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DOVER, Del. — Erik Jones has a few extra bucks in his pocket after a weekend of racing at the “Monster Mile.”
The Joe Gibbs Racing driver locked up his second Dash 4 Cash win of the season Saturday at Dover International Speedway, topping an eligible field that also included his teammate, Daniel Suarez, Richard Childress Racing‘s Ty Dillon and JR Motorsports’ Justin Allgaier.
Oh, by the way, he won the Ollie’s Bargain Outlet 200 race outright, to boot.
By virtue of his two Dash 4 Cash wins (the other came in April at Bristol, a race he also won) along with two said race victories, Jones now sits atop the XFINITY Series Chase Grid with three wins. He’s fifth overall in the points standings and would be higher had he not wrecked from the pole in the Dash 4 Cash race last month at Richmond.
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“It’s pretty cool to get another win here … at Dover and another Dash 4 Cash race,” Jones said. “I wouldn’t say (the new format plays to my strengths), I’d say that it’s more the tracks; that they’re at tracks that I’ve had historically good runs at. They just kind of work out that way. …
“I think our ability to adjust and maintain and get better throughout the day and throughout the race is just one of the best in the garage, and having the opportunity to do it after the heat race just gives us that little bit of an edge.”
With three Dash 4 Cash races in the books, only Saturday’s Heat 2 winner, Dillon (winner of the second event at Richmond), still has a shot at earning a Chase berth by acquiring a pair of D4C wins. The RCR driver finished fifth, while Heat 1 winner Allgaier landed a spot ahead in fourth. Suarez was ninth.
Drivers will have one last chance at the $100,000 check on July 23 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the Lilly Diabetes 250 (3:30 p.m. ET, NBCSN).
Jones is just hoping he’s allowed to spend some of his Bristol winnings by then.
“I’m still waiting to get my cut of the last check,” the JGR driver said. “I haven’t gotten a chance to spend any of it yet.”
While the 19-year-old isn’t quite sure how he’ll splurge yet, don’t expect any exotic pet monkeys a la Tony Stewart coming his way.
“It’s hard to say. I’m not one to buy too many extravagant things, I guess,” Jones said. “You never know. Maybe I’ll find something I come across that I may want. I guess we’ll see when that day comes around.”