Erik Jones has already enjoyed an eventful week after signing a full-time deal to compete in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series with Furnitire Row Racing in 2017.
Despite having a Xfinity Series standalone event to prepare for this weekend at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car course, the reigning Truck Series champion and current NXS top seed has decided to run the CRA Super Late Model race at Kalamazoo Speedway …
And naturally, he set fast time.
Jones paced the 3/8-mile Michigan short track with a 12.723 lap with his No. 20 Toyota branded Super Late Model. It was enough to pace the 19-car field that also includes some of the most notable names in Midwestern Late Model racing.
Jones has won in both of his CRA starts this season — at the Battle at Berlin 251 and the Circle City 100 at Lucas Oil Raceway in Indiana. Cody Coughlin entered the event with a 15-point championship lead over Dalton Armstrong and they will start seventh and fifth respectively.
The 125-lap feature is the prelude to the Outlaw Late Model Kalamazoo Klash which will main event the night with a 125-lap feature. The complete qualifying results from the CRA race can be found below.
The event does have a live Pay-Per-View broadcast via Speed51’s 51TV service. It can be purchased via this link.
1 20 Erik Jones 12.732
2 10 Steve Dorer 12.820
3 71 Johnny VanDoorn 12.845
4 28 Grant Quinlan 12.857
5 4 Dalton Armstrong 12.874
6 47 Brian Campbell 12.884
7 1 Cody Coughlin 12.961
8 37 Jordan Dahlke 12.962
9 131 Chris Koslek 13.005
10 67 Ben Welch 13.025
11 7 Wes Griffith Jr 13.104
12 04 Phil Bozell 13.147
13 9 Jason Timmerman 13.157
14 12 Tim DeVos 13.175
15 4H Buddy Head 13.204
16 27 Ken Wobma 13.493
17 56 Jerry Andrews 13.503
18 21 David Simpson 13.508
19 72 Thomas Woodin No Time
Matt Weaver is the owner and founder of Short Track Scene. Weaver grew up in the sport, having raced himself before becoming a reporter in college at the University of South Alabama. He also has extensive experience covering NASCAR, IndyCar and Dirt Sprint Cars.