Conner Jones
Conner Jones | |
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Nationality | ![]() |
Born | Conner Jones February 22, 2006 Fredericksburg, Virginia |
ARCA Menards Series East career | |
Debut season | 2021 |
Current team | Venturini Motorsports |
Car number | 55 |
Engine | Toyota |
Crew chief | TBA |
Former teams | GMS Racing Cook-Finley Racing |
Starts | 3 |
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 0 |
Poles | 0 |
Finished last season | 16th |
Previous series | |
2020 2021 2021 2021 2021 | NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series CARS Late Model Stock Tour Champion Racing Association ARCA Menards Series West ARCA Menards Series |
Last updated on: January 15, 2022. |
Conner Jones (born February 22, 2006) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series and ARCA Menards Series East, driving the No. 55 Toyota Camry for Venturini Motorsports.
Racing career[]
Jones would start racing at five years old, driving in go-karts. In 2017, he would win the Bandolero Bandit Virginia state championship. In 2018, he made his debut in Legends car racing, and would get his first career win at Dominion Raceway.[1] He drove in the INEX Virginia State Young Lions full-time in 2019, where he won the championship with six wins, twelve second-place finishes, and two third-place finishes.[2] He made his debut in late model racing that year, finishing third in his first ever late model start at Hickory Motor Speedway.[3]
NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series[]
Jones drove in the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series in 2020, primarily racing at Hickory Motor Speedway and Dominion Raceway. He would rank eleventh at Hickory, and thirteenth at Dominion.
CARS Late Model Stock Tour[]
Jones would run the full CARS Late Model Stock Tour season in 2021, driving for various team. [4] GMS Racing would sign him for one race at Caraway Speedway[5] and JR Motorsports would sign him for four races.[6] He would end up eleventh in point standings, getting three top tens.[7]
ARCA Menards Series East[]
On May 1, 2021, Jones signed with GMS Racing to drive at the Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway in the ARCA Menards Series East.[8] He started eighth and would finish in fourth, getting his best career East series finish. He would sign with Cook-Finley Racing later that season, for two races. He finished twenty-first at Iowa Speedway and tenth at Bristol Motor Speedway.
On January 5, 2022, Jones would sign with Venturini Motorsports, to run a partial schedule in the ARCA Menards Series and ARCA Menards Series East.[9]
ARCA Menards Series[]
Jones drove for two races in the 2021 ARCA Menards Series, running the race's paired event with the East series, at Iowa Speedway and Bristol Motor Speedway. He finished twenty-first and tenth.
ARCA Menards Series West[]
Jones made his ARCA Menards Series West debut for at Phoenix Raceway, the season finale race. He started eighteenth and would finish nineteenth.
Motorsports career results[]
ARCA Menards Series[]
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
ARCA Menards Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | AMSC | Pts | Ref |
2021 | Cook-Finley Racing | 42 | Chevy | DAY | PHO | TAL | KAN | TOL | CLT | MOH | POC | ELK | BLN | IOW 21 |
WIN | GLN | MCH | ISF | MLW | DSF | BRI 10 |
SLM | KAN | 64th | 57 | [10] |
ARCA Menards Series East[]
ARCA Menards Series East results | ||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | AMSEC | Pts | Ref |
2021 | GMS Racing | 21 | Chevy | NSM | FIF | NSV 4 |
DOV | SMP | MLW | 18th | 97 | [11] | ||
Cook-Finley Racing | 42 | IOW 21 |
BRI 10 |
ARCA Menards Series West[]
ARCA Menards Series West results | |||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | AMSWC | Pts | Ref |
2021 | 17w | Chevy | PHO | SON | IRW | CNS | IRW | PIR | LVS | AAS | PHO 19 |
58th | 25 | [12] |
References[]
- ^ Fenwick, Adam (August 22, 2019). "Conner Jones Joins MPM Marketing". Speed Sport. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
- ^ "Conner Jones Claims Virginia Young Lions Title". Speedway Digest. October 18, 2019. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
- ^ "Conner Jones Third in Limited Late Model Debut". Speed Sport. July 29, 2019. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
- ^ Whitfield, Skyler (February 26, 2021). "Conner Jones Ready for Full Season on CARS Tour". Race22.online. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
- ^ White, Brandon (May 26, 2021). "Conner Jones Shines In One-Race Deal With GMS Racing". Short Track Scene. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
- ^ Lemasters, Ron (June 3, 2021). "Conner Jones To Make JRM Late Model Debut at Langley This Weekend". JR Motorsports. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
- ^ "Conner Jones - 2021 CARS Late Model Stock Tour Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
- ^ Seelman, Jacob (May 1, 2021). "Conner Jones Making ARCA East Debut at Nashville". Speed Sport. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
- ^ "Venturini Motorsports signs Conner Jones for part-time ARCA Menards Series schedule". ARCA. January 5, 2022. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
- ^ "Conner Jones – 2021 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
- ^ "Conner Jones – 2021 ARCA Menards Series East Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Archived from the original on 2022-01-18. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
- ^ "Conner Jones – 2021 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
External links[]
- Conner Jones driver statistics at Racing-Reference
- Living people
- 2006 births
- ARCA Menards Series drivers
- NASCAR drivers
- Racing drivers from Virginia
- Sportspeople from Virginia