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Arestaurant in Davidson, North Carolina, as their meetup location. Over nearly two years, they’ve established a close-knit relationship, with Kenseth even attending Jones’ surprise birthday party in late May.Friesen was competing in a Super DIRTcar Series race at Autodrome Drummond in Drummondville, Quebec, Canada, when his No. 44 car jumped the cushion at the end of the backstretch.

This paragraph has been indented twice with the indent tool in the WP editor. The car tipped onto its right side and hit the end of the outside retaining wall, launching the car into a flip, the vehicle barrel-rolling over the barrier multiple times before erupting into flames. Friesen’s car nearly came to a rest on its roof, but was struck by an oncoming competitor who was unable to avoid the wreckage.

The series reported via social media that Friesen was alert and communicating with officials and EMT on site before safety officials aided Friesen from the car. He was then transported to an area hospital for further evaluation.

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This paragraph has been indented twice with the indent tool in the WP editor. The car tipped onto its right side and hit the end of the outside retaining wall, launching the car into a flip, the vehicle barrel-rolling over the barrier multiple times before erupting into flames. Friesen’s car nearly came to a rest on its roof, but was struck by an oncoming competitor who was unable to avoid the wreckage.

The series reported via social media that Friesen was alert and communicating with officials and EMT on site before safety officials aided Friesen from the car. He was then transported to an area hospital for further evaluation.

“Erik and I have always gotten along, but we never really knew each other at a high level at all,” Kenseth told NASCAR.com. “It was somewhat interesting because when I left Gibbs, they decided not to bring me back. I wholeheartedly wanted to be back for another year or two before I retired, and they replaced me with Erik, which makes it kind of interesting. The same thing happened with him.

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“I think he had a lot of apprehension because he didn’t know me that well, and he took over that car when I wasn’t there.”

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“I think he had a lot of apprehension because he didn’t know me that well, and he took over that car when I wasn’t there.”

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“I think he had a lot of apprehension because he didn’t know me that well, and he took over that car when I wasn’t there.”

• During Jones’ rookie campaign in 2017,
• when his services were loaned to Furniture Row Racing,
• he occasionally interacted with Kenseth as quasi-teammates.
• Jones was also Kenseth’s fill-in driver late in 2015 when the 39-time Cup winner was suspended for deliberately wrecking Joey Logano — another former No. 20 car driver — at Martinsville Speedway.

Kenseth believes Jones was a bit anxious

1. when they first met for lunch, unsure of how the situation would unfold.
2. Jones, a fellow Midwesterner like Kenseth, admits replacing a former champion at
3. JGR made it tough to connect.
4. At the same time,
5. Kenseth never feared a younger driver in a

Manufacturer’s system as he always believed in his own ability. Still, JGR opted to go in a new direction after Jones took the Craftsman Truck Series and Xfinity Series by storm, collecting 16 victories, including the 2015 Truck championship with Kyle Busch Motorsports.

“Matt knew that he was the guy that was going to be out in that situation and ended up moving to make room for myself coming up through there,” Jones said. “That made it harder to build a relationship. I don’t know that there was any animosity from him towards me, and obviously, there was none from me to him. But when you’re getting replaced, it’s never an easy situation.”

I am a Small Paragraph system as he always believed in his own ability. Still, JGR opted to go in a new direction after Jones took the Craftsman Truck Series and Xfinity Series by storm, collecting 16 victories, including the 2015 Truck championship with Kyle Busch Motorsports.

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There was no angst from Kenseth

I’ve been around it for a long time, and the owners and other people make those decisions It’s not like the driver did it, or he was the owner and let me go.

“To be fair, Erik was Toyota’s guy at the time. He was Kyle’s [Busch] guy, Coach’s [Joe Gibbs] guy and was running really well and having a ton of success. I wasn’t exactly a spring chicken, so if you look at it, objectively, you can’t really blame anyone for that.”

Aside from lunch, Jones can’t recall exactly how the duo struck up a friendship. While befriending each other, it became apparent they had interchangeable personalities.

“I see a lot of my younger self in Erik, for sure,” Kenseth added. “He’s not nearly as funny, but other than that, there are a lot of similarities. There are certainly a lot of differences, too, but there are a lot of similarities, which helps me with him because I see a lot of things where I feel like I’ve learned from in the past: good, bad or indifferent.

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“Same thing with John Hunter [Nemechek]. I can say certain things or act certain ways that I can sympathize with what they are saying, but I can also live through a lot of it and help them from making the same mistakes, wrong judgments or whatever that I did.”

Away from the track, Kenseth has turned Jones into a fitness guru. Jones doesn’t think he will ever get to Kenseth’s level as he’s an avid long-distance runner, having competed in several marathons. Their longest run together is roughly four miles.

With guidance from Kenseth, Jones aims to continue improving his health through regular gym visits. Mentally, he’s found it helpful in getting through certain races.

“I think I’m in the best shape I’ve been in through racing,” Jones said. “Thirty-six to 38 races per year is hard on your body. When you’re 20 years old, it’s easy to hop in a car and go and feel good about everything. When you’re on the backside of 20, it’s not as easy to recover, not as easy to get through some of these days.

“That’s the biggest thing for me, just feeling better the day after these days and recovering faster has been the biggest bonus.”