Talented and fresh NASCAR driver Erik Jones is looking forward to another successful race for the NASCAR Nationwide Series. This will be Jones debut for Joe Gibbs Racing at Chicagoland Speedway.

The 18 year old racer was a winner of the 2012 & 2013 Snowball Derby and is racing as a part-time driver for NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 51 Toyota Tundra for Kyle Busch Motorsports. This coming Saturday's race will be the first of his three scheduled Nationwide Series.

According to Jones "There's definitely an expectation every time you step into a race car that's successful especially with the 51 truck this year." He added "Kyle has been extremely dominant, and every time I get into it, it makes me feel more confident just knowing that the truck can win and we have a shot to win every weekend."

This is Jones first start in the series and according to him, there are accompanying expectations that he has to work with. He said "At the same time, I'm wanting to go out and show them that I can do it and run well in the series and hopefully show that we can go out and be competitive."

The young driver, just like any race car driver also wanted to b eon top and hopes to be in the top 10 by the end of the race. "We're all race car drivers and we all want to go for the win. I think we'll be challenging hard to do all we can to run up front and contend, and at the end of the day, I hope we'll be up there. I know we've got great equipment and a great team. I'm pretty excited to see what it's all going to bring."

The Michigan native has won a number of achievements for such a young age. Among his achievements were the 2011 CRA All-Star Tour Champion, then the 2012 and 2013 Snowball Derby Winner as well as 2011 Governors Cup Winner. Last year he was the 2013 Winchester 400 Winner and most recently, he was finished the 2014 Howie Lettow Memorial 150 as a Winner.