"We had a really solid run going at Toledo. I think we may have had a shot at the win until we lost a couple of cylinders." Explained the soon to be 15-year-old on May 30th. "(Race Winner) Brian (Campbell) had a really good car, and it was good to get more experience racing with a driver of his caliber. We're happy with our third place finish, obviously we would have rather won, but this is a good start to the point's year. I think we could have had a second place finish if it wasn't for the last restart." He added.

Campbell choose the inside lane in the Double File restarts and on that last restart with just two laps to go, Jones' engine woes wouldn't let him get up to speed right away and thus allowed veteran Eddie Hoffman to slip underneath of Jones to take away the runner-up spot, forcing Jones back to third, which is where he finished.

Earlier in the day, Jones qualified second quick out of 39 teams on the grounds and was one of just two drivers, the other was Campbell, who won the Keyser Manufacturing Fast Qualifier award, to break Jones' old track record for template body / crate motor machines. Campbell then drew a three for an inversion which placed Jones on the outside of the front row next to pole-sitter, Josh Nelms. Jones led the first lap before Nelms go by on lap two. Jones regrouped and took the lead back only to see Campbell slip by on lap 18 and lead the rest of the way.

Up next for Jones and his Paragon Racing Team will be a trip to Illiana Motor Speedway in Schererville, Indiana on Saturday, May 14th for the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour Presented by GM Performance Parts second race of their inaugural season; The Illiana 100 Presented by JEGS.com. Last season in the old Northern Late Model Series and still just 13 years old at the time, Jones started on the pole, led laps, and finished seventh. This time around, the Great Lakes state teenager is looking for better results.

"I have been to Illiana one time before, and I am happy to be able to go back." He continued. "We had a solid seventh place finish there last year, and I hope to be able to improve on that this year, and come home with another solid finish again."

Earlier in the week, Jones was honored as the #12 pick in the 2011 Draft conducted by Speed51.com, the leader in short track auto racing coverage. The selections were comprised by an evaluation of 40 industry leaders in short track racing, including directors, promoters, NASCAR talent scouts, media and former #1 Draft Picks. More than 100 drivers received votes.  The Top 51 Draft Picks are annually announced by Speed51.com to coincide near the date of the NFL Draft.

In addition to his full schedule in the JEGS/CRA/GM series, Jones also plans on making his CRA Super Series debut later in the year and will be making select appearances there as well as running events in the new Premier Boyne Super Late Model Series over on the Westside of his home state at the famed Berlin Raceway, located West of Grand Rapids in Marne, Michigan.

For the 2011 racing season, Car Owners, Dave and Carol Jones have assembled a top notch put crew which consists of; Crew Chief Butch VanDoorn, along-with Two-Time Defending CRA Super Series Champion Johnny VanDoorn, as well as Branden Lines, Barry Bramblett, Adam Chase, Ken Bond, and Brandon
Rose.