Late race spin at the Roval has Brandon Jones looking forward to Dover

By Sarah Handy, Staff Writer

CONCORD, N.C. – Heading into Saturday afternoon’s Drive for the Cure 250 from Charlotte Motor Speedway’s road course configuration known as the Roval, NASCAR driver Brandon Jones hadn’t finished worse than 11^th in the series past four events.

The day started out promising for the 22-year old Georgia native when he started the 28^th event of the year in 15^th.

Jones quickly worked his way into the Top-10, finishing Stage 1 in the 8^th position and following that up with a 6^th place result at the end of Stage 2.

What looked to be a solid Top-10 finish took a nose dive as the race wound down in NASCAR’s own backyard in Concord, North Carolina as Jones did a 360-degree spin but was able to continue on and finish the race.

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Ultimately, Jones found himself crossing the finish line with a 16^th place finish instead of what was sure to be a Top-10 if he had been able to avoid late race troubles.

Furthermore, Jones finds himself just below the playoff cutline in the 9^th position heading into Dover International Speedway next weekend.

“It’s frustrating man I’m getting used up all year along. Kind of getting sick of it. We had a great run, this is a huge improvement from last year coming to this track. Had a really good car, had some really good stages, so that was exciting to have with Juniper on the car, had a decent run going for us.”, said Jones post-race.

“I don’t know, I think we’ll be fine in Dover. I think we’ll have a strong run there. A lot of the cars that beat us today won’t be in contention that race, so I’m looking forward to getting there. This is going to be a tough one for me but we overcame a lot of obstacles and ended up having an okay day.”