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Erik Jones won Sunday’s Busch Clash at Daytona International Speedway but on Wednesday he was back to meeting with members of the media about the upcoming season.<\/p>\n
Set to start his fourth season at the NASCAR Cup Series level, the 23-year-old Jones is entering his third season at Joe Gibbs Racing. He is hoping to remain in the seat of the No. 20 Toyota beyond the 2020 season.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have no intention of leaving my role there,\u201d Jones said during Daytona 500 media day. \u201cI\u2019d love to continue that. But it is definitely a crazy year. There\u2019s a lot of things happening. There\u2019s a lot of things in motion, I guess, already probably for people, not really for me. I\u2019m excited to see. The pressure is on myself from within, right? There\u2019s no pressure from the outside, in my opinion. It\u2019s pressure from me trying to perform.”<\/p>\n
Last year Jones earned his second Cup Series win in the Southern 500 and was awarded shortly after with a new contract with JGR on Sept. 6 keeping the teams stable of Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin, Martin Truex and Jones intact for the 2020 season.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt this point in the year, you don\u2019t know. It\u2019s too early,\u201d Jones said. \u201cLast year, I would say by May, June, I felt pretty confident in coming back, what we had going on. You just can\u2019t really get it out there yet. I think for me, you always kind of know what you got going.<\/p>\n
\u201d \u2026 For me, yeah, I mean, you do what\u2019s right for you. I think for me, that\u2019s staying with JGR.\u201d<\/p>\n
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