Erik Jones and Daniel Suárez took the XFINITY Series by storm in 2016 as Joe Gibbs Racing teammates. Now they're moving up to the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series along with Ty Dillon in an impressive Sunoco 2017 Rookie of the Year class.
Dillon got a lot of premier series seat time in
2016 as he helped fill in for injured Tony Stewart,
drove one race for Tommy Baldwin Racing
and ran sixtimes in Leavine Family
Racing's No. 95 Chevrolet.
2016 as he helped fill in for injured Tony Stewart,
drove one race for Tommy Baldwin Racing
and ran sixtimes in Leavine Family
Racing's No. 95 Chevrolet.
So far his best finish in a Monster Energy
NASCAR Cup Series event is
14th at Michigan in 2015.
NASCAR Cup Series event is
14th at Michigan in 2015.

The 2016 XFINITY Series champion, Daniel Suárez broke through for his first victory in 2016 (soon making it three wins), becoming the first Latin American driver to win a NASCAR national series event. Next goal: First Latin American driver to win a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series event. He is racing the No. 19 Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing.
So how did these Sunoco ROY candidates fare in yesterday's, "Great American Race?"
Not so well:
- 29th-Daniel Suárez / Lap 141
- 30th-Ty Dillon / Lap 140
- 39th-Erik Jones / Lap 103
All three had their race shortened due to an accident. They should not feel too bad, twelve non-rookies also crashed out. It was a very tough race for all drivers. In the 2016 Daytona 500, only four drivers were sideline due to crashes.
Working on damage. pic.twitter.com/9xlA5GlONh— Daniel Suárez (@Daniel_SuarezG) February 26, 2017
"It's hard to tell what really happened. The @Hisense_USA #camry was good, just wish we could have made it to the end." - @erik_jones pic.twitter.com/nchbTHH35c— Joe Gibbs Racing (@JoeGibbsRacing) February 25, 2017
Rough ending to our #Daytona500 my @GermainRacing team worked really hard this week I'm pumped for the rest of the journey, on to Atlanta!— Ty Dillon (@tydillon) February 27, 2017
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