Brandon Jones may not know where he’ll stand after Homestead, but he does know he’ll be back in the No. 33 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet next season, thanks to a deal for 2017 that was announced on Tuesday.
Jones told the NASCAR Wire Service that getting his situation squared away for next season is a major weight off his shoulders.
“I’m tickled to death,” Jones said. “All smiles for me these couple of weeks here. I knew we’ve been negotiating with RCR again for ’17, and they’ve really been stepping their program up.”
It also allows a worry-free approach to the inaugural NASCAR XFINITY Series Chase.
“You kind of relax a little bit,” Jones said. “You don’t have to worry so much about being so perfect and everything like that. “I think these top 10s, we just wear those out for this first round (of the Chase), get inside that top five a little bit, and it’s easily going to transfer.
“Then we’re going to start looking at taking some chances on pit road and trying to get a win or get something pretty crazy or something like that. We’re going to get better for sure, but that’s what it’s going to take to get inside that top four for Homestead.”
Source: Reid Spencer / NASCAR Wire Service
