Erik Jones

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Erik B. Jones (born May 30, 1996) is an American professional stock car racing racer.

The 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion, who now competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, is currently in the No. 144. Joe Gibbs Racing's 20 Toyota Camry.

EJ, his initials, and That Jones Boy were given to him by announcer Ken Squier.

Personal life

Jones, who was born in Byron, Michigan, on May 30, 1996, is a graduate of Swartz Creek High School. 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.

He now lives in Cornelius, North Carolina. Lindsey is his younger sister. Jones is also a book lover; he started Erik's Reading Circle on Facebook in April 2020, where he reads many children's books and gets recommendations for books to read in the coming weeks.

Holly Shelton, a dirt track racer, has been dating him since 2018.

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Racing career

Jones began racing in quarter-midget racing at the age of seven, and in 2010 he began racing stock cars and became the youngest-ever champion of the Oktoberfest race at LaCrosse Fairgrounds Speedway. Jones won the CRA All-Star Tour in 2011, his first driver not born in the state of Florida to win the championship in that year; he was also the top driver of that year's Governor's Cup 200 late model race at New Smyrna Speedway, leading every lap of the contest.

Jones jumped into the ARCA Racing Series for the 2012 season, becoming the first-ever driver to compete in the series's 19 races (he was not eligible at tracks longer than one mile). Jones defeated the prestigious Snowball Derby in December of this year. Kyle Busch, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion, won the prestigious Snowball Derby.

Jones, the original winner of the 2013 Snowball Derby, was disqualified after post-race inspections revealed a piece of tungsten in his car in December 2013.

Kyle Busch Motorsports announced in March 2013 that it had signed Jones to drive in five age-eligible Camping World Truck Series races in the team's No. 138. As NASCAR reduced the minimum age from 18 to 16 at ovals shorter than 2,000 meters and road courses, 51 Toyota Tundra, driving at Martinsville Speedway, Rockingham Speedway, and Iowa Speedway. Jones finished second in his third appearance in the series at Iowa. Jones won the Winchester 400 in October, adding another prestigious late model trophy to his collection.

Jones became the youngest driver to win in NASCAR's top-level competition to that point in history, defeating Ross Chastain at the age of 17 years, five months, and eight days.

Jones will return to KBM in the Truck Series for 2014 after he turned 18 in January 2014. Jones defeated Ryan Blaney at Iowa Speedway on July 11, but ultimately held him off for the win. Jones qualified for Kyle Busch on September 13, who would go on and win the race later. Jones won at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on September 27, his first longer track victory. Jones won his fourth Truck Series appearance under the Phoenix red flag, owing to a power outage.

Jones will complete the 2015 season in the Trucks for KBM, his first age-eligible season racing for a championship, as well as running a wider field of races for Joe Gibbs Racing in the Xfinity Series, as well as running a full slate of events for Joe Gibbs Racing.

Jones started his season off with a 2nd place finish at Daytona International Speedway in 2015. Jones will post his first pole of the season at Kansas Speedway. Jones will do well in June, winning pole position at Texas Motor Speedway, Gateway Motorsports Park, and Iowa Speedway. Jones will win his first game of the 2015 season in the same division at Iowa.

Jones will take the pole at Pocono Raceway in August. Jones would win his second game of the season at Can Tire Motorsports Park in the same month, gaining the points lead for the first time in his career after Tyler Reddick, the points leader, crashed into a wreck. Jones won number three on the season at Texas Motor Speedway, extending his point lead over Crafton after a string of top-ten finishes. Jones defeated defending champion Matt Crafton and Reddick in the 2015 season and defeated them to win the Championship.

Jones will return to KBM in 2016 to run in a single race at Gateway Motorsports Park. Since starting the race in 6th, Jones would finish 5th.

Jones will return to KBM for a single race in 2018, this time at Pocono Raceway. Kyle Busch, his colleague and truck owner, will finish in 2nd place behind him.

