle Busch Rule" in that series where the minimum age was reduced from 18 to 16 at ovals shorter than 2,000 meters and road courses.[9] Jones finished second in his third career start in the series at Iowa.[10] In October, Jones added another prestigious late model trophy to his collection, winning the Winchester 400.[11]

On November 8, 2013, Jones became the youngest driver ever to win in the history of NASCAR's top-level competition to that time, winning the Lucas Oil 150 at Phoenix International Raceway over Ross Chastain at the age of 17 years, five months and eight days.[12][N 1]

In January 2014 it was announced that Jones would return to KBM in the Truck Series for 2014, competing in all age-eligible events and selected longer track events after he turned 18.[14] On July 11, at Iowa Speedway, Jones dueled Ryan Blaney and ultimately held him off for the win. On September 13, at Chicagoland Speedway, Jones qualified for Kyle Busch, who would later go on and win the race.[15] On September 27, Jones won at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for his first longer track win. On November 7, Jones picked up his 4th career Truck Series win under the red flag at Phoenix, due to a power outage.

On November 6, 2014, it was announced that Jones would run the full 2015 season in the Trucks for KBM, his first age-eligible season racing for a championship, as well as running an increased slate of races for Joe Gibbs Racing in the Xfinity Series.[16]

In 2015, Jones started his season strong with a 2nd place finish at Daytona International Speedway. At Kansas Speedway, Jones would pick up his first pole of the season.[17] In June, Jones would qualify well, winning pole position at Texas Motor Speedway, Gateway Motorsports Park, and Iowa Speedway. In the same race at Iowa, Jones would score his first win of the 2015 season.

In August, Jones would win the pole for the Pocono Mountains 150 at Pocono Raceway. In the same month, Jones would score his second win of the season at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park, gaining the points lead for the first time in his career after Tyler Reddick, the points leader entering the race, got into a wreck. After a string of top-ten finishes, Jones picked up win number three on the season at Texas Motor Speedway, extending his point lead over Crafton. Jones battled with defending champion Matt Crafton and Reddick during the course of the 2015 season and beat them to win the Championship.

In 2016, Jones would return to KBM to run a single race at Gateway Motorsports Park. Jones would end up finishing 5th after starting the race in 6th. Jones would again return to KBM for a single race in 2018, this time racing at Pocono Raceway. He would finish in 2nd place behind his teammate and truck owner, Kyle Busch.

In 2020, Jones joined a partnership between Wauters Motorsports and former team owners James Finch and Billy Ballew to run the Truck race at Homestead–Miami Speedway. The effort was spurred by a bounty from Kevin Harvick and Marcus Lemonis for full-time Cup drivers who could beat Busch in a Truck race.[18] The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the plan shifting to Charlotte Motor Speedway, but Jones was excluded from the 40-truck field as the No. 5 had no points in the owner's standings.[19]

Xfinity Series

Jones' 2016 Xfinity Series car at Road America

On June 19, 2014, Joe Gibbs Racing announced that Jones will run three races with the team's No. 20 in the Nationwide Series after he became age-eligible.[20] Jones would make his Nationwide Series debut a month later in the EnjoyIllinois.com 300 at Chicagoland Speedway. He would finish in the top-ten in all three races.

In 2015, Jones ran 25 races in the renamed Xfinity Series, splitting the No. 20 and No. 54 Toyotas for JGR. On April 10, 2015, Jones won his first Xfinity Series race at Texas Motor Speedway in the No. 20. Later in the year, Jones completed a weekend sweep, winning at Iowa in the Truck Series for the first time in 2015 and at Chicagoland in the Xfinity Series in the No. 54, battling Ryan Blaney for his second career Xfinity Series win.

Jones started racing full-time in the Xfinity Series for JGR in 2016, driving the No. 20.[21] Jones won his first race of the season at Bristol in April, holding off Kyle Larson and Kyle Busch on a late restart. He also won the $100,000 Dash 4 Cash bonus by being the highest finishing Xfinity Series regular out of the four who qualified through the heat races.[22] Jones won for the second time in 2016 at Dover in May, again winning the $100,000 Dash 4 Cash bonus.[23] Jones then set the fastest time in qualifying for the Hisense 4K TV 300, winning the 9th straight pole for JGR. At Iowa in July, Jones scored his third win of the season, leading the most laps and passing Ty Dillon for the lead with 15 laps to go.[24] Jones won for the fourth time at Chicagoland in September, taking the lead with 10 laps to go. With this win, Jones entered the Chase as the number one seed.[25] Jones advanced through the Chase to the championship round at Homestead, where he would finish 4th in points behind Daniel Suárez, Elliott Sadler, and Justin Allgaier.

