Conner Jones (born February 22, 2006) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series and

ARCA Menards Series East The ARCA Menards Series East (formerly Busch East Series, Busch North Series, Camping World East Series, and NASCAR K&N Pro Series East) is a regional stock car racing series owned and operated by the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) and ...

, driving the Nos. 15/55 Toyota Camrys for Venturini Motorsports.

Racing career

Jones would start racing at five years old, driving in

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. In 2017, he would win the Bandolero Bandit Virginia state championship. In 2018, he made his debut in Legends car racing, and would get his first career win at Dominion Raceway. He drove in the INEX Virginia State Young Lions full-time in 2019, where he won the championship with six wins, twelve second-place finishes, and two third-place finishes. He made his debut in late model racing that year, finishing third in his first ever late model start at Hickory Motor Speedway.

NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series

Jones drove in the

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in 2020, primarily racing at Hickory Motor Speedway and Dominion Raceway. He would rank eleventh at Hickory, and thirteenth at Dominion.

CARS Late Model Stock Tour

Jones would run the full CARS Late Model Stock Tour season in 2021, driving for various team. GMS Racing would sign him for one race at Caraway Speedway and

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would sign him for four races. He would end up eleventh in point standings, getting three top tens.

ARCA Menards Series East

On May 1, 2021, Jones signed with GMS Racing to drive at the Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway in the

. He started eighth and would finish in fourth, getting his best career East series finish. He would sign with Cook-Finley Racing later that season, for two races. He finished twenty-first at Iowa Speedway and tenth at Bristol Motor Speedway. On January 5, 2022, Jones would sign with Venturini Motorsports, to run a partial schedule in the ARCA Menards Series and

ARCA Menards Series

Jones drove for two races in the

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, running the race's paired event with the East series, at Iowa Speedway and Bristol Motor Speedway. He finished twenty-first and tenth.

ARCA Menards Series West

Jones made his ARCA Menards Series West debut for

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at Phoenix Raceway, the season finale race. He started eighteenth and would finish nineteenth.

Motorsports career results

ARCA Menards Series

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) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Menards Series East

ARCA Menards Series West

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