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Surprising NASCAR Silly Season Signing | Erik Jones Injury Update

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. signs a surprising new contract. Legacy Motor Club provides an update on Erik Jones' status.

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30 comments

@JackCallSports May 2, 2024 at 8:29 pm

Hope Erik isn’t rushing it back
And beyond surprised Ricky is staying

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@chasebriscoefan14 May 2, 2024 at 8:30 pm

I was shocked to hear the news

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@codileger4876 May 2, 2024 at 8:32 pm

What worries me with wanting to sit him is that yes he is cleared but there is something being kept out of limelight. Regardless glad to hear that it doesn’t seem too bad if he was able to come back within 3 weeks

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@billyt9987 May 2, 2024 at 8:44 pm

It does my heart good to see Noah Gragson kicking some butt. While “Loser Motor Club” hasn’t done much of anything. It pains me to see Erik Jones driving for that Shitshow of a organization. The way they did Noah. Should make anyone involved with “Loser Motor Club” feel a little uneasy about their future employment.

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@slackhammer4467 May 2, 2024 at 8:49 pm

I thought Noah resigned after nascar suspension

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@johnhaas2523 May 2, 2024 at 9:03 pm

​@@slackhammer4467 He did ask for his release

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@tomfuchary May 2, 2024 at 9:22 pm

Loser Motor Club? That’s not clever, that’s something a child would say… grow up, little billy.

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@COCarDude May 2, 2024 at 9:52 pm

​@@tomfucharyit may be immature, but he’s not wrong.

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@smokeybandit9760 May 2, 2024 at 9:53 pm

@@tomfuchary Poverty Motor Club is a bit more clever than Loser Motor Club

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@bearmarsh6579 May 2, 2024 at 8:53 pm

Congrats…Ricky Stenhouse Jr and JTG Daugherty Racing.

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@yuckfuzi May 2, 2024 at 9:58 pm

Congrats I see more spinning in their Future

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@user-bf5ct2cn9i May 2, 2024 at 10:27 pm

Hope they switch to Toyota

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@858Bill May 2, 2024 at 9:01 pm

At first I thought you were saying “Jody Scheckter” and I was thinking “What does an ex Formula 1 champion from South Africa have to do with a NASCAR team?”

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@spheredhawk6780 May 2, 2024 at 9:02 pm

Ricky Stenhouse definitely knows something that we don’t.

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@BraydenBunch58 May 2, 2024 at 9:16 pm

Ricky Stenhouse Jr In The #88 For Daughtery-Earnhardt Motorsports 😛

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@parker838 May 2, 2024 at 9:16 pm

I’d say take this with a grain of salt. Stenhouse was supposedly safe with Roush until there was some work around after he had signed an extension. Plus, JTGs future is still uncertain, so we’ll see if this works out.

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@johnhaas2523 May 2, 2024 at 9:46 pm

There is no uncertain future with JTG as Brad isn’t going anywhere or the other guy just the husband and wife co owners

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@shafranski5615 May 2, 2024 at 9:57 pm

@@johnhaas2523 they lost Kroger as a primary sponsor. Unless Sunny D picks up more dates or if they can’t secure another sponsor they will undoubtedly shut down.

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@hailstorm1986 May 2, 2024 at 10:22 pm

I think that team is switching to Toyota even though those co-owners are going to Joe Gibbs. When you think about it it would kind of make sense because if they did that would be another Toyota partner which wouldn’t be ruled out of impossible..

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@lionelnextelstudios0.282 May 2, 2024 at 9:20 pm

If Kroger does leave i would pray for hope that target or safelife will sponsor them ( target i have my doubts)

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@rowdybusch2332 May 2, 2024 at 9:26 pm

I agree with Eric Jones and legacy motor nothing wrong being safer than sorry no need to rush risking agitating it good call its must win anyways

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@Eagleracer38x May 2, 2024 at 9:47 pm

Yeah, just because you are medically cleared to race, it still doesn’t mean he’s ready to go. Erik may not be ready to run a full race just yet. But, it sounds like he’s looking good for next week.

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@williamlambert May 2, 2024 at 9:53 pm

NOS energy drink i think is one sponsor that Ricky Stenhouse Jr will continue to have going forward but as you said Eric i don’t think they’ll sponsor the entire season

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@Crush1084 May 2, 2024 at 9:57 pm

It wasn’t too terribly long ago a previous driver of the 43 suffered a fractured back at Kansas. I think sitting him out is the better option

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@yuckfuzi May 2, 2024 at 9:59 pm

The Dudes Nickname is SpinHouse, Enough said!

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@letto18 May 2, 2024 at 10:06 pm

When it comes to back injuries, I hear Bowman last year and Hamlin a decade ago. The big scary one that still lingers in my memory though is Almirola at this this weekends Kansas race back in 2017 with him being in a nasty wreck involving Logano and Danica after Logano blew a brake rotor that resulted in Almirola needing to get cut out of the car and airlifted to the Hospital where he was diagnosed with a compression fracture of his T5 vertebrae. He missed 7 races as a result and It ended up being his final year driving the RPM #43 before moving to the SHR #10 from 2018 till his final season last year.

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@citizenoftheyearCC May 2, 2024 at 10:11 pm

If I was LMC, I would have Jones start the race and then have Heim enter after the first caution so he can earn the points.

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@MyDogFulton May 2, 2024 at 10:30 pm

Stenhouse when giving the right car always puts on a show and is a top 10/playoff contender.
Nashville, Kansas and any superspeedway always comes to mind. Hell he last Dover.

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@johndornoff May 2, 2024 at 10:30 pm

On the one hand, it makes sense for JTG to get Stenhouse resigned early because if they are sponsor hunting, it allows them to market the team with a driver who has won the biggest race in the series. It is a lot easier to find a sponsor when you have a driver who has been with the team and is willing to stay with the team.
On the other hand, Stenhouse is taking a big gamble that JTG or whatever the team will be called next year will find a sponsor because if they don’t, he could find himself on the outside looking in if the team shuts down due to a lack of sponsorship. The problem for Stenhouse is that looking at the possible open seats for next year (a majority of which will have drivers resigned), there is probably nowhere else in the garage area for Stenhouse to go, so staying was his best option unless he moved down to the Xfinity (or whatever it will be called next year) series and find a stable ride there and stay.

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@jeremyharper3462 May 2, 2024 at 10:40 pm

This is a very smart move by Legacy and Jones. He can legitimately compete for a win at darlington and giving him an extra week to make sure he is ready and/or to prevent re-injury if he were caught up in an accident ensures he is in top shape to go full attack at Darlington without any nagging discomfort to distract him.

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