In 2017, as he began racing full-time in the Cup Series, Jones ran a part-time Xfinity schedule. In April, he won back-to-back races at Texas and Bristol.[26] In June, Jones joined Fox NASCAR's Cup drivers-only coverage of the Xfinity race at Pocono, working as a pit reporter alongside Ryan Blaney and Ricky Stenhouse Jr.[27]

Jones drove the XCI Racing No. 81 Toyota at the 2019 Food City 300 at Bristol,[28] where he finished 37th after being involved in a multi-car pileup with Christopher Bell, Cole Custer, and Joey Logano.[29]

2015

Jones made his unofficial Sprint Cup Series debut in substitution for Denny Hamlin.

Jones unofficially debuted in the Sprint Cup Series during the 2015 Food City 500, when he relieved Denny Hamlin in the No. 11 due to Hamlin's neck spasms. After taking over the car, which had been in fifth, he dropped to 37th for the restart, and despite falling to the point where he was two laps down, Jones managed to finish the race in 26th. Since Hamlin started the race, he was credited with the 26th-place finish.[30]

It was then announced that he would drive the No. 18 Toyota Camry for Kyle Busch, who was recovering from a leg injury, at Kansas. In his official debut, Jones qualified 12th and ran as high as first before crashing while running fourth. Jones ended up finishing 40th, 25 laps down.

Jones made his first career "triple duty" by running all three national series at the November Texas and Phoenix races. On November 4, he was announced as the driver of JGR's No. 20 car following the suspension of Matt Kenseth for his incident with Joey Logano at the Martinsville race the previous week.[31] Jones finished 12th after blowing a tire late at Texas Motor Speedway. He drove the car again at Phoenix International Raceway to a 19th-place finish.

2017

Jones at Pocono Raceway in 2017.

For 2016, he originally was planned to drive several races with JGR's fifth car. However, due to the charter system, which limits an owner to just four cars without any exception for rookie drivers, his Cup plans were put on hold. On August 7, it was announced that Jones had signed a deal with Furniture Row Racing to drive in their new No. 77 car sponsored by 5-hour Energy for the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.[32]

On July 11, 2017, it was announced that Jones would make the long-anticipated move to the JGR No. 20 car full-time in 2018, replacing Kenseth. This coincided with Furniture Row Racing's announcement that they would shut down the No. 77 team to focus on the No. 78 team with Martin Truex Jr., who would go on to win the 2017 MENCS Championship.[33] On August 19, Jones dominated at Bristol, winning his first Cup Series pole and dominated early, but lost the lead late in the race to Kyle Busch, who would go on to win while Jones finished second. Jones led 260 laps in the race after leading only 50 in his 26 prior starts in the series.

2018

Jones at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2018

On July 7, 2018, Jones captured his first career Cup Series win at the 2018 Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway after going into overtime second alongside Truex Jr. but got a big push from Chris Buescher and held off Truex Jr. on the final lap.[34] This win secured him in the Playoffs, but was eliminated in the Round of 16 after disastrous finishes at Las Vegas and the Charlotte Roval. Jones finished the season 15th in points.

2019

Jones at Sonoma Raceway in 2019

On September 2, 2019, Jones scored his second career Cup Series win at Darlington, securing him in the 2019 Playoffs.[35] Four days later, he confirmed that he signed a contract extension with JGR to drive the No. 20 in 2020.[36] Heading into the playoffs, Jones started 26th at Las Vegas. During the race Jones had reported his throttle was stuck and had to go behind the wall. He returned to the track 16 laps down, Jones ultimately finished 36th, 26 points from the cutoff line.[37] At Richmond, Jones ran top 10 in the later part of the night and was able to finish 4th, but was disqualified when his car was discovered to have a rear wheel alignment issue during post-race inspection.[38] He left Richmond 45 points down from the cutoff line. Jones was in a must win situation heading to the Charlotte Roval. However coming to a restart, Jones was involved in a multi-car incident heading into turn 1. The damage was significant enough to puncture his radiator and eliminate him from the Round of 16.[39]

2020

Jones kicked off 2020 by winning the Busch Clash; despite being involved in three accidents towards the end of the race, further wrecks among the field led to multiple overtime attempts. On the third overtime, Jones received a push from Hamlin on the final lap to win.[40] In August 2020, after fellow Toyota team Leavine Family Racing announced the sale of their team, it was announced that JGR would be parting ways with Jones at season's end, ending a long-time relationship that dated back to 2012. Jones would end up missing the playoffs after being involved in a wreck at Daytona, a race he would need to win in order to lock himself in. Jones would go winless for the first time since his rookie season in 2017 and finish 17th in points.

2021

On October 21, 2020, Jones was confirmed to drive the Richard Petty Motorsports No. 43 entry in 2021, replacing Bubba Wallace.[41]

Personal life

Jones, born May 30, 1996 in Byron, Michigan, is a graduate of Swartz Creek High School.[9][42] Jones received his high school diploma at Texas Motor Speedway before the WinStar World Casino 400K Camping World Truck Series race on June 6, 2014.[42]

He currently lives in Cornelius, North Carolina. He has a younger sister, Lindsey.

He has been dating dirt track racer Holly Shelton since 2018.[43]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Cup Series

NASCAR Cup Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	NCSC	Pts	Ref
2015	Joe Gibbs Racing	11	Toyota	DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	MAR	TEX	BRI RL^†	RCH	TAL																											54th	0^1	[44]
		18												KAN 40	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	KEN	NHA	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	CHI	NHA	DOV	CLT	KAN	TAL	MAR
		20																																			TEX 12	PHO 19	HOM
2017	Furniture Row Racing	77	Toyota	DAY 39	ATL 14	LVS 15	PHO 8	CAL 12	MAR 12	TEX 22	BRI 17	RCH 38	TAL 33	KAN 22	CLT 7	DOV 15	POC 3	MCH 13	SON 25	DAY 9	KEN 6	NHA 39	IND 31	POC 8	GLN 10	MCH 3	BRI 2*	DAR 5	RCH 6	CHI 33	NHA 6	DOV 12	CLT 17	TAL 36	KAN 35	MAR 26	TEX 10	PHO 4	HOM 21	19th	863	[45]
2018	Joe Gibbs Racing	20	Toyota	DAY 36	ATL 11	LVS 8	PHO 9	CAL 7	MAR 17	TEX 4	BRI 26	RCH 13	TAL 39	DOV 18	KAN 7	CLT 19	POC 29	MCH 15	SON 7	CHI 6	DAY 1	KEN 7	NHA 16	POC 5	GLN 5	MCH 13	BRI 5	DAR 8	IND 2	LVS 40	RCH 11	CLT 30	DOV 4	TAL 8	KAN 4	MAR 26	TEX 4	PHO 17	HOM 30	15th	2220	[46]
2019				DAY 3	ATL 7	LVS 13	PHO 29	CAL 19	MAR 30	TEX 4	BRI 24	RCH 14	TAL 19	DOV 6	KAN 3	CLT 40	POC 3	MCH 31	SON 8	CHI 7	DAY 23	KEN 3	NHA 3	POC 2	GLN 4	MCH 18	BRI 22	DAR 1	IND 39	LVS 36	RCH 38	CLT 40	DOV 15	TAL 34	KAN 7	MAR 20	TEX 10	PHO 7	HOM 3	16th	2194	[47]
2020				DAY 18	LVS 23	CAL 10	PHO 28	DAR 8	DAR 5	CLT 11	CLT 26	BRI 5	ATL 28	MAR 20	HOM 21	TAL 5	POC 38	POC 3	IND 33	KEN 22	TEX 6	KAN 5	NHA 24	MCH 11	MCH 27	DAY 11	DOV 12	DOV 22	DAY 35	DAR 4	RCH 22	BRI 3	LVS 8	TAL 2	CLT 3	KAN 20	TEX 21	MAR 12	PHO 22	17th	873	[48]
2021	Richard Petty Motorsports	43	Chevy	DAY	DAY	HOM	LVS	PHO	ATL	BRI	MAR	RCH	TAL	KAN	DAR	DOV	COA	CLT	SON	NSH	POC	POC	ROA	ATL	NHA	GLN	IND	MCH	DAY	DAR	RCH	BRI	LVS	TAL	CLT	TEX	KAN	MAR	PHO
^† – Relieved Denny Hamlin

Daytona 500

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
2017	Furniture Row Racing	Toyota	34	39
2018	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	8	36
2019			28	3
2020			14	18
2021	Richard Petty Motorsports	Chevrolet

