Erik Jones won’t call Cup Series

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No one who was happy at Victory Lane on Sunday night would say that what Erik Jones did was "redemption." Not Joey Cohen, who is in charge of 

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competition at Petty GMS. Not Dave Elenz, who was crew chief. Not even Jones himself. He was the one fist-pumping in front of a sea of confetti at 

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Darlington Raceway, which is something few people thought would happen soon (or ever again) after everything he's been through in the past 25 

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months. But it certainly felt like redemption. "I'm sure a lot of people didn't think I'd make it," Jones said. He said later, "I guess I just never saw it 

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that way." Jones was "a little bit taken by surprise" when he found out in August 2020 that he wouldn't be going back to Joe Gibbs Racing. After that, 

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he signed on to drive the No. 43 car for Richard Petty Motorsports, which is now called Petty GMS after a merger. In 2021, he had five top-10 

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finishes, no poles, and led a total of nine laps for a team that was still finding its way. Jones said that when he switched to Petty GMS, he knew that 

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many people thought this might be his last Cup race. He "was finished."   Elenz said, "I don't think it's good." " It's clear that he had a hard year last year. Last year, 

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I watched from a distance. There were some good races and a lot that weren't very good. But that's just stuff. That's a lot of cars he has to run.  

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Nothing of that has to do with him. I believe he had faith in himself and what he could do. I obviously believe that. I think it's more of a continuation of where he left off than a way to make up for what he did. 

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Jones said, "At the end of 2020, I was in a rough spot and trying to find a new home. The 43 car became that home and took me in. " Just seeing it 

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and being a part of it has been cool. It's probably the most rewarding part of my racing career to go from a four-car powerhouse team to a one-car 

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team last year to a two-car team this year and build it into a race-winning programme. 

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