By Caleb Whisler, Staff Writer
In just his second start in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in 2018, Brandon Jones was able to score another top-10 finish.
During the only two practice sessions of the day on Friday, Jones did not believe that he had a top three truck but knew that he had a top-five truck. Throughout the day, Jones was just a little too tight.
Because Truck qualifying was rained out on Friday afternoon, Jones started the race in the 28th position. Luckily, with the No. 46 team having a win last year, Jones was able to score a provisional.
“Started in the back and kind of had to keep our fight all day long and worked our way up to the last segment there. It came down to two of the best in the business that finished 1-2, so it was pretty cool to race the boss man Kyle there at the end a little bit and be able to at least hold on as long as we did there,” Jones said post-race.
Jones believes the simulator work that he and his Xfinity team are doing during the week is starting to pay off.
“We’ve been having a lot of meetings and having a lot of simulator time at TRD, so we’ve been putting 24 hours into it just about every single day this entire year,” Jones said.
“It’s starting to pay off here little by little. We’re starting to work ourselves into the top five there. I had a couple of shots a few weeks ago to really run well. I’ve been running up front in that car. All in all, I think things are turning around for us here. I think we’ve got some momentum built up.”
Jones will return to action on Thursday, May 24 for Xfinity practice and the ARCA race at Charlotte Motor Speedway.