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Blake Jones

{{short description|American racing driver (born 1997)}}

{{About|the stock car racing driver|the neighborhood in Riverdale, Toronto|Blake-Jones}}

{{infobox NASCAR driver

| name = Blake Jones

| image =

| caption =

| birth_name = Blake C. Jones

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|1|12}}

| birth_place = Sevierville, Tennessee, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| death_cause =

| height =

| weight =

| achievements = Youngest winner ever at Talladega Superspeedway (18)

| awards =

| Total_Cup_Races = 5

| Years_In_Cup = 2

| Cup_Car_Team =

| Prev_Cup_Pos = 38th

| Prev_Cup_Year = 2019

| Best_Cup_Pos = 38th (2019)

| First_Cup_Race = 2018 Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 (Loudon)

| Last_Cup_Race = 2019 1000Bulbs.com 500 (Talladega)

| First_Cup_Win =

| Last_Cup_Win =

| Cup_Wins = 0

| Cup_Top_Tens = 0

| Cup_Poles = 0

| Total_Busch_Races = 5

| Years_In_Busch = 2

| Prev_Busch_Pos = 105th

| Prev_Busch_Year = 2018

| Best_Busch_Pos = 77th (2016)

| First_Busch_Race = 2016 VisitMyrtleBeach.com 300 (Kentucky)

| Last_Busch_Race = 2018 Alsco 300 (Kentucky)

| First_Busch_Win =

| Last_Busch_Win =

| Busch_Wins = 0

| Busch_Top_Tens = 0

| Busch_Poles = 0

| updated = November 17, 2019

}}

Blake C. Jones (born January 12, 1997) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 77 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Spire Motorsports.

Racing career

=Monster Energy Cup Series=

In July 2018, Jones made his Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series debut at Loudon, where he drove the No. 23 Toyota Camry for BK Racing. He finished 33rd.{{cite web |url=https://www.timesnews.net/Motor-Sports/2018/07/17/Jones-to-make-Cup-Series-debut-this-weekend|title=Jones to make Cup debut this weekend|last=Birchfield |first=Jeff |date=July 17, 2018 }}

On September 29, 2019, Jones was announced to drive the Spire Motorsports No. 77 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 at the October Talladega race.{{cite web |url=https://www.jayski.com/2019/09/29/blake-jones-to-run-cup-race-at-talladega-for-spire-motorsports/ |title=Blake Jones to run Cup race at Talladega for Spire Motorsports |first=Scott |last=Page |website=Jayski's Silly Season Site |publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. |date=September 29, 2019 |access-date=September 29, 2019}}

=NASCAR Xfinity Series=

Jones made his NASCAR debut in 2016, driving the No. 15 Ford Mustang GT for B. J. McLeod Motorsports. This was his only race in the season.{{cite web |url=https://www.blakejonesracing.com/2016/09/19/blake-jones-to-make-nascar-xfinity-series-debut-at-kentucky-speedway/ |title=Blake Jones To Make NASCAR XFINITY Series Debut At Kentucky Speedway |first=Jordan |last=Wells |website=Blake Jones Racing |date=September 19, 2016 |access-date=September 29, 2019 |archive-date=September 29, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190929140011/https://www.blakejonesracing.com/2016/09/19/blake-jones-to-make-nascar-xfinity-series-debut-at-kentucky-speedway/ |url-status=dead }}

In 2018, Jones returned to NASCAR with B. J. McLeod Motorsports.{{cite web |url=https://www.knoxnews.com/story/sports/local/2018/06/28/sevierville-blake-jones-transitions-moonshine-job-nascar-racing-distillery-pigeon-forge/741389002/|title=Sevierville's Blake Jones shifts from head moonshine distiller to full-time NASCAR driver|last=Curtis |first=Michael |date=June 28, 2018 }} He participated in four races, with a best finish of 24th at Chicagoland.{{cite web |url=http://www.themountainpress.com/sports/jones-survives-heat-finishes-th-at-chicagoland/article_c97f83cb-29b3-5d74-96dd-77fbc32a920f.html |title=Jones survives heat, finishes 24th at Chicagoland |last=Mayberry |first=Wes |date=July 5, 2018 }}{{Dead link|date=October 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Motorsports career results

=NASCAR=

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

==Cup Series==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"
colspan=45| Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series results
Year

! Team

! No.

! Make

! 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

! {{Tooltip|MENCC|Monster Energy NASCAR Cup classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

2018

! BK Racing

! 23

! Toyota

| DAY

| ATL

| LVS

| PHO

| CAL

| MAR

| TEX

| BRI

| RCH

| TAL

| DOV

| KAN

| CLT

| POC

| MCH

| SON

| CHI

| DAY

| KEN

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NHA
33

| POC

| GLN

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MCH
30

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRI
27

| DAR

| IND

| LVS

| RCH

| CLT

| DOV

| TAL

| KAN

| MAR

| TEX

| PHO

| HOM

! 40th

! 21

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/jonesbl01/2018/W|title=Blake Jones – 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=November 26, 2018}}

2019

! Spire Motorsports

! 77

! Chevy

| DAY

| ATL

| LVS

| PHO

| CAL

| MAR

| TEX

| BRI

| RCH

| TAL

| DOV

| KAN

| CLT

| POC

| MCH

| SON

| CHI

| DAY

| KEN

| NHA

| POC

| GLN

| MCH

| BRI

| DAR

| IND

| LVS

| RCH

| CLT

| DOV

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| TAL
31

| KAN

| MAR

| TEX

| PHO

| HOM

! 38th

! 6

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/jonesbl01/2019/W|title=Blake Jones – 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=November 18, 2019}}

==Xfinity Series==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"

! colspan=42| NASCAR Xfinity Series results

Year

! Team

! No.

! Make

! 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

! {{Tooltip|NXSC|NASCAR Xfinity Series classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

2016

! B. J. McLeod Motorsports

! 15

! Ford

| DAY

| ATL

| LVS

| PHO

| CAL

| TEX

| BRI

| RCH

| TAL

| DOV

| CLT

| POC

| MCH

| IOW

| DAY

| KEN

| NHA

| IND

| IOW

| GLN

| MOH

| BRI

| ROA

| DAR

| RCH

| CHI

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| KEN
35

| DOV

| CLT

| KAN

| TEX

| PHO

| HOM

! 77th

! 6

! {{cite web|url=http://racing-reference.info/drivdet/jonesbl01/2016/B|title=Blake Jones – 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=July 18, 2018}}

rowspan=3| 2018

! rowspan=3| B. J. McLeod Motorsports

! 8

! Chevy

| DAY

| ATL

| LVS

| PHO

| CAL

| TEX

| BRI

| RCH

| TAL

| DOV

| CLT

| POC

| MCH

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| IOW
27

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CHI
24

| colspan=18|

! rowspan=3| 105th

! rowspan=3| 01

! rowspan=3| {{cite web|url=http://racing-reference.info/drivdet/jonesbl01/2018/B|title=Blake Jones – 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=July 18, 2018}}

rowspan=2| 78

! Toyota

| colspan=15|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY
37

| colspan=17|

Chevy

| colspan=16|

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| KEN
25

| NHA

| IOW

| GLN

| MOH

| BRI

| ROA

| DAR

| IND

| LVS

| RCH

| CLT

| DOV

| KAN

| TEX

| PHO

| HOM

==K&N Pro Series East==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"
colspan=45| NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
Year

! Team

! No.

! Make

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! {{Tooltip|NKNPSEC|NASCAR K&N Pro Series East classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

2012

! rowspan=2| Teddy Jones Racing

! rowspan=2| 80

! rowspan=2| Chevy

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRI
29

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GRE
23

| RCH

| IOW

| BGS

| JFC

| LGY

| CNB

| COL

| IOW

| NHA

| DOV

| GRE

| CAR

! 54th

! 36

! {{cite web|url=http://racing-reference.info/drivdet/jonesbl01/2012/E|title=Blake Jones – 2012 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=July 18, 2018}}

2013

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRI
36

| GRE

| FIF

| RCH

| BGS

| IOW

| LGY

| COL

| IOW

| VIR

| GRE

| NHA

| DOV

| RAL

! 77th

! 8

! {{cite web|url=http://racing-reference.info/drivdet/jonesbl01/2013/E|title=Blake Jones – 2013 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=July 18, 2018}}

=ARCA Menards Series=

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"
colspan=45| ARCA Racing Series results
Year

! Team

! No.

! Make

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! 17

! 18

! 19

! 20

! {{Tooltip|ARSC|ARCA Racing Series classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

rowspan=3| 2015

! Cunningham Motorsports

! 22

! Dodge

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAY
17

| MOB

| NSH

| SLM

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| TAL
1

| TOL

| NJE

| POC

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MCH
15

| CHI

| WIN

| colspan=9|

! rowspan=3| 27th

! rowspan=3| 1055

! rowspan=3| {{cite web|url=http://racing-reference.info/drivdet/jonesbl01/2015/A|title=Blake Jones – 2015 ARCA Racing Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=July 18, 2018}}

rowspan=2| Lira Motorsports

! 38

! rowspan=2| Ford

| colspan=11|

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| IOW
7

| IRP

| POC

| colspan=6|

58

| colspan=14|

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| BLN
8

| ISF

| DSF

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SLM
19

| KEN

| KAN

2016

! Cunningham Motorsports

! 22

! Dodge

| DAY

| NSH

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SLM
5

| TAL

| TOL

| NJE

| POC

| MCH

| MAD

| WIN

| IOW

| IRP

| POC

| BLN

| ISF

| DSF

| SLM

| CHI

| KEN

| KAN

! 91st

! 205

! {{cite web|url=http://racing-reference.info/drivdet/jonesbl01/2016/A|title=Blake Jones – 2016 ARCA Racing Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=July 18, 2018}}

{{sup|*}} Season still in progress

{{sup|1}} Ineligible for series points

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • {{Racing-Reference driver|Blake_Jones}}

{{Spire Motorsports}}

{{B. J. McLeod Motorsports}}

{{BK Racing}}

{{Lira Motorsports}}

{{Cunningham Motorsports}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Blake}}

Category:Living people

Category:1997 births

Category:NASCAR drivers

Category:Racing drivers from Tennessee

Category:People from Sevierville, Tennessee