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Erik Jones
Jones at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2024
BornErik Benjamin Jones
(1996-05-30) May 30, 1996 (age 28)
Byron, Michigan, U.S.
AchievementsFirst driver ever to win Rookie of the Year in all three NASCAR national series
2019, 2022 Southern 500 Winner
2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Champion
2011 CRA JEGS All-Star Tour Champion
2011 Florida Governor's Cup Winner
2012, 2013 Snowball Derby Winner
2013, 2014, 2015 Winchester 400 Winner
2014 Howie Lettow Memorial Winner
2015 Redbud 400 Winner
2020 Busch Clash Winner
2023 Money in the Bank 150 Winner
Awards2015 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
267 races run over 9 years
Car no., teamNo. 43 (Legacy Motor Club)
2024 position28th
Best finish15th (2018)
First race2015 SpongeBob SquarePants 400 (Kansas)
Last race2024 NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race (Phoenix)
First win2018 Coke Zero Sugar 400 (Daytona)
Last win2022 Cook Out Southern 500 (Darlington)
Wins Top tens Poles
3 89 2
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
79 races run over 6 years
2021 position105th
Best finish4th (2016)
First race2014 EnjoyIllinois.com 300 (Chicagoland)
Last race2021 Skrewball Peanut Butter Whiskey 200 at The Glen (Watkins Glen)
First win2015 O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 (Texas)
Last win2017 O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 (Texas)
Wins Top tens Poles
9 50 15
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
42 races run over 5 years
2018 position93rd
Best finish1st (2015)
First race2013 Kroger 250 (Martinsville)
Last race2018 Gander Outdoors 150 (Pocono)
First win2013 Lucas Oil 150 (Phoenix)
Last win2015 WinStar World Casino & Resort 350 (Texas)
Wins Top tens Poles
7 35 7
ARCA Menards Series career
14 races run over 2 years
Best finish21st (2012)
First race2012 Mobile ARCA 200 (Mobile)
Last race2013 ZLOOP 150 (Kentucky)
First win2013 Primera Plastics 200 (Berlin)
Wins Top tens Poles
1 8 0
ARCA Menards Series East career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish57th (2018)
First race2018 Great Outdoors RV Superstore 100 (Watkins Glen)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
ARCA Menards Series West career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish37th (2018)
First race2018 Carneros 200 (Sonoma)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 1 0
Statistics current as of May 26, 2024.

Erik Benjamin Jones (born May 30, 1996) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 43 Toyota Camry XSE for Legacy Motor Club. His nicknames are EJ, his initials, and That Jones Boy, given to him by announcer Ken Squier.[1] Until 2021, Jones had spent his entire NASCAR and ARCA career with Toyota, and while in their driver development program, he won the 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship. He would return to Toyota's NASCAR program in 2023 when Legacy Motor Club would switch their manufactural allegiance to them.

Racing career

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Early career and short track racing

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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]

In December 2012, Jones held off NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Kyle Busch to win the prestigious Snowball Derby.[5]

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.[6]

ARCA Racing Series

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2012

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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;[7] 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.[8]

2013

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In 2013 Jones picked up his first ARCA Racing Series win at Berlin Raceway after dominating the whole race.

NASCAR

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Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series

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2013

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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,[7] 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]

2014

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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, 2014, at Iowa Speedway, Jones dueled Ryan Blaney and ultimately held him off for the win. On September 13, 2014, at Chicagoland Speedway, Jones qualified for Kyle Busch, who would later go on and win the race.[15] On September 27, 2014, Jones won at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for his first longer track win. On November 7, 2014, Jones picked up his 4th career Truck Series win under the red flag at Phoenix, due to a power outage.

2015

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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 2015 season and beat them to win the Championship.

2016

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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.

2018

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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.

2020

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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

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2014

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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.

2015

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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.

2016

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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.

2017

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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]

2019

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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]

2021

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On August 2, 2021, it was announced that Jones would return to the Xfinity Series to run the race at Watkins Glen in the No. 31 for Jordan Anderson Racing. This was his first start in the series since leaving JGR and Toyota. He eventually crashed out of this race.

Cup Series

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2015

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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

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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, 2016, 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, SiriusXM, and GameStop for the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.[32]

On August 19, 2017, 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

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Jones at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2018

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 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

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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, and worked his way up to the top 10 by the end of Stage 1. 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 latter 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

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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 to lock himself in. Jones would go winless for the first time since his rookie season in 2017 and finish 17th in points.

