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He’s never really raced a lot in his career over a year’s span, but this year he’s raced a lot more and it’s definitely showing. He’s doing a real good job and he’s soaking it all in. ” Since Busch recruited Jones to race for Kyle Busch Motorsports, the results have been phenomenal. Two races later, the then-17-year-old won at Phoenix after starting on the front row. In 28 truck starts, Jones has five wins, five poles, 14 top fives and 21 top 10 finishes. In his only three starts last season, Jones, then 18, finished every event in the top 10, with an average qualifying effort of 4. 3 and an average finish of seventh. This year, running a partial schedule of 16 races, Jones has posted two wins, three poles (consecutive) eight top fives and 13 top 10s. Busch’s influence can be felt with Daniel Suarez as well. The Toyota development driver, who won 10 races in 58 starts in the Toyota Mexico Series, enjoyed four top fives and seven top 10s in seven truck starts with KBM this year with an average finish of 4. 7. In eight career truck starts, the... “Most of the race tracks that we have been to this year, I have never been to before,” Suarez said. It’s just a little bit difficult to get used to a race track when you have no idea what’s going on or what to expect with a new race car. Source: www.motorsport.com
