from a Toyota Racing transcript, Erik Jones, who will run the #18 Toyota at Kansas in the Sprint Cup Series race, was asked a few questions about his first Cup start:
Q) What will your expectations be for the NSCS race at Kansas in the #18 Camry?
Jones: “For me, it’s really all seat time and experience. I think keeping our expectations realistic is a pretty big thing for us. If we can go run top-15, I’d feel like that would be a pretty big win for us. It’s a big step. We’ve talked a lot about it. I’ve talked with Adam Stevens (18 crew chief) a lot about it and kind of what the jump is and talked to Kyle (Busch) about it. It’s not going to be an easy step for anybody, but I really believe we can go run top-15 and if we can do that, I think that would be a good day.”
Q) Have you had any discussion of the conflict weekends in June with the NCWTS schedule?
Jones: “No, I haven’t. For right now, Kansas is the only race I’ve got in the 18 so beyond that I honestly don’t know. Sure, I’d love to run it again. I think it would be fun, but we’ll really just have to see how things go. I’m just going to run Kansas, do my deal there, do the best I can and see what happens.”
Q) Is Joe Gibbs Racing only telling you about racing Kansas and not beyond?
Jones: “Honestly, just Kansas at this point, that’s all I heard. I’ve seen it too and I saw it 20 minutes ago where it says, “Until he (Kyle Busch) returns.’ Honestly, Kansas is the only one I know of right now.”(Toyota Racing)(5-4-2015)
