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He was formerly a development driver for the now defunct Eddie Sharp Racing and Turner Scott Motorsports teams as well as GMS Racing; Richard Childress Racing, and Joe Gibbs Racing. 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 #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. Jones would also make his national series debut in the Camping World Truck Series for TSM, running the #33 truck for the team beginning at Bristol Motor Speedway in August. 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. Jones won his debut ARCA race at Winchester Speedway, scored a second win at Indianapolis Raceway Park and finished third at Madison International Speedway. He would score

his first K&N Pro Series win at Iowa Speedway in August, holding off former teammate Kenzie Ruston and Cole Custer. 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. For 2015, RCR signed Jones to a part-time schedule in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, sharing the #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, sharing the #25 Menards Toyota Camry for Venturini Motorsports with ARCA legend Frank Kimmel. In January, it was announced that Jones would return to GMS Racing for 16 Truck Series races in 2015. On September 24, RCR announced that Jones would begin competing full-time in the Xfinity Series in 2016. J ones would have a dismal 2017 season with eight DNF's and not making it into the Playoffs. On

November 15, 2017, it was announced that Jones would replace Matt Tifft at Joe Gibbs Racing in 2018. In 2019, Jones would make the play-offs and claim his first win, as he won at Kansas. Jones began the 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series season with two straight top-ten finishes. He scored his second career Xfinity win at Phoenix Raceway after passing Kyle Busch with 20 laps remaining. In 2021 he went winless as he continued to wheel the #19 for JGR. 2022 Saw him win early in the season as he was able to hold off a hard charging Landon Cassill by just 6/10ths of a second. When they returned to Martinsville during the playoffs; Jones needed to win again to advance to the

Championship race at Phoenix the following week. Jones had a battle with his team-mate Ty Gibbs and managed to pass him with two laps to go. Gibbs had already punched his ticket to run for the championship; and a win by Jones would give JGR two cars in the championship finale'. But after they took the white flag; Gibbs just flat drove "through" Jones and punted him into the wall. Gibbs spend on to the win; and when he climbed from his car he was greeted with a chorus of boos. Noah Gragson drove the #9 car for JR Motorsports in 2022; and would move on to be in the Cup Series in 2023. Jones will take over the #9

at JRM to runfor the Xfinity Championship. Brandon Jones is the son of JR Jones, President and CEO of Rheem Comfort Products, which has sponsored Jones, Kevin Harvick, Turner Scott Motorsports, Richard Childress Racing, Joe Gibbs Racing, and several other teams through their Rheem, RUUD, Richmond, and Russel/HTPG brands. Jones concentrated solely on the Xfinity series in 2023. But even with that effort; he had one of his worst years since 2018. Jones left Joe Gibbs Racing to go drive for Jr Motorsports. It was suspected he would find some success. But things never seemed to work out quite right. He only posted three Top 5 finishes, but almost won a Kansas when he finished second to John Hunter Nemechek. He had a third at Michigan and a fifth at Martinsville. He had ten Top 10’s as most of his finishes came inside the Top 15. He will be back with JRM in 2024.

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BRANDON ALEXANDER JONES - 02/02/1997