DARLINGTON, S.C. — Erik Jones is back in a Cup car this weekend at Darlington Raceway after he sat out last week’s race despite being cleared to compete. Jones suffered a compression fracture in a lower vertebrae in an April 21 crash at Talladega Superspeedway. He sat out the following weekend at Dover and was cleared to run at Kansas but did not.

Erik Jones gives a health update on how he feels now three weeks after a wreck at Talladega left him with an injured back.

Legacy Motor Club driver Erik Jones, who missed two races due to a back injury, has made significant changes in his #43 Toyota Camry on his return at Darlington Raceway this weekend.

DARLINGTON, S.C. — Discretion was the better part of valor for Erik Jones, who sat out last Sunday‘s NASCAR Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway despite having been cleared to compete. Jones suffered a compression fracture of a lower vertebra in a violent collision with the outside wall during a multicar accident April 21 at

After sitting out two weeks with a broken lower vertebra, Erik Jones is back in the Legacy Motor Club No. 43 Toyota Camry but he has actually been cleared to compete for two weeks now. The decision was made last week to keep Corey Heim in the car for a second race,