2021

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Jones in the No. 43 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2021

On October 21, 2020, Jones was confirmed to drive the Richard Petty Motorsports No. 43 entry in 2021, replacing Bubba Wallace.[41] Jones ended the season 24th in the point standings.

2022

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Jones in the No. 43 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in 2022

On August 22, 2021, it was revealed that Jones would remain in the No. 43 for the 2022 season as he will be sponsored by FocusFactor in 26 races.[42] RPM was eventually purchased by GMS Racing to form Petty GMS Motorsports, and Jones was joined by Ty Dillon as teammate.[43] At Fontana, Jones scored his first top five since 2020 by finishing third. Prior to the Pocono race, the No. 43 was docked 35 driver and owner points for an L1 penalty when the pre-race inspection revealed issues on the car's rocker box vent hole.[44] Despite not making the playoffs, Jones won at Darlington, giving Petty GMS its first win. In addition, he gave the No. 43 its first win since 2014 and its overall 200th win.[45] Jones ended the season 18th in the points standings.[46]

2023

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Jones in the No. 43 at Sonoma Raceway in 2023

Jones started the 2023 season with hard rock band Guns N' Roses sponsoring the No. 43 for the 2023 Daytona 500, where he finished 37th after wrecking out early.[47][48] At Talladega, Jones earned his third consecutive sixth place finish at the track (he finished sixth in both races in 2022), and claim his second top-10 of the season.[49] On June 7, following the Gateway race, NASCAR gave the No. 43 an L1 penalty after a post-race inspection revealed illegal modifications to the car's greenhouse. As a result, the team was docked 60 driver and owner points and five playoff points. In addition, crew chief Dave Elenz was fined US$75,000 and suspended for two races.[50] After a 32nd place finish at Sonoma, Jones finished 16th or better in the next 5 consecutive races, including an 8th place finish at Nashville and a 9th place finish at Pocono. Jones earned his fifth top-10 of the season at Michigan, finishing 10th. At Kansas, Jones started on the front row for an overtime restart after a two-tire gamble. After battling Joey Logano for the lead, Tyler Reddick passed them both coming to the white flag. Jones ultimately finished 3rd, his first top-5 since his victory at the 2022 Cook Out Southern 500 and his seventh top-10 of the season. Additionally, this was LMC’s first top-5 finish as an organization. Jones ended the season 27th in the points standings, with seven top-10s and one top-5.

2024

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Jones started the 2024 Season with an eighth place finish in the Daytona 500. During the GEICO 500 at Talladega, on lap 156, Jones hit the wall hard in a four-car wreck. Jones was complaining about his back but managed to get out of the car on his own. He was released from the infield care center, but a couple of hours later, he returned to the care center where it was decided to take him to the hospital for further evaluation.[51] Jones later announced that he had suffered a compression fracture in a lower vertebra and would miss Dover. Corey Heim will be the substitute driver until he recovered.[52] On May 2nd, it was announced that Jones was cleared to race but would not drive at Kansas instead would return to racing at Darlington.[53] As Legacy Motor Club struggled to grind out results, Jones once again only managed one top five finish with fifth place at the fall Talladega race and ended up 28th in the points standings. Results during the year had become so dire that Jones's crew chief Dave Elenz was replaced by Ben Benshore, the crew chief of teammate John Hunter Nemechek, for the final five weekends.[54] Despite this, the Michigander extended his contract at Legacy, penning a multi-year deal.[55]

Personal life

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Jones, born May 30, 1996, in Byron, Michigan, is a graduate of Swartz Creek Academy.[56][57] 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.[58]

He currently lives in Cornelius, North Carolina. He has a younger sister, Lindsey. Jones is also an avid reader;[59] he started a series on Facebook in April 2020 called Erik's Reading Circle where he reads various children's books and takes suggestions for books to read in the following weeks.[60] He also hosts a book club called Erik's Reading Circle on his website.[61]

He started dating race car driver Holly Shelton in 2018. They were married on August 2, 2023.[62]

Motorsports career results

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NASCAR

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

Cup Series

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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 01 [63]
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 [64]
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 		ROV
30 		DOV
4 		TAL
8 		KAN
4 		MAR
26 		TEX
4 		PHO
17 		HOM
30 		15th 2220 [65]
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 		ROV
40 		DOV
15 		TAL
34 		KAN
7 		MAR
20 		TEX
10 		PHO
7 		HOM
3 		16th 2194 [66]
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 		DRC
11 		DOV
12 		DOV
22 		DAY
35 		DAR
4 		RCH
22 		BRI
3 		LVS
8 		TAL
2 		ROV
3 		KAN
20 		TEX
21 		MAR
12 		PHO
22 		17th 873 [67]
2021 Richard Petty Motorsports 43 Chevy DAY
39 		DRC
14 		HOM
27 		LVS
10 		PHO
20 		ATL
24 		BRD
9 		MAR
30 		RCH
19 		TAL
27 		KAN
25 		DAR
18 		DOV
22 		COA
16 		CLT
16 		SON
11 		NSH
19 		POC
22 		POC
31 		ROA
19 		ATL
24 		NHA
19 		GLN
27 		IRC
7 		MCH
18 		DAY
11 		DAR
32 		RCH
21 		BRI
8 		LVS
26 		TAL
9 		ROV
17 		TEX
12 		KAN
29 		MAR
8 		PHO
22 		24th 641 [68]
2022 Petty GMS Motorsports DAY
29 		CAL
3 		LVS
31 		PHO
25 		ATL
14 		COA
9 		RCH
23 		MAR
13 		BRD
24 		TAL
6 		DOV
10 		DAR
25 		KAN
32 		CLT
14 		GTW
7 		SON
22 		NSH
11 		ROA
26 		ATL
4 		NHA
19 		POC
9 		IRC
15 		MCH
8 		RCH
35 		GLN
10 		DAY
17 		DAR
1 		KAN
29 		BRI
21 		TEX
6 		TAL
6 		ROV
11 		LVS
8 		HOM
30 		MAR
18 		PHO
14 		18th 831 [69]
2023 Legacy Motor Club DAY
37 		CAL
19 		LVS
19 		PHO
21 		ATL
8 		COA
23 		RCH
31 		BRD
14 		MAR
31 		TAL
6 		DOV
16 		KAN
21 		DAR
25 		CLT
32 		GTW
18 		SON
32 		NSH
8 		CSC
16 		ATL
11 		NHA
11 		POC
9 		RCH
23 		MCH
10 		IRC
36 		GLN
29 		DAY
18 		DAR
10 		KAN
3 		BRI
24 		TEX
30 		TAL
26 		ROV
36 		LVS
28 		HOM
14 		MAR
21 		PHO
20 		27th 578 [70]
2024 Toyota DAY
8 		ATL
25 		LVS
14 		PHO
31 		BRI
20 		COA
32 		RCH
14 		MAR
12 		TEX
19 		TAL
35 		DOV KAN DAR
19 		CLT
19 		GTW
26 		SON
19 		IOW
32 		NHA
13 		NSH
34 		CSC
29 		POC
14 		IND
28 		RCH
29 		MCH
16 		DAY
17 		DAR
24 		ATL
26 		GLN
33 		BRI
30 		KAN
35 		TAL
5 		ROV
33 		LVS
25 		HOM
22 		MAR
19 		PHO
22 		28th 516 [71]
2025 DAY ATL COA PHO LVS HOM MAR DAR BRI TAL TEX KAN CLT NSH MCH MXC POC ATL CSC SON DOV IND IOW GLN RCH DAY DAR GTW BRI NHA KAN ROV LVS TAL MAR PHO -* -*
† – Relieved Denny Hamlin
Daytona 500
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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 31 39
2022 Petty GMS Motorsports 13 29
2023 Legacy Motor Club 25 37
2024 Toyota 11 8

Xfinity Series

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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 01 [72]
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 01 [73]
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 [74]
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 01 [75]
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 ROV DOV KAN TEX PHO HOM 106th 01 [76]
2021 Jordan Anderson Racing 31 Chevy DAY DRC HOM LVS PHO ATL MAR TAL DAR DOV COA CLT MOH TEX NSH POC ROA ATL NHA GLN
36 		IRC MCH DAY DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL ROV TEX KAN MAR PHO 105th 01 [77]

Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series

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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 [78]
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 [79]
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 [80]
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 01 [81]
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 01 [82]
2020 Wauters Motorsports 5 Toyota DAY LVS CLT
DNQ 		ATL HOM POC KEN TEX KAN KAN MCH DRC DOV GTW DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL KAN TEX MAR PHO – 01 [83]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series driver points

K&N Pro Series East

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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 [84]

K&N Pro Series West

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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 [85]

ARCA Racing Series

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(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 [86]
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 [87]

References

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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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Sporting positions
Preceded by NASCAR Cup Series Rookie of the Year
2017 		Succeeded by
Achievements
Preceded by Southern 500 Winner
2019, 2022 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Snowball Derby Winner
2012, 2013 		Succeeded by
Preceded by NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Champion
2015 		Succeeded by
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