AVONDALE, ARIZONA - MARCH 09: Erik Jones, driver of the #43 Family Dollar Toyota, walks the grid during qualifying for the NASCAR Cup Series Shriners Children's 500 at Phoenix Raceway on March 09, 2024 in Avondale, Arizona. (Photo by Meg Oliphant/Getty Images) | Getty Images
AVONDALE, ARIZONA - MARCH 09: Erik Jones, driver of the #43 Family Dollar Toyota, walks the grid during qualifying for the NASCAR Cup Series Shriners Children's 500 at Phoenix Raceway on March 09, 2024 in Avondale, Arizona. (Photo by Meg Oliphant/Getty Images) | Getty Images

Erik Jones says he’s ‘pretty much 100%’ again

Erik Jones describes his health as “pretty much 100%” two months after suffering a compression fracture of a lower vertebra in his back at Talladega Superspeedway.

“I feel good,” Jones said at Iowa Speedway. “There’s still some occasional pain here and there, but it’s nothing a lot different than what I had before with racing. So, I feel good and am doing normal stuff.

“I ran a late model again (before Iowa). Everything has been feeling pretty good.”

Jones was injured during a frontal impact in Turn 3 when his Legacy Motor Club Toyota Camry was hit from behind in a bump draft accordion gone wrong. The seven-car Toyota teammate draft with 33 laps to go was set to leapfrog the field on strategy before the incident.

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