25 NASCAR drivers to consider as getaway drivers for that one last heist

Erik Jones

Rookie Erik Jones still doesn’t look like he’s old enough to drive, and that’s the brilliance of picking him as your getaway driver. Who would suspect him with that face that never seems to age, no matter how much he tries to look older? Maybe some high school security guard thinking he’s a truant student, but otherwise the Furniture Row Racing driver would fly almost completely under the radar.

Like Chase Elliott, Jones comes with a relative lack of experience, but he’s been a winner while he was still in school. Remember that when he won his first NASCAR race in the 2013 Camping World Truck Series season, he was the youngest race winner in the history of NASCAR. Race teams have wanted him to be their driver, they’ve just always had to wait for him to become age eligible. So you could say he’s so good that it’s illegal … which fits in perfectly with the very not legal thing you’re trying to accomplish here.

Jones also has a history as a substitute driver for Matt Kenseth and Kyle Busch, so he would also be a comfortable second choice if something happens to your first getaway driver (as we’re sure that it’s no longer past his bedtime). He even pulled triple duty in 2016 by running all three national series in the same weekend — twice — so he can handle as much as you want to throw at him.

Plus, hiring him would then give him the money to do something with that mullet.