DARLINGTON, S.C. — Erik Jones is back in a Cup car this weekend at Darlington Raceway after he sat out last week’s race despite being cleared to compete. Jones suffered a compression fracture in a lower vertebrae in an April 21 crash at Talladega Superspeedway. He sat out the following weekend at Dover and was cleared to run at Kansas but did not.

Legacy Motor Club driver Erik Jones, who missed two races due to a back injury, has made significant changes in his #43 Toyota Camry on his return at Darlington Raceway this weekend.

DARLINGTON, S.C. — Discretion was the better part of valor for Erik Jones, who sat out last Sunday‘s NASCAR Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway despite having been cleared to compete. Jones suffered a compression fracture of a lower vertebra in a violent collision with the outside wall during a multicar accident April 21 at