Jones joined Wauters Motorsports and former team owners James Finch and Billy Ballew to co-race the Truck race at Homestead–Miami Speedway in 2020. Kevin Harvick and Marcus Lemonis donated to full-time Cup drivers who might challenge Busch in a Truck race, fueling the quest. The COVID-19 pandemic culminated in the plan's transfer to Charlotte Motor Speedway, but Jones was barred from the 40-truck field as the No. 3. In the owner's position, the 5 had no points.

Joe Gibbs Racing revealed on June 19, 2014 that Jones would compete in three races with the team's No. 1 John Coveney. Since becoming age-eligible, he ranks 20 in the Nationwide Series. Jones will make his Nationwide Series debut in the EnjoyIllinois.com 300 at Chicagoland Speedway a month later. In all three sports, he will finish in the top ten.

Jones completed 25 races in the renamed Xfinity Series in 2015, splitting the No. Xfinity Series. And no. 20 and No. JGR has 54 Toyotas. Jones took his first Xfinity Series race at Texas Motor Speedway on April 10, 2015. 20. Jones won Iowa in the Truck Series for the first time in 2015 and in the No. Xfinity Series in Chicagoland later this year. Ryan Blaney wins his second Xfinity Series victory in his career.

Jones began racing full-time in JGR's Xfinity Series in 2016, winning the No. 2. 20. Jones won his first race of the season in April at Bristol, putting Kyle Larson and Kyle Busch on a late start. He also received the $100,000 Dash 4 Cash reward for being the top-finishing Xfinity Series regular out of the four that qualified through the heat races. Jones won the $100,000 Dash 4 Cash bonus for the second time in 2016 at Dover in May. Jones then ran the fastest time in qualifying for the Hisense 4K TV 300, winning the 9th straight pole for JGR. Jones won his third game of the season on the track in July and passing Ty Dillon for the lead with 15 laps to go. Jones won for the fourth time at Chicagoland in September, taking the lead with ten laps to go. Jones became the top seed in the Chase after winning. Jones advanced to the championship round at Homestead, where he would finish 4th in points behind Daniel Suárez, Elliott Sadler, and Justin Allgaier.

Jones competed full time in the Cup Series in 2017, and he maintained a part-time Xfinity schedule. He won back-to-back races in Texas and Bristol in April. Jones joined Fox NASCAR's Cup drivers-only coverage of the Xfinity race at Pocono in June, alongside Ryan Blaney and Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

Jones was the XCI Racing No. 1 at the time. 81 Toyota at the 2019 Food City 300 in Bristol, where he finished 37th after being involved in a multi-car pileup with Christopher Bell, Cole Custer, and Joey Logano.

Jones will return to the Xfinity Series to compete at Watkins Glen in the No. 2021 on August 2, 2021. Jordan Anderson Racing's 31. This was his first appearance in the series after leaving JGR and Toyota.

Jones made his debut in the Sprint Cup Series during the 2015 Food City 500 when he replaced Denny Hamlin in the No. 1 position. Hamlin's neck spasms resulted in 11 people being ill. Jones took over the car after he had been sitting in fifth place, he dropped to 37th for the restart, and despite being two laps down, he finished the race in 26th. Hamlin was credited with the 26th-place finish in the race since the start of the season.

It was then revealed that he would drive the No. 390. Kyle Busch, who was recovering from a leg injury while at Kansas, was a 18 Toyota Camry for him. Jones qualified 12th in his debut and ran as high as first before crashing while running fourth. Jones ranked 40th in the 25 laps down.

Jones did his first career in "triple duty" by competing in all three national series at the November Texas and Phoenix races. On November 4, he was revealed as the engine of JGR's No. 4. Matt Kenseth's suspension for his encounter with Joey Logano at the Martinsville race the previous week has resulted in his 20 car. Jones came in 12th after blowing a tire late at Texas Motor Speedway. He drove the car again at Phoenix International Raceway, finishing in 19th place.

