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Driving Joe Gibbs Racing's vaunted No. 20 in the Xfinity series comes with high expectations  -- it comes with the territory. But so far in 2016 rookie Erik Jones is setting the standard and paying dividends. 

Dividends to the tune of $200,000 dollars in bonus Dash4Cash money awarded from Xfinity, the series' title sponsor. Jones, who won the Dash4Cash on the highbanks of Bristol, backed up his win on the 0.53-mile concrete short track with a win a win on the one-mile concrete track at Dover International Speedway.

Jones, who was locked into the Xfinity series' Chase prior to Saturday afternoon's Ollie's Bargain Outlet 200, came in second in his Dash4Cash heat race but led 76 of the main event's 120 laps to take home the fourth Xfinity series win of his career.

"With (the race) it coming down to a short run, I knew we were in a good spot," Jones said. "I just wasn't sure about how many people were going to stay out or pit. Fortunately enough people stayed out on that last caution to let us have enough of a gap in tires to stay out front and bring home a win."

Jones believes a lot of the knowledge which was demonstrated during the main portion of the race came developed using lessons learned from the heat races.

"I learned a lot in the heat (race)," Jones admitted. "I think we both did, (crew chief) Chris (Gabehart) and I. Wasn't sure after the heat what we'd be facing kind of for the main, we had something going on where the car was just pretty rough as rubber built up on the track so I kind of fought through that and really made some good adjustments to crutch that a little bit and fix some of the things that were coming along with that."

Jones' former Kyle Busch Motorsports teammate Darrell "Bubba" Wallace battled back from having to start the heat race in a backup car to finish in second place. Wallace, driver of the No. 6 LoudMouth Exhaust Ford for Roush-Fenway Racing, understands the magnitude of the finish.

"That was big," Wallace said. "We just have to continue on. We can use this for motivation but I said earlier, we are nowhere near close to where we need to be. We are off on speed and handling and we know that. We have another off-weekend to find some more for our Ford Mustangs. We have to keep plugging away. We can't get frustrated and just give up on it. 

"We have to keep our heads up and work together to get our team better."

The race's biggest surprise came from Alