vignette|droite|Jones en 2016. Erik Benjamin Jones, né le à Byron dans l'État du Michigan, est un sportif professionnel américain, pilote automobile de NASCAR
Surnommé EJ (ses initiales) ou encore That Jones Boy, par le présentateur , il participe à temps plein au championnat de la NASCAR Cup Series pour l'écurie , au volant de la Toyota Camry XSE .
Jusqu'en 2021, Jones avait passé toute sa carrière en NASCAR et ARCA chez Toyota. Au sein de leur programme de développement de pilotes, Jones avait remporté le championnat 2015 de la NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Il réintègre le programme NASCAR de Toyota en 2024 lorsque son écurie change de partenaire constructeur.
Carrière
Champion de la Camping World Truck Series en 2015, Jones participe en 2017 à sa première saison complète dans la NASCAR Cup Series au volant de la voiture de l'écurie Joe Gibbs Racing.
Pour cette écurie, il remporte sa première course d Cup en 2018 sur le Daytona International Speedway à l'occasion du Coke Zero Sugar 400 et la deuxième à Darlington lors du Bojangles' Southern 500 de 2019..
Lors des saisons 2022 et 2023, il pilote la voiture Chevrolet de la . reprise en 2023 par la . Il gagne sa de Cup Series lors du Cook Out Southern 500 de 2022.
Palmarès Cup Series Au , Jones a participé à réparties sur .. Voiture en 2026 : Toyota Écurie : Résultat saison 2025 : . Meilleur classement en fin de saison : en 2018 course : 2015, SpongeBob SquarePants 400 (Kansas) Dernière course : saison 2026 en cours Première victoire : 2018, Coke Zero Sugar 400 (Daytona) Dernière victoire : 2022, Cook Out Southern 500 (Darlington) Victoire(s) : 3 Top5 : 42 Top10 : 95 Pole position : 2 {| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="font-size:75%;" ! colspan="2" | Légende |- | align=center | Gras || Pole position décernée en fonction du temps réalisé en qualification. |- | align=center | Italique || Pole position décernée en fonction des points au classement ou des temps aux essais. |- | align=center | * || Plus grand nombre de tours menés. |- | align="center" | 01 || Aucun point de championnat car inéligible pour le titre lors de cette saison (le pilote concourt pour le titre dans une autre catégorie). |- | style="background:#FFCFCF;" align="center" | DNQ || Ne s'est pas qualifié. |} {| class="wikitable collapsible" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%;" ! colspan="43" | Résultats en NASCAR Cup Series. |-style="background-color:#ECEEF0; text-align:center;font-weight:bold;" | Saisons | Écuries | N° | Constructeurs | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | | Pts
| style="background-color:#ECEEF0; text-align:center;font-weight:bold;" rowspan="3" | 15 | style="background-color:#ECEEF0; text-align:center;font-weight:bold;" rowspan="3" | Joe Gibbs Racing | style="background-color:#ECEEF0; text-align:center;font-weight:bold;" | 11 | style="background-color:#ECEEF0; text-align:center;font-weight:bold;" rowspan="3" | Toyota |DAY |ATL |LVS |PHO |CAL |MAR |TEX | style="background:black;color:white;" | BRIRL† |RCH |TAL | colspan="26" | | style="background-color:#ECEEF0; text-align:center;font-weight:bold;" rowspan="3" | | style="background-color:#ECEEF0; text-align:center;font-weight:bold;" rowspan="3" | 01 | style="background-color:#ECEEF0; text-align:center;font-weight:bold;" rowspan="3" |. |- | style="background-color:#ECEEF0; text-align:center;font-weight:bold;" | 18 | colspan="10" | | style="background:#CFCFFF" | KAN40 |CLT |DOV |POC |MCH |SON |DAY |KEN |NHA |IND |POC |GLN |MCH |BRI |DAR |RCH |CHI |NHA |DOV |CLT |KAN |TAL |MAR | colspan="3" | |- | style="background-color:#ECEEF0; text-align:center;font-weight:bold;" | 20 | colspan="33" | | style="background:#DFFFDF" | TEX12 | style="background:#DFFFDF" | PHO19 |HOM |- | style="background-color:#ECEEF0; text-align:center;font-weight:bold;" | 2017 | style="background-color:#ECEEF0; text-align:center;font-weight:bold;" | Furniture