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Erik Jones wins NASCAR Truck race at Texas

Published Nov. 6, 2015 10:32 p.m. ET

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FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) Points leader Erik Jones raced to his third NASCAR Camping World Truck victory of the year Friday night with a dominating run at Texas Motor Speedway.

The 19-year-old Jones led a 1-2 sweep for Kyle Busch Motorsports, easily holding off Daniel Suarez. Jones led 117 of the 147 laps on the 1.5-mile track en route to his seventh career victory in the series.

Jones also will race Saturday in the Xfinity Series race, and sub for the suspended Matt Kenseth on Sunday in the Sprint Cup event. Jones won the Xfinity race at Texas in April.

Ryan Blaney was third, followed by two-time defending series champion Matt Crafton, Tyler Reddick, Timothy Peters.

Jones has a 17-point lead over Crafton with two races left.

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