NEWTON, Iowa — Erik Jones led for 131 of 200 laps and won the NASCAR Trucks series race in Iowa on Friday night, giving Kyle Busch Motorsports its seventh win in nine races this season.
It’s the second career win for the 18-year-old Jones and the sixth victory of 2014 for the No. 51 truck — with five of those coming with Busch behind the wheel.
Ryan Blaney was second, followed by Matt Crafton, Joey Coulter and German Quiroga Jr.
Crafton took the points lead from Johnny Sauter by finishing third.
Jones was the youngest winner in series history last season in Phoenix. He held off the 20-year-old Blaney for another victory in his ninth career race.
Blaney thought he could catch Jones in traffic, and the two trucks nearly spun each other while tangling by the start-finish line. But Jones held off Blaney’s best push, bucking a five-race trend in which the driver who led the majority of the race at Iowa didn’t end up winning it.
Despite the loss, Blaney moved within two points of Crafton for the points lead.