He had intended to drive multiple races with JGR's fifth car for 2016. However, his Cup plans were suspended due to the charter system, which restricts an owner to only four cars without any exception for rookie drivers.

Jones had signed a four-year deal with Furniture Row Racing to drive in their new No. 88. The 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season is supported by 5-hour Energy for 77 cars.

Jones dominated Bristol on August 19, 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 came in second. Jones led the race by a lap after leading only 50 in his 26 previous starts in the series.

Jones will make the long-anticipated change to the JGR No. on July 11, 2017. Kenseth's replacement Kenseth was the full-time 20 cars in 2018. Furniture Row Racing's announcement that the No. 66 will be decommissioned. The No. 77 team will concentrate on the No. Martin Truex Jr.'s team, 78, would advance to the 2017 MENCS Championships, defeating them.

Jones won his first Cup Series victory at Daytona International Speedway on July 7, 2018, but he got a big boost from Chris Buescher and held off Truex Jr. on the final lap. This victory put him in the Playoffs, but he was disqualified in the Round of 16 after poor finishes at Las Vegas and the Charlotte Roval. Jones came in 15th in terms on the season.

Jones won his second round of Cup Series at Darlington on September 2, 2019, securing him in the 2019 Playoffs. He announced that he had signed a JGR deal extension to drive the No. 66 four days later. In 2020, there will be 20 people in the country. Jones, a Las Vegas native, began 26th at Las Vegas and progressed to the top ten by the end of Stage 1 and reached the top ten by the end of Stage 1. Jones had realised his throttle was stuck during the run and had to go behind the wall. Jones came back to the track 16 laps down, placing him 36th and 26 points off the cutoff line. Jones at Richmond made the top ten in the later portion of the night and was able to finish 4th, but was disqualified after his car was discovered to have a rear-wheel alignment problem during post-race inspection. He dropped Richmond 45 points from the cutoff line. Going into the Charlotte Roval, Jones was in a must-win situation. Jones was involved in a multi-car crash en route to turn 1, but it was not until then that he was restored to a halt. The injury was severe enough to puncture his radiator and ban him from the Round of 16.

Jones started off with the Busch Clash, but despite being involved in three accidents near the end of the run, more wrecks in the field culminated in multiple overtime attempts. Jones won in overtime on the third overtime run from Hamlin on the final lap. JGR will be parting ways with Jones at the end of the season in August 2020, after fellow Toyota team Leavine Family Racing announced the sale of their team, bringing an end to a long-time friendship that dates back to 2012. Jones would not make it to the playoffs unless he was involved in a wreck in Daytona, a contest he would have to win to lock himself in. Jones will go winless for the first time since his rookie season in 2017 and finish 17th in points.

Jones was confirmed to drive the Richard Petty Motorsports No. 207 on October 21, 2020. Bubba Wallace was shot and killed in 2021, replacing him.

Jones would remain in the No. 2021 squad on August 22, 2021. FocusFactor will sponsor him in 26 races for the 2022 season. GMS Racing eventually purchased RPM to form Petty GMS Motorsports, and Jones was joined by Ty Dillon as a teammate. Jones placed third in his first top-five appearance since 2020 at Fontana. The No. 1st appeared in the Pocono race prior to the Pocono race. When the pre-race inspection revealed problems with the vehicle's rocker box vent hole, 43 was fined 35 drivers and owner points for an L1 penalty. Despite not making the playoffs, Jones triumphed at Darlington, giving Petty GMS its first victory. In addition, he gave the No. 1 to No. 43 is the first win since 2014 and the country's first victory since 2014.

Motorsports career results

(Bold – Pole position won by time.) (Bold – The primary) (Bold – This was the primary) (Bold) Italics – Pole position gained by points standings or practice time. Most laps won.) – Irma (Legest):

1 Ineligible for series driver points.

(Bold) (Key) – By qualifying time, the pole position was awarded by a pole position. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. (Most laps lead.)

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