Conner Jones | |||||||
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![]() Jones' No. 66 truck at
Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2024 | |||||||
Born | Fredericksburg, Virginia, U.S. | February 22, 2006||||||
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
17 races run over 2 years | |||||||
Truck no., team | No. 66 ( ThorSport Racing) | ||||||
2023 position | 33rd | ||||||
Best finish | 33rd | ||||||
First race | 2023 Long John Silver's 200 ( Martinsville) | ||||||
Last race | 2024 Rackley Roofing 200 ( Nashville) | ||||||
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ARCA Menards Series career | |||||||
14 races run over 3 years | |||||||
Best finish | 15th ( 2023) | ||||||
First race | 2021 Shore Lunch 150 ( Iowa) | ||||||
Last race | 2023 Bush's Beans 200 ( Bristol) | ||||||
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ARCA Menards Series East career | |||||||
11 races run over 3 years | |||||||
Best finish | 9th ( 2023) | ||||||
First race | 2021 Crosley Record Pressing 200 ( Nashville Fairgrounds) | ||||||
Last race | 2023 Bush's Beans 200 ( Bristol) | ||||||
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ARCA Menards Series West career | |||||||
3 races run over 3 years | |||||||
Best finish | 41st ( 2022) | ||||||
First race | 2021 Arizona Lottery 100 ( Phoenix) | ||||||
Last race | 2023 General Tire 150 ( Phoenix) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of July 17, 2024. |
Conner Jones (born February 22, 2006) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 66 Ford F-150 for ThorSport Racing.
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]
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.
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]
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]
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.
Jones made his ARCA Menards Series West debut for Steve McGowan Motorsports at Phoenix Raceway, the season finale race. He started eighteenth and would finish nineteenth.
On February 13, 2023, ThorSport Racing announced that Jones will drive nine races for the team in the 2023 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season, driving the No. 66 truck. [10] He earned four top twenties throughout the season and finished 33rd in points. On December 13, 2023, it was announced that Jones will return to ThorSport for the 2024 season, running another part-time schedule in the 66 truck. [11]
Conner Jones was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia. His father, Robert Jones, founded Jones Utilities Construction Inc. in 1997, a full service underground utility and fiber optic construction contractor that sponsors much of his racing endeavors. [12] [13]
( key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
NASCAR Craftsman Truck 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 | 21 | 22 | 23 | NCTC | Pts | Ref |
2023 | ThorSport Racing | 66 | Ford | DAY | LVS | ATL | COA | TEX | BRD |
MAR 18 |
KAN | DAR |
NWS 29 |
CLT |
GTW 33 |
NSH |
MOH 28 |
POC |
RCH 20 |
IRP 27 |
MLW 18 |
KAN |
BRI 15 |
TAL | HOM |
PHO 34 |
33rd | 111 | [14] |
2024 | DAY |
ATL 29 |
LVS 14 |
BRI 19 |
COA | MAR |
TEX 18 |
KAN |
DAR 24 |
NWS 35 |
CLT 11 |
GTW |
NSH 12 |
POC | IRP | RCH | MLW | BRI | KAN | TAL | HOM | MAR | PHO | -* | -* | [15] |
( 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 | [16] |
2022 | Venturini Motorsports | 15 | Toyota | DAY | PHO | TAL | KAN | CLT |
IOW 5 |
BLN | ELK | MOH | POC | IRP | MCH |
SLM 13 |
TOL | 28th | 122 | [17] | ||||||
55 |
GLN 10 |
ISF | MLW | DSF | KAN |
BRI 27 |
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2023 | 25 | DAY |
PHO 7 |
TAL | KAN | CLT | BLN |
ELK 4 |
MOH 8 |
POC 5 |
MCH |
IRP 6 |
GLN | ISF |
MLW 4 |
DSF | KAN |
BRI 6 |
SLM | TOL | 15th | 304 | [18] | |||
15 |
IOW 8 |
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 | SNM | 18th | 97 | [19] | |||
Cook-Finley Racing | 42 | Chevy |
IOW 21 |
MLW |
BRI 10 | |||||||||
2022 | Venturini Motorsports | 15 | Toyota | NSM | FIF |
DOV 3 |
NSV |
IOW 5 |
MLW |
BRI 27 |
16th | 97 | [20] | |
2023 | 25 | FIF |
DOV 9 |
NSV | FRS |
IRP 6 |
MLW 4 |
BRI 6 |
9th | 187 | [21] | |||
15 |
IOW 8 |
ARCA Menards Series West results | ||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | AMSWC | Pts | Ref |
2021 | Steve McGowan Motorsports | 17W | Chevy | PHO | SON | IRW | CNS | IRW | PIR | LVS | AAS |
PHO 19 |
58th | 25 | [22] | |||
2022 | Venturini Motorsports | 55 | Toyota | PHO | IRW | KCR | PIR | SON | IRW | EVG | PIR | AAS | LVS |
PHO 28 |
41st | 66 | [23] | |
2023 | 25 |
PHO 7 |
IRW | KCR | PIR | SON | IRW | SHA | EVG | AAS | LVS | MAD | PHO | 43rd | 37 | [24] |
Conner Jones | |||||||
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![]() Jones' No. 66 truck at
Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2024 | |||||||
Born | Fredericksburg, Virginia, U.S. | February 22, 2006||||||
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
17 races run over 2 years | |||||||
Truck no., team | No. 66 ( ThorSport Racing) | ||||||
2023 position | 33rd | ||||||
Best finish | 33rd | ||||||
First race | 2023 Long John Silver's 200 ( Martinsville) | ||||||
Last race | 2024 Rackley Roofing 200 ( Nashville) | ||||||
| |||||||
ARCA Menards Series career | |||||||
14 races run over 3 years | |||||||
Best finish | 15th ( 2023) | ||||||
First race | 2021 Shore Lunch 150 ( Iowa) | ||||||
Last race | 2023 Bush's Beans 200 ( Bristol) | ||||||
| |||||||
ARCA Menards Series East career | |||||||
11 races run over 3 years | |||||||
Best finish | 9th ( 2023) | ||||||
First race | 2021 Crosley Record Pressing 200 ( Nashville Fairgrounds) | ||||||
Last race | 2023 Bush's Beans 200 ( Bristol) | ||||||
| |||||||
ARCA Menards Series West career | |||||||
3 races run over 3 years | |||||||
Best finish | 41st ( 2022) | ||||||
First race | 2021 Arizona Lottery 100 ( Phoenix) | ||||||
Last race | 2023 General Tire 150 ( Phoenix) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of July 17, 2024. |
Conner Jones (born February 22, 2006) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 66 Ford F-150 for ThorSport Racing.
