WATCH: Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s driver Brandon Jones’ car catches on fire after engine blow up at Richmond

Brandon Jones positive momentum owing to the strong start to the 2024 season ended due to an engine blowout at Richmond.

WATCH: Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s driver Brandon Jones’ car catches on fire after engine blow up at Richmond

Brandon Jones and Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Via Imago) No:9 Car on fire (In Circle Screenshot @NASCAR/X)

The NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Richmond saw JR Motorsports driver Brandon Jones spin out after an engine blowout. While fighting for the top five positions, Jones’s Chevy Camaro’s engine saw smoke and oil leakage leading to the driver’s race coming to an early end.

The No:9 driver tried rolling onto the apron and restarting his car. This led his Chevy catching on fire and blow out even more, possibly due to the oil leakage. The entire blowout was devastating for Dale Earnhardt Jr.‘s driver as it happened while he was trying to overtake Parker Retzlaff, who was on pole for the race.

Brandon Jones’s retirement was the second retirement of the race, as Ryan Vargas also had similar issues prior to him. JRM team as well as NASCAR will definitely have a thorough investigation into the matter as it could’ve ended up in serious incident.

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The result is huge blow for Jones who has been showing huge signs of progress compared to his previous season with the team. It was his first DNF and first finish outside the top-20 this year. This season he so far has scored three top-10s which half of what he had secured the whole of 2023 season.

Brandon Jones promises to bounce back from poor streak

After the engine blowout incident that caused Brandon Jones to spin out and retire, the driver was asked about his thoughts about it and the future. The number 9 still seemed to be in good spirits due to his car’s amazing performance throughout the season.

Brandon Jones
Brandon Jones ( Image via IMAGO)

Dang it, started second right, had a really good day going, kind of rough weekend at COTA; this one’s tough, but we’ll keep rebounding and speeds there so we don’t have to do nothing crazy.

Brandon Jones speaking to Frontstretch.

The driver was calm and collected and didn’t feel too disappointed with his team and the car as they’ve started the season pretty strong. Jones will want to continue his and JR Motorsports’ brilliant start to the season and come back even stronger at the next race on the Martinsville Speedway.

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