Row Racing | style="background-color:#ECEEF0; text-align:center;font-weight:bold;" | 77 | style="background-color:#ECEEF0; text-align:center;font-weight:bold;" | Toyota | style="background:#CFCFFF" | DAY39 | style="background:#DFFFDF" | ATL14 | style="background:#DFFFDF" | LVS15 | style="background:#FFDF9F" | PHO8 | style="background:#DFFFDF" | CAL12 | style="background:#DFFFDF" | MAR12 | style="background:#DFFFDF" | TEX22 | style="background:#DFFFDF" | BRI17 | style="background:#CFCFFF" | RCH38 | style="background:#CFCFFF" | TAL33 | style="background:#DFFFDF" | KAN22 | style="background:#FFDF9F" | CLT7 | style="background:#DFFFDF" | DOV15 | style="background:#DFDFDF" | POC3 | style="background:#DFFFDF" | MCH13 | style="background:#CFCFFF" | SON25 | style="background:#FFDF9F" | DAY9 | style="background:#FFDF9F" | KEN6 | style="background:#CFCFFF" | NHA39 | style="background:#CFCFFF" | IND31 | style="background:#FFDF9F" | POC8 | style="background:#FFDF9F" | GLN10 | style="background:#DFDFDF" | MCH3 | style="background:#DFDFDF" | BRI2* | style="background:#DFDFDF" | DAR5 | style="background:#FFDF9F" | RCH6 | style="background:#CFCFFF" | CHI33 | style="background:#FFDF9F" | NHA6 | style="background:#DFFFDF" | DOV12 | style="background:#DFFFDF" | CLT17 | style="background:#CFCFFF" | TAL36 | style="background:#CFCFFF" | KAN35 | style="background:#CFCFFF" | MAR26 | style="background:#FFDF9F" | TEX10 | style="background:#DFDFDF" | PHO4 | style="background:#CFCFFF" | HOM21 | style="background-color:#ECEEF0; text-align:center;font-weight:bold;" | | style="background-color:#ECEEF0; text-align:center;font-weight:bold;" | 863 | style="background-color:#ECEEF0; text-align:center;font-weight:bold;" |. |- | style="background-color:#ECEEF0; text-align:center;font-weight:bold;" | 2018 | style="background-color:#ECEEF0; text-align:center;font-weight:bold;" rowspan="3" | Joe Gibbs Racing | style="background-color:#ECEEF0; text-align:center;font-weight:bold;" rowspan="3" | 20 | style="background-color:#ECEEF0; text-align:center;font-weight:bold;" rowspan="3" | Toyota | style="background:#CFCFFF" | DAY36 | style="background:#DFFFDF" | ATL11 | style="background:#FFDF9F" | LVS8 | style="background:#FFDF9F" | PHO9 | style="background:#FFDF9F" | CAL7 | style="background:#DFFFDF" | MAR17 | style="background:#DFDFDF" | TEX4 | style="background:#CFCFFF" | BRI26 | style="background:#DFFFDF" | RCH13 | style="background:#CFCFFF" | TAL39 | style="background:#DFFFDF" | DOV18 | style="background:#FFDF9F" | KAN7 | style="background:#DFFFDF" | CLT19 | style="background:#CFCFFF" | POC29 | style="background:#DFFFDF" | MCH15 | style="background:#FFDF9F" | SON7 | style="background:#FFDF9F" | CHI6 | style="background:#FFFFBF" | DAY1 | style="background:#FFDF9F" | KEN7 | style="background:#DFFFDF" | NHA16 | style="background:#DFDFDF" | POC5 | style="background:#DFDFDF" | GLN5 | style="background:#DFFFDF" | MCH13 | style="background:#DFDFDF" | BRI5 | style="background:#FFDF9F" | DAR8 | style="background:#DFDFDF" | IND2 | style="background:#CFCFFF" | LVS40 | style="background:#DFFFDF" | RCH11 | style="background:#CFCFFF" | ROV30 | style="background:#DFDFDF" | DOV4 | style="background:#FFDF9F" | TAL8 | style="background:#DFDFDF" | KAN4 | style="background:#CFCFFF" | MAR26 | style="background:#DFDFDF" | TEX4 | style="background:#DFFFDF" | PHO17 | style="background:#CFCFFF" | HOM30 | style="background-color:#ECEEF0; text-align:center;font-weight:bold;" | | style="background-color:#ECEEF0; text-align:center;font-weight:bold;" | | style="background-color:#ECEEF0; text-align:center;font-weight:bold;" |. |- | style="background-color:#ECEEF0; text-align:center;font-weight:bold;" | 2019 | style="background:#DFDFDF" | DAY3 | style="background:#FFDF9F" | ATL7 | style="background:#DFFFDF" | LVS13 | style="background:#CFCFFF" | PHO29 | style="background:#DFFFDF" | CAL19 | style="background:#CFCFFF" | MAR30 | style="background:#DFDFDF" | TEX4 | style="background:#CFCFFF" | BRI24 | style="background:#DFFFDF" | RCH14 | style="background:#DFFFDF" | TAL19 | style="background:#FFDF9F" | DOV6 | style="background:#DFDFDF" | KAN3 | style="background:#CFCFFF" | CLT40 | style="background:#DFDFDF" | POC3 | style="background:#CFCFFF" | MCH31 | style="background:#FFDF9F" | SON8 | style="background:#FFDF9F" | CHI7 | style="background:#CFCFFF" | DAY23 | style="background:#DFDFDF" | KEN3 | style="background:#DFDFDF" | NHA3 | style="background:#DFDFDF" | POC2 | style="background:#DFDFDF" | GLN4 | style="background:#DFFFDF" | MCH18 | style="background:#CFCFFF" | BRI22 | style="background:#FFFFBF" | DAR1 | style="background:#CFCFFF" | IND39 | style="background:#CFCFFF" | LVS36 | style="background:#CFCFFF" | RCH38 | style="background:#CFCFFF" | ROV40 | style="background:#DFFFDF" | DOV15 | style="background:#CFCFFF" | TAL34 | style="background:#FFDF9F" | KAN7 | style="background:#DFFFDF" | MAR20 | style="background:#FFDF9F" | TEX10 | style="background:#FFDF9F" | PHO7 | style="background:#DFDFDF" | HOM3 | style="background-color:#ECEEF0; text-align:center;font-weight:bold;" | | style="background-color:#ECEEF0; text-align:center;font-weight:bold;" | | style="background-color:#ECEEF0; text-align:center;font-weight:bold;" |. |- | style="background-color:#ECEEF0; text-align:center;font-weight:bold;" | 2020 | style="background:#DFFFDF" | DAY18 | style="background:#CFCFFF" | LVS23 | style="background:#FFDF9F" | CAL10 | style="background:#CFCFFF" | PHO28 | style="background:#FFDF9F" | DAR8 | style="background:#DFDFDF" | DAR5 | style="background:#DFFFDF" | CLT11 | style="background:#CFCFFF" | CLT26 | style="background:#DFDFDF" | BRI5 | style="background:#CFCFFF" | ATL28 | style="background:#DFFFDF" | MAR20 | style="background:#CFCFFF" | HOM21 | style="background:#DFDFDF" | TAL5 | style="background:#CFCFFF" | POC38 | style="background:#DFDFDF" | POC3 | style="background:#CFCFFF" | IND33 | style="background:#CFCFFF" | KEN22 | style="background:#FFDF9F" | TEX6 | style="background:#DFDFDF" | KAN5 | style="background:#CFCFFF" | NHA24 | style="background:#DFFFDF" | MCH11 | style="background:#CFCFFF" | MCH27 | style="background:#DFFFDF" | DRC11 | style="background:#DFFFDF" | DOV12 | style="background:#CFCFFF" | DOV22 | style="background:#CFCFFF" | DAY35 | style="background:#DFDFDF" | DAR4 | style="background:#CFCFFF" | RCH22 | style="background:#DFDFDF" | BRI3 | style="background:#FFDF9F" | LVS8 | style="background:#DFDFDF" | TAL2 | style="background:#DFDFDF" | ROV3 | style="background:#DFFFDF" | KAN20 | style="background:#CFCFFF" | TEX21 | style="background:#DFFFDF" | MAR12 | style="background:#CFCFFF" | PHO22 | style="background-color:#ECEEF0; text-align:center;font-weight:bold;" | | style="background-color:#ECEEF0; text-align:center;font-weight:bold;" | 873 | style="background-color:#ECEEF0; text-align:center;font-weight:bold;" |. |- | style="background-color:#ECEEF0; text-align:center;font-weight:bold;" | 2021 | style="background-color:#ECEEF0; text-align:center;font-weight:bold;" | Richard Petty Motorsports | style="background-color:#ECEEF0; text-align:center;font-weight:bold;" rowspan="6" | 43 | style="background-color:#ECEEF0; text-align:center;font-weight:bold;" rowspan="3" | Chevrolet | style="background:#CFCFFF" | DAY39 | style="background:#DFFFDF" | DRC14 | style="background:#CFCFFF" | HOM27 | style="background:#FFDF9F" | LVS10 | style="background:#DFFFDF" | PHO20 | style="background:#CFCFFF" | ATL24 | style="background:#FFDF9F" | BRD9 | style="background:#CFCFFF" | MAR30 | style="background:#DFFFDF" | RCH19 | style="background:#CFCFFF" | TAL27 | style="background:#CFCFFF" | KAN25 | style="background:#DFFFDF" | DAR18 | style="background:#CFCFFF" | DOV22 | style="background:#DFFFDF" | COA16 | style="background:#DFFFDF" | CLT16 | style="background:#DFFFDF" | SON11 | style="background:#DFFFDF" | NSH19 | style="background:#CFCFFF" | POC22