Erik Jones's Speed Hasn't Really Improved Even If Legacy Motor Club's Speed Has
Source: Racing Reference

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May 25, 2025
Erik Jones has been hard to figure out lately. Although his Legacy Motor Club team seems to be faster this year than in previous years and he finally got his first top five at a non-drafting oval in a year and a half at Kansas, he doesn't seem much faster than he was last year while John Hunter Nemechek has had a bit of an uptick in speed, as evidenced by Nemechek qualifying 6th to Jones's 27th. While that obviously makes Jones a better DFS choice than Nemechek, he no longer seems like the surefire threat on 1.5-mile tracks that he looked like in 2022. Even considering that, Jones has only ever placed in the top ten once on his debut in 2017, so this isn't one of his best tracks even as an intermediate specialist. Although it seems likely he'll finish better than he starts, there's not enough value there for DFS play.--Sean Wrona - RotoBaller
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