Erik Jones, driver of the No. 43 Family Dollar Toyota, will be sidelined for the upcoming Würth 400 at Dover Motor Speedway due to a back injury sustained during a wreck at Talladega Superspeedway. Following the Geico 500, Jones was taken to a local hospital and later released the same evening. The incident occurred as the No. 43 Toyota was involved in a hard wreck while running single file among fellow Toyota drivers.
An announcement on Tuesday revealed that Jones has suffered a compression fracture in a lower vertebra, a similar injury to what Alex Bowman experienced last year. Bowman missed three races due to his fractured vertebra, with drivers like Denny Hamlin noting the challenges of returning to racing without full sensation in the racecar.
