FRR to Add Second Car with Erik Jones

Share: Furniture Row Racing announced today that it will field a second team in 2017 with Erik Jones driving the No. 77 Toyota Camry in the NASCAR Cup Series. 5-hour ENERGY will be the primary sponsor on Jones’ Camry for 22 races, launching the Cup Series rookie campaign for the 20-year-old driver. Jones, a native of Byron, Mich., won the 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver’s championship and moved to the NASCAR XFINITY Series in 2016 where he currently has three wins piloting a Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing. “I just can’t believe this is really happening,” said Jones, who will run the full Cup schedule in 2017. “We have been talking about Cup racing for a while, but to actually make the announcement is surreal. This is every young driver’s dream, to be with a manufacturer like Toyota, an organization like Furniture Row with its successful technical alliance with Joe Gibbs Racing, and an incredible sponsor like 5-hour ENERGY who is so well known for promoting its racing program. They have given me a life-changing opportunity and my mission is to make each of them proud.” The colors of the Farmington Hills, Michigan-based 5-hour ENERGY will also adorn Martin Truex Jr.’s Furniture Row Racing No. 78 Camry for two races, including the 2017 NASCAR All-Star race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. “We take our NASCAR sponsorship very seriously as this is a major financial commitment, so we looked at several options for the …

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