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	NXSC	Pts	Ref
2014	Joe Gibbs Racing	20	Toyota	DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	TEX	DAR	RCH	TAL	IOW	CLT	DOV	MCH	ROA	KEN	DAY	NHA	CHI 7	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI 8	ATL	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	KAN	CLT	TEX	PHO 6	HOM	91st	0^1	[49]
2015				DAY 18		LVS 29		CAL 3	TEX 1*	BRI 4		TAL 30	IOW 3	CLT 15					KEN 2	NHA	IND 34							RCH 5	CHI			CLT 2	KAN	TEX 4	PHO 3	HOM 3	85th	0^1	[50]
		54			ATL 13		PHO 5				RCH 4				DOV 9*	MCH	CHI 1*	DAY 8				IOW 7	GLN	MOH	BRI	ROA	DAR			KEN 8	DOV
2016		20		DAY 31	ATL 3	LVS 3	PHO 2	CAL 15	TEX 2	BRI 1	RCH 34	TAL 21	DOV 1*	CLT 31	POC 2	MCH 4	IOW 27	DAY 10	KEN 4	NHA 2	IND 22	IOW 1*	GLN 12	MOH 6	BRI 33	ROA 21	DAR 6	RCH 2	CHI 1	KEN 28*	DOV 16	CLT 5	KAN 15	TEX 4	PHO 10	HOM 9	4th	4032	[51]
2017				DAY 32	ATL	LVS	PHO 3	CAL 4	TEX 1*	BRI 1	RCH	TAL 5	CLT	DOV 35	POC	MCH	IOW	DAY 25	KEN 3*	NHA	IND 23	IOW	GLN 8	MOH	BRI	ROA	DAR 4	RCH	CHI 18*	KEN	DOV 20	CLT 30	KAN 15*	TEX 1*	PHO 3	HOM	87th	0^1	[52]
2019	XCI Racing	81	Toyota	DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	DOV	CLT	POC	MCH	IOW	CHI	DAY	KEN	NHA	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI 37	ROA	DAR	IND	LVS	RCH	CLT	DOV	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM	106th	0^1	[53]

Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series

NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	NGTC	Pts	Ref
2013	Kyle Busch Motorsports	51	Toyota	DAY	MAR 9	CAR 9	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	KEN	IOW 2	ELD	POC	MCH	BRI	MSP	IOW 9	CHI	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO 1*	HOM		29th	195	[54]
2014				DAY	MAR 18	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX 11	GTW 23	KEN	IOW 1*	ELD 29	POC 6	MCH	BRI	MSP 3	CHI	NHA 7	LVS 1	TAL 6	MAR 4	TEX	PHO 1*	HOM		18th	426	[55]
2015		4		DAY 2	ATL 7	MAR 3	KAN 11*	CLT 2*	DOV 3	TEX 15	GTW 23*	IOW 1*	KEN 2*	ELD 4	POC 10	MCH 3	BRI 6	MSP 1	CHI 6	NHA 7	LVS 9	TAL 4	MAR 10	TEX 1*	PHO 9*	HOM 6	1st	899	[56]
2016		51		DAY	ATL	MAR	KAN	DOV	CLT	TEX	IOW	GTW 5	KEN	ELD	POC	BRI	MCH	MSP	CHI	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	85th	0^1	[57]
2018		18		DAY	ATL	LVS	MAR	DOV	KAN	CLT	TEX	IOW	GTW	CHI	KEN	ELD	POC 2	MCH	BRI	MSP	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	93rd	0^1	[58]
2020	Wauters Motorsports	5	Toyota	DAY	LVS	CLT DNQ	ATL	HOM	POC	KEN	TEX	KAN	KAN	MCH	DAY	DOV	GTW	DAR	RCH	BRI	LVS	TAL	KAN	TEX	MAR	PHO	-	0^1	[59]

K&N Pro Series East

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	NKNPSEC	Pts	Ref
2018	DGR-Crosley	20	Toyota	NSM	BRI	LGY	SBO	SBO	MEM	NJM	TMP	NHA	IOW	GLN 19	GTW	NHA	DOV	57th	26	[60]

K&N Pro Series West

NASCAR K&N Pro Series West results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	NKNPSWC	Pts	Ref
2018	DGR-Crosley	20	Toyota	KCR	TUS	TUS	OSS	CNS	SON 6	DCS	IOW	EVG	GTW	LVS	MER	AAS	KCR	37th	38	[61]

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series driver points

ARCA Racing Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Racing Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	ARSC	Pts	Ref
2012	Venturini Motorsports	55	Chevy	DAY	MOB 29	SLM 5	TAL		ELK 8	POC	MCH	WIN 3	NJE	IOW 11	CHI	IRP 33	POC	BLN 3	ISF	MAD 4	SLM 27	DSF	KAN		21st	1565	[62]
			Toyota					TOL 26
2013		15		DAY	MOB	SLM	TAL	TOL	ELK	POC 2	MCH	ROA	WIN	CHI	NJE	POC 12*	BLN 1*	ISF	MAD	DSF	IOW	SLM	KEN 6	KAN	33rd	855	[63]

References

Notes

1. The current youngest NASCAR national touring series winner is Cole Custer, winning at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in September 2014 at 16 years, 7 months, and 28 days.[13]

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External links

• Official website
• Erik Jones driver statistics at Racing-Reference