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]
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.
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]
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]
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.
Jones made his ARCA Menards Series West debut for Steve McGowan Motorsports at Phoenix Raceway, the season finale race. He started eighteenth and would finish nineteenth.
On February 13, 2023, ThorSport Racing announced that Jones will drive nine races for the team in the 2023 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season, driving the No. 66 truck. [10] He earned four top twenties throughout the season and finished 33rd in points. On December 13, 2023, it was announced that Jones will return to ThorSport for the 2024 season, running another part-time schedule in the 66 truck. [11]
Conner Jones was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia. His father, Robert Jones, founded Jones Utilities Construction Inc. in 1997, a full service underground utility and fiber optic construction contractor that sponsors much of his racing endeavors. [12] [13]
( key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
NASCAR Craftsman Truck 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 | 21 | 22 | 23 | NCTC | Pts | Ref |
2023 | ThorSport Racing | 66 | Ford | DAY | LVS | ATL | COA | TEX | BRD |
MAR 18 |
KAN | DAR |
NWS 29 |
CLT |
GTW 33 |
NSH |
MOH 28 |
POC |
RCH 20 |
IRP 27 |
MLW 18 |
KAN |
BRI 15 |
TAL | HOM |
PHO 34 |
33rd | 111 | [14] |
2024 | DAY |
ATL 29 |
LVS 14 |
BRI 19 |
COA | MAR |
TEX 18 |
KAN |
DAR 24 |
NWS 35 |
CLT 11 |
GTW |
NSH 12 |
POC | IRP | RCH | MLW | BRI | KAN | TAL | HOM | MAR | PHO | -* | -* | [15] |
( 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 | [16] |
2022 | Venturini Motorsports | 15 | Toyota | DAY | PHO | TAL | KAN | CLT |
IOW 5 |
BLN | ELK | MOH | POC | IRP | MCH |
SLM 13 |
TOL | 28th | 122 | [17] | ||||||
55 |
GLN 10 |
ISF | MLW | DSF | KAN |
BRI 27 |
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2023 | 25 | DAY |
PHO 7 |
TAL | KAN | CLT | BLN |
ELK 4 |
MOH 8 |
POC 5 |
MCH |
IRP 6 |
GLN | ISF |
MLW 4 |
DSF | KAN |
BRI 6 |
SLM | TOL | 15th | 304 | [18] | |||
15 |
IOW 8 |
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 | SNM | 18th | 97 | [19] | |||
Cook-Finley Racing | 42 | Chevy |
IOW 21 |
MLW |
BRI 10 | |||||||||
2022 | Venturini Motorsports | 15 | Toyota | NSM | FIF |
DOV 3 |
NSV |
IOW 5 |
MLW |
BRI 27 |
16th | 97 | [20] | |
2023 | 25 | FIF |
DOV 9 |
NSV | FRS |
IRP 6 |
MLW 4 |
BRI 6 |
9th | 187 | [21] | |||
15 |
IOW 8 |
ARCA Menards Series West results | ||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | AMSWC | Pts | Ref |
2021 | Steve McGowan Motorsports | 17W | Chevy | PHO | SON | IRW | CNS | IRW | PIR | LVS | AAS |
PHO 19 |
58th | 25 | [22] | |||
2022 | Venturini Motorsports | 55 | Toyota | PHO | IRW | KCR | PIR | SON | IRW | EVG | PIR | AAS | LVS |
PHO 28 |
41st | 66 | [23] | |
2023 | 25 |
PHO 7 |
IRW | KCR | PIR | SON | IRW | SHA | EVG | AAS | LVS | MAD | PHO | 43rd | 37 | [24] |