in 2013.
Beginnings Jones began racing in 2010 at age 13, under the supervision of short track racer Bubba Gale and his son former
KHI development driver
Cale Gale. Jones would race full-time in 2011 in the
pro truck divisions at
Lanier Raceplex and
Gresham Motorsports Park in Georgia, winning track points championships at both facilities. Jones raced in
late models for
Eddie Sharp Racing in 2012, competing in the
Pro All Stars Series (PASS) and United Auto Racing Association (UARA) series. Jones would make his debut in the
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East later that year at
Greenville-Pickens Speedway, finishing fourteenth in the No. 33
Rheem Chevrolet after wrecking on the last lap while running in fifth place. In 2013, at the age of fifteen, Jones signed a contract to drive for
Turner Motorsports (later Turner Scott Motorsports) to run the full UARA season, the PASS Series, six races in the K&N East Series and one in the West series, and selected NASCAR Late Model Stock races.
Cale Gale and Mike Greci would serve as crew chiefs for Jones. Jones would also make his national series debut in the
Camping World Truck Series for TSM, running the No. 33 truck for the team beginning at
Bristol Motor Speedway in August. Jones finished 27th at Bristol, twentieth at
Iowa, and nineteenth at
Martinsville. in September 2015 In 2014, Jones would move into the
K&N Pro Series East full-time for Turner Scott Motorsports, joining fellow teenager
Ben Rhodes. Jones also ran an expanded Truck Series schedule and select
ARCA Racing Series events. Jones' efforts would be headed by another former driver
Shane Huffman. Jones won his debut ARCA race at
Winchester Speedway, scored a second win at
Indianapolis Raceway Park and finished third at
Madison International Speedway. After fourteen of sixteen races in the K&N East Series and three Truck Series races, which included a fourth-place finish at
Dover, Jones would part ways with TSM due to internal issues in the organization, joining
Richard Childress Racing for the remaining K&N races. Jones would run the 33 truck for
GMS Racing in two additional races, sponsored by
Rheem brand Russell. He would finish fourth in the K&N Pro Series East standings.
Xfinity Series with RCR in 2016 For 2015,
Richard Childress Racing signed Jones to a part-time schedule in the
NASCAR Xfinity Series, sharing the No. 33
Chevrolet Camaro with Childress' grandson
Austin Dillon and
Paul Menard. At Jones's final race of the campaign — the fall
Kentucky event — he scored his first top five in the series by finishing fifth. Jones also ran a part-time schedule in the
ARCA Racing Series, sharing the No. 25
Menards Toyota Camry for
Venturini Motorsports with ARCA legend
Frank Kimmel, as well as contesting sixteen races in the
Truck Series for GMS Racing. Jones also ran select K&N Pro Series East races for
NTS Motorsports. On September 24, RCR announced that Jones would begin competing full-time in the Xfinity Series in
2016, keeping the No. 33. Jones also joined
Ranier Racing to compete part-time in the Truck Series, driving the No. 71. He started the season with a seventh-place finish after being involved in the first crash at Daytona. His breakout race came at
Talladega, where Jones led the most laps with 31 but finished 18th. Having avoided DNFs throughout the season, Jones qualified for the Playoffs where he was eliminated in the Round of 12. He ended up totaling twelve top-ten finishes — none of them being top fives — and finished tenth in the overall standings. To start
2017, Jones won his first career Xfinity Series pole at
Daytona with a speed of 184.472 mph. In the race, Jones would run in the top ten up until lap 29 when his car turned hard right into the SAFER Barrier as a result of
The Big One. He walked away from the crash unharmed. Overall, Jones could not build on his rookie season, missing out on the Playoffs and retiring from eight races. Following the season, he would replace
Matt Tifft at
Joe Gibbs Racing for the
2018 season.
First Xfinity wins at JGR in 2021 Jones began his tenure at JGR with a tenth place at the
Daytona season opener. He soon experienced a hot streak during the spring, leading the most laps at
Bristol and finishing sixth, taking second at
Talladega, and getting a pole position at
Dover. Though this and further top tens helped Jones to qualify for the Playoffs, he was unable to finish any post-season event higher than sixth, leading to a ninth place in the drivers' standings after an elimination in the Round of 12. In
2019, Jones remained at JGR and scored four top tens on his way to another Playoff appearance. He was eliminated from the Round of 12 once again after an early wreck at
Dover but redeemed himself at
Kansas, taking his first win in the Xfinity Series. Jones began the
2020 Xfinity Series season with two straight top-ten finishes. His second win of the year followed at
Kansas, as Jones passed
Austin Cindric for the lead on the final lap. Just over a month later, Jones clinched his third victory at
Darlington by pulling ahead of
Denny Hamlin and
Ross Chastain with two laps remaining. His wins qualified him for the Playoffs, where Jones made it through to the Round of 8 before being eliminated following a multi-car crash at
Texas. Nevertheless, Jones finished a series-best sixth in the standings at the end of the year. Jones continued driving for Joe Gibbs in
2021. After scoring nine top fives but equally having ten results of 33rd or worse during the regular season, Jones entered the Playoffs seeded in tenth. Finishing second at the rain-shortened
Talladega race and fifth at the
Roval helped him progress through the first round, though Jones would once again be eliminated during the Round of 8 — he finished the year seventh in points. In
2022, during his final season at JGR, Jones finished inside the top ten less frequently but won at
Martinsville during the spring, making a last lap pass over the night's most dominant driver
Ty Gibbs. The same track would see the sight of Jones's best opportunity to qualify for the Championship 4: having battled through the Round of 12, Jones was leading the
Martinsville playoff race, having overtaken Gibbs during the final overtime lap, when Gibbs dumped him from behind for the win, resulting in a 23rd-place finish and an elimination in the Round of 8 for Jones. Following the incident, Jones claimed that he had "lost all respect" for Gibbs, whose actions prevented the No. 19 driver from locking in to the title race. Jones finished eighth in the standings. During the same year, Jones and JGR also ran five races in the
ARCA Menards Series; Jones would win three of them.
Two years at JR Motorsports in 2023 On September 14, 2022, it was announced that Jones would join
JR Motorsports for the
2023 season. His maiden season at the Chevy-running team was a disappointment, as the Georgia native only took three top fives during the season. This included a runner-up finish at the
Kansas cutoff race, where a dominating performance by
John Hunter Nemechek prevented Jones from qualifying for the Playoffs with a win. He eventually ended up fourteenth in the championship. Jones remained in the No. 9 car during
2024 but did not improve his results; despite taking three pole positions across the year he only claimed a single top five result at
Charlotte, where he pressured
Chase Elliott for the win, and retired from a total of ten races — twice due to engine issues, eight times due to crashes. He once again missed out on the Playoffs and finished fourteenth in the standings.
Return to JGR in 2025 For the
2025 season, Jones returned to Joe Gibbs Racing, driving the No. 20 car. He started the season with a 37th-place finish at
Daytona. At
Darlington, Jones snapped a 98-race winless streak with a win by over ten-car lengths. During the playoffs, he won at
Kansas. ==Personal life==