Brandon Jones (racing driver)

Brandon A. Jones (born February 18, 1997) is an American professional stock car racing driver. Formerly a development driver for the now defunct Eddie Sharp Racing and Turner Scott Motorsports teams, he currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 19 Toyota Supra for Joe Gibbs Racing and part-time in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, driving the No. 51 Toyota Tundra for Kyle Busch Motorsports.

Brandon Jones
Jones at Richmond Raceway in 2018
Born	(1997-02-18) February 18, 1997 Atlanta, Georgia
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
156 races run over 6 years
Car no., team	No. 19 (Joe Gibbs Racing)
2019 position	10th
Best finish	9th (2018)
First race	2015 3M 250 (Iowa)
Last race	2020 UNOH 188 (Daytona)
First win	2019 Kansas Lottery 300 (Kansas)
Last win	2020 Kansas Lottery 250 (Kansas)
Wins Top tens Poles 3 60 3
NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series career
48 races run over 8 years
Truck no., team	No. 51 (Kyle Busch Motorsports)
2019 position	97th
Best finish	15th (2015)
First race	2013 UNOH 200 (Bristol)
Last race	2020 e.p.t. 200 (Kansas)
First win	2020 Pocono Organics 150 (Pocono)
Wins Top tens Poles 1 24 0
Statistics current as of August 15, 2020.

Racing career

Jones at Richmond International Raceway in 2013.

Jones began racing in 2010 at age 13, under the supervision of short track racer Bubba Gale and his son former KHI development driver Cale Gale. Jones would race full-time in 2011 in the pro truck divisions at Lanier Raceplex and Gresham Motorsports Park in Georgia, winning track points championships at both facilities. Jones raced in late models for Eddie Sharp Racing in 2012, competing in the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) and United Auto Racing Association (UARA) series. Jones would make his debut in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East later that year at Greenville-Pickens Speedway, finishing 14th in the No. 33 Rheem Chevrolet after wrecking on the last lap while running in fifth place. In 2013 at the age of 15, Jones signed a contract to drive for Turner Motorsports (later Turner Scott Motorsports) to run the full UARA season, the PASS Series, six races in the K&N East Series and one in the West series, and selected NASCAR Late Model Stock races. Cale Gale and Mike Greci would serve as crew chiefs for Jones.[1][2][3] Jones would also make his national series debut in the Camping World Truck Series for TSM, running the No. 33 truck for the team beginning at Bristol Motor Speedway in August.[2][4] Jones finished 27th at Bristol, 20th at Iowa, and 19th at Martinsville.

Jones at Kentucky Speedway in September 2015

In 2014, Jones would move into the K&N Pro Series East full-time for Turner Scott Motorsports, joining fellow teenager Ben Rhodes. Jones also ran an expanded Truck Series schedule and select ARCA Racing Series events. Jones' efforts would be headed by another former driver Shane Huffman.[5] Jones won his debut ARCA race at Winchester Speedway, scored a second win at Indianapolis Raceway Park and finished third at Madison International Speedway.[6][7] He would score his first K&N Pro Series win at Iowa Speedway in August, holding off former teammate Kenzie Ruston and Cole Custer.[8] After 14 of 16 races in the K&N East Series and three Truck Series races, which included a fourth-place finish at Dover, Jones would part ways with TSM due to internal issues in the organization, joining Richard Childress Racing for the remaining K&N races.[7] Jones would run the 33 truck for GMS Racing in two additional races, sponsored by Rheem brand Russell.[9][10] He would finish 4th in the K&N Pro Series East standings.[11]

Jones' No. 33 at Road America in 2016

For 2015, RCR signed Jones to a part-time schedule in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, sharing the No. 33 Chevrolet Camaro with Childress' grandson Austin Dillon and Paul Menard. When Jones raced in his final Xfinity race in 2015, he scored his first top 5 and his career-best finish as a 5th place outing. Jones also ran a part-time schedule in the ARCA Racing Series,[11] sharing the No. 25 Menards Toyota Camry for Venturini Motorsports with ARCA legend Frank Kimmel.[12] In January, it was announced that Jones would return to GMS Racing for 16 Truck Series races in 2015.[13][14] Jones also ran select K&N Pro Series East races for NTS Motorsports.[15] On September 24, RCR announced that Jones would begin competing full-time in the Xfinity Series in 2016.[16] Jones also joined Ranier Racing to compete part-time in the Truck Series, driving the No. 71.[17][18] Jones started the season with a 7th-place finish after being involved in the first crash at Daytona. Then at Talladega, Jones had his breakout race, leading the most laps, 31 total, then finishing 18th.

To start off 2017, Jones won his first career Xfinity Series pole at Daytona with a speed of 184.472 mph. In the race, Jones would run in the top 10 up until lap 29 when he was hit in the right rear by Justin Allgaier. This caused Jones to turn hard right into the SAFER Barrier nearly head on at 185 mph. He walked away from the crash unharmed. In an interview following, Jones called the crash "The hardest hit I've ever had." Jones later have a dismal 2017 season with 8 DNF's and not making into the Playoffs, despite driving a top tier car.

