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WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. — Furniture Row Racing has called a press conference for 10 a.m. ET on Sunday morning in Watkins Glen, N.Y., where it is set to name reigning NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion Erik Jones to drive a second car for the Denver team in 2017. Multiple sources confirm Jones will drive the No. 77 Toyota with 5-hour Energy sponsorship on its hood for 22 races in 2017.
The press conference will be live-streamed on NASCAR.com.
Jones has three victories in the XFINITY series this year and is ranked eighth in the points standings after finishing 12th in Saturday’s race.
He made three Sprint Cup Series starts in 2015 driving for Joe Gibbs Racing — two times filling in for Matt Kenseth who was serving a two-race suspension and once for Kyle Busch who was healing from injury. His best finish was 12th at Texas Motor Speedway driving Kenseth’s car.
The addition of Jones expands the Denver-based FRR team to two cars. Its lead driver Martin Truex Jr. announced a two-year contract extension Friday that will keep him with the team through 2019.
On Friday, FRR President Joe Garone did not confirm the addition of a second car, but said the team was moving in that direction and added that if they could get it all pulled together the second car would come on board in 2017.