Erik Jones / No. 20 Sport Clips Toyota Camry Preview AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 500 at Texas Motor Speedway

Texas Motor Speedway

No. 20 Sport Clips Toyota Camry News and Notes:

·        JONES AT TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY: Erik Jones will make his ninth-career Cup Series start at Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday afternoon for the AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 500. One of his most successful tracks, Jones most recently finished sixth at the track and has finished in the top-10 in his last six Cup Series starts at Texas Motor Speedway. In addition to his Cup Series success, Jones has six starts at the track in the Xfinity Series with three wins and all six finishes in the top four. His first win at the 1.5-mile track in the Xfinity Series also marked his first-career win in the Xfinity Series in just his ninth series start. In the Truck Series, Jones has three starts with one win and all three finishes in the top 15.

·        JGR AT TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY: Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) has 120 total starts at Texas Motor Speedway in Cup Series competition. In those starts, the team has earned eight wins, 32 top-five finishes, 55 top-10 finishes and five pole starting positions. The team has led 2,044 laps, completed 38,675 of 40,000 attempted laps (96.7 %) and earned an average start of 14.7 and an average finish of 14.7. Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch lead the team with three wins each and Tony Stewart and Carl Edwards each earned a win for the team. 

·        THIS WEEK ON THE NO. 20 CAMRY: For this week’s race at Texas Motor Speedway, Georgetown, Texas-based Sport Clips will serve as the primary partner for Jones and the No. 20 team. This will mark their final race of the season with the No. 20 team and last race with Jones. Always a good luck charm, Sport Clips has been on the No. 20 Camry four times this season earning top-five finishes in each race, including a win at the season opening Busch Clash.

·        STARTING LINE UP: Erik Jones and the No. 20 Sport Clips team will start Sunday’s race at the Texas Motor Speedway from the 17th position.

·        KANSAS RECAP: Jones and the No. 20 team started the race at Kansas Speedway from the 11th position and started the race poised for a strong run finishing stage one in the fifth position. The team started stage two from fourth, but lost the handling of the Reser’s Camry throughout the stage. Jones had to battle back from a lap down on two different occasions and finished the race with a 20th-place finish.

·        RACE INFO: The AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 500 at Texas Motor Speedway is scheduled for Sunday, October 25, 2020. Coverage will begin at 3:30 p.m. ET on NBC, Sirius XM Channel 90 and PRN Radio.

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From the Driver’s Seat:

Erik Jones: “Texas has been a really good track for us. I’m excited to get back there again and have Sport Clips on the car with us this weekend. Sport Clips has been a huge part of my career at JGR from Xfinity to Cup and we’ve had some really cool wins together. With only a few races left this season, I really want to get a win for not only the guys on this 20 team who have been with me, but all the partners who have been with me over the years at JGR. We’re in Sport Clips back yard this weekend, so it would be pretty cool to get them a win. Texas has been a great track for me over the years and we’ve been close to a lot of wins in the Cup Series, and won a few races there in Xfinity and trucks. Hopefully we can unload Sunday with a fast Camry and finally get a Cup win at Texas.”