Jones' No. 19 at Road America in 2018

On November 15, 2017, it was announced that Jones would replace Matt Tifft at Joe Gibbs Racing in 2018.[19] Tifft signed with RCR, making it a de facto driver swap. After 17 top 10s, two top fives, and his second career pole at Dover in May, he finished 9th in final points after being eliminated in the Round of 12 in the playoffs.

In 2019, Jones once again made it to the playoffs, but was eliminated in the Round of 12. Despite being eliminated, he scored his first win at Kansas.[20]

Jones began the 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series season with two straight top-ten finishes.[21] After winning the pole in the third race at Auto Club Speedway,[22] he scored his second career Xfinity win the following week at Phoenix Raceway after passing Kyle Busch with 20 laps remaining.[23]

Personal life

Brandon Jones is the son of JR Jones,[13][17][24] President and CEO of Rheem Comfort Products, which has sponsored Jones (until 2015),[17][25] Kevin Harvick, Turner Scott Motorsports, Richard Childress Racing, Joe Gibbs Racing, and several other teams through their Rheem, RUUD, Richmond, and Russel/HTPG brands.[13][17][26]

Jones graduated from Lake Norman High School in Mooresville, North Carolina.[2][27]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

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

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
2015	Richard Childress Racing	33	Chevy	DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	IOW 8	CLT	DOV	MCH	CHI	DAY	KEN	NHA	IND	IOW 20	GLN	MOH 29	BRI 13	ROA	DAR	RCH	CHI	KEN 5	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM	92nd	0^1	[28]
2016				DAY 7	ATL 11	LVS 6	PHO 11	CAL 9	TEX 9	BRI 11	RCH 15	TAL 18*	DOV 25	CLT 7	POC 8	MCH 10	IOW 12	DAY 29	KEN 11	NHA 11	IND 10	IOW 16	GLN 13	MOH 19	BRI 9	ROA 16	DAR 9	RCH 23	CHI 10	KEN 26	DOV 17	CLT 16	KAN 8	TEX 19	PHO 18	HOM 15	10th	2168	[29]
2017				DAY 28	ATL 14	LVS 15	PHO 15	CAL 32	TEX 15	BRI 20	RCH 33	TAL 37	CLT 16	DOV 29	POC 36	MCH 9	IOW 23	DAY 19	KEN 40	NHA 34	IND 9	IOW 10	GLN 14	MOH 14	BRI 20	ROA 25	DAR 23	RCH 23	CHI 12	KEN 13	DOV 39	CLT 13	KAN 11	TEX 35	PHO 15	HOM 14	16th	549	[30]
2018	Joe Gibbs Racing	19	Toyota	DAY 10	ATL 17	LVS 7	PHO 11	CAL 13	TEX 33	BRI 6*	RCH 10	TAL 2	DOV 10	CLT 15	POC 24	MCH 18	IOW 5	CHI 11	DAY 12	KEN 36	NHA 6	IOW 12	GLN 7	MOH 23	BRI 29	ROA 9	DAR 12	IND 10	LVS 7	RCH 8	CLT 22	DOV 6	KAN 36	TEX 6	PHO 7	HOM 8	9th	2186	[31]
2019				DAY 3	ATL 4	LVS 28	PHO 7	CAL 7	TEX 33	BRI 14	RCH 33	TAL 18	DOV 7	CLT 10	POC 38	MCH 6	IOW 11	CHI 4	DAY 30	KEN 30	NHA 9	IOW 33	GLN 17	MOH 10	BRI 11	ROA 16	DAR 7	IND 6	LVS 3	RCH 11	CLT 16	DOV 37	KAN 1	TEX 4	PHO 11	HOM 8	10th	2207	[32]
2020				DAY 4	LVS 6	CAL 30*	PHO 1	DAR 20	CLT 27	BRI 3	ATL 8	HOM 8	HOM 2	TAL 16	POC 36	IND 37	KEN 36	KEN 30	TEX 7	KAN 1	ROA 14	DAY 2	DOV	DOV	DAY	DAR	RCH	RCH	BRI	LVS	TAL	CLT	KAN	TEX	MAR	PHO	-*	-*	[21]

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	Turner Scott Motorsports	33	Chevy	DAY	MAR	CAR	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	KEN	IOW	ELD	POC	MCH	BRI 27	MSP	IOW 20	CHI	LVS	TAL	MAR 19	TEX	PHO	HOM		41st	67	[33]
2014				DAY	MAR 15	KAN	CLT	DOV 4	TEX	GTW	KEN	IOW	ELD	POC	MCH	BRI 20	MSP	CHI	NHA	LVS	TAL						31st	138	[34]
	GMS Racing																					MAR 32	TEX	PHO 12	HOM
2015				DAY	ATL	MAR 15	KAN 30	CLT 13	DOV 8	TEX 22	GTW 12	IOW 2	KEN 10	ELD	POC	MCH	BRI 5	MSP 26	CHI 17	NHA	LVS 5	TAL 2	MAR 7	TEX 7	PHO 32	HOM 31	15th	482	[35]
2016	Ranier Racing with MDM	71	Chevy	DAY	ATL	MAR	KAN	DOV 20	CLT 11	TEX	IOW 17	GTW	KEN 7	ELD	POC	BRI 9	MCH	MSP	CHI	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	86th	0^1	[36]
2017	MDM Motorsports	99		DAY	ATL	MAR	KAN	CLT 31	DOV 6	TEX	GTW	IOW 3	KEN 2	ELD	POC	MCH	BRI 10	MSP	CHI	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	77th	0^1	[37]
2018	Kyle Busch Motorsports	51	Toyota	DAY	ATL	LVS	MAR	DOV	KAN 9					CHI 5	KEN 4	ELD	POC	MCH	BRI	MSP	LVS 26	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	94th	0^1	[38]
		46								CLT 3	TEX	IOW	GTW
2019		51		DAY	ATL	LVS	MAR	TEX	DOV 13	KAN 5	CLT	TEX	IOW	GTW	CHI 2	KEN 23	POC	ELD	MCH	BRI	MSP	LVS	TAL	MAR	PHO 2	HOM	97th	0^1	[39]
2020				DAY	LVS	CLT	ATL	HOM	POC 1	KEN	TEX	KAN 14	KAN 8	RCH	DOV	TEX	IOW	ELD	MCH	GTW	MSP	BRI	LVS	TAL	MAR	PHO	-*	0^1*	[40]

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	15	16	NKNPSEC	Pts	Ref
2012	Eddie Sharp Racing	33	Chevy	BRI	GRE	RCH	IOW	BGS	GRE	LGY	CNB	COL	IOW	NHA	DOV	GRE 14	CAR			60th	30	[41]
2013	Turner Scott Motorsports		Chevy	BRI 31	GRE	PEN	RCH 36	BGS	IOW 8	LGY	COL	IOW 19	VIR	GRE	NHA 12	DOV 7	RAL			23rd	151	[42]
2014				NSM 3	DAY DNQ	BRI 8	GRE 23	RCH 7	IOW 5	BGS 4	FFL 2	LGY 6	NHA 21	COL 14	IOW 1	GLN 6	VIR 7	GRE 7	DOV 21	4th	551	[43]
	DRIVE Technology	18	Toyota		DAY 24
2015	NTS Motorsports	33	Chevy	NSM	GRE	BRI 5	IOW	BGS	LGY	COL	NHA	IOW	GLN	MOT	VIR	RCH 15	DOV			36th	68	[44]
2017	MDM Motorsports	40	Chevy	NSM	GRE	BRI	SBO	SBO	MEM	BLN	TMP	NHA	IOW	GLN 11	LGY	NJM	DOV			54th	33	[45]
2019	Bill McAnally Racing	19	Toyota	NSM	BRI	SBO	SBO	MEM	NHA	IOW	GLN 14	BRI	GTW	NHA	DOV					40th	30	[46]

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	15	NKNPSWC	Pts	Ref
2013	Turner Scott Motorsports	33	Chevy	PHO	S99	BIR	IOW	L44	SON	CNS	IOW	EVG	SRP	MMP	SMP	AAS	KCR	PHO 17	63rd	26	[47]

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series 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	ARSC	Pts	Ref
2014	Turner Scott Motorsports	4	Chevy	DAY	MOB	SLM	TAL	TOL	NJE	POC	MCH	ELK	WIN 1	CHI	IRP 1	POC	BLN	ISF	MAD 3	DSF	SLM	KEN	KAN	37th	600	[48]
2015	Venturini Motorsports	25	Toyota	DAY	MOB 2	NSH 4	SLM 6	TAL 4	TOL	NJE 10	POC	MCH	CHI	WIN 3*	IOW 11	IRP 5	POC	BLN	ISF	DSF	SLM	KEN 12	KAN 22	15th	1925	[49]
2016	Ranier Racing with MDM	8	Chevy	DAY	NSH	SLM	TAL	TOL	NJE	POC 3	MCH 1*	MAD	WIN	IOW	IRP	POC	BLN	ISF	DSF	SLM	CHI 22	KEN 29	KAN 4	31st	875	[50]
2017	MDM Motorsports			DAY	NSH	SLM	TAL	TOL	ELK	POC 2	MCH 1	MAD	IOW	IRP	POC	WIN	ISF	ROA	DSF	SLM	CHI 3	KEN	KAN	33rd	695	[51]
2018		12	Toyota	DAY	NSH	SLM	TAL	TOL	CLT 1	POC	MCH 22	MAD	GTW	CHI	IOW	ELK	POC	ISF	BLN	DSF	SLM	IRP	KAN	61st	370	[52]

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External links

• Brandon Jones driver statistics at Racing-Reference