The Legacy Motor Membership Toyota driver was initially launched from the infield care centre following a multi-car wreck late within the race ultimately won by Tyler Reddick, however returned on his personal complaining of again ache.
He was ultimately transported to a neighborhood hospital and diagnosed with a compression fracture, forcing him to sit down out this week’s race at Dover.
“To be trustworthy proper now, I’m feeling fairly good,” Jones stated on Saturday at Dover.
“As a driver, most likely any driver, they need to simply hop again in. I’d like to say that I may get again in and do it proper now.
“Is that attainable? I don’t know.
“I don’t understand how I would really really feel within the automotive, particularly a spot like Dover.
“I get fairly sore at night time and once I’m not shifting round. My vary of movement is a bit restricted proper now, however the soreness has light away.
“It was fairly unhealthy earlier within the week, and I used to be simply resting. By yesterday and as we speak, I’m feeling higher and higher.”
Erik Jones, LEGACY MOTOR CLUB, Greenback Tree Toyota Camry and Ricky Stenhouse Jr, JTG Daugherty Racing, Kroger/NOS Vitality Drink Chevrolet Camaro
Photograph by: Rusty Jarrett / NKP / Motorsport Images
Truck Collection common Corey Heim is filling in for Jones in LMC’s #43 entry this weekend and can doubtless accomplish that once more subsequent week at Kansas if Jones continues to sit down out. After that, the plan is “week to week.”
With simply over 30 laps remaining at Talladega, a push into the nook involving John Hunter Nemechek and Bubba Wallace unsettled the group of Toyotas that had pitted collectively earlier. The bump from behind began a chain-reaction crash that hooked Jones’s automotive head-on into the skin wall.
The wreck collected 4 of the seven Toyotas within the group, knocking Jones, Wallace, Nemechek and Denny Hamlin all out of rivalry.
Reflecting on an impression he described as almost 70gs, Jones stated: “It damage once I crashed.
“I’ve by no means damaged a bone in my life, so I didn’t even know what that might really feel like. I bought out of the automotive alone and I used to be feeling higher. Clearly, adrenaline goes, and I’m pumped up nonetheless.
“Received to the care centre, informed them what was fallacious, my again was hurting. They usually poked and prodded throughout me as they usually do. And I stated the whole lot felt okay. And I informed them a number of instances, it was feeling similar to muscle pressure to me.”
As soon as Jones bought again to his bus and adjusted, he realised there could be one thing fallacious earlier than going to hospital.
Nevertheless the 27-year-old believes his damage “may have been lots worse” and credited the protection of the Subsequent Gen automotive.
“NASCAR has gotten a few of a foul rap this week,” he stated.
Erik Jones, LEGACY MOTOR CLUB, Household Greenback Toyota Camry
Photograph by: Nigel Kinrade / NKP / Motorsport Images
“The Subsequent Gen automotive will get a foul rap. And on the finish of the day, I believe the automotive did its job.
“So far as coming again, I believe it’s week-to-week.
“My damage is fortuitously on the gentle aspect, so we’ll simply must see how it’s therapeutic up, how I’m feeling – once more, I’m feeling higher and higher day-after-day.
“I’ve an appointment subsequent week, and sort of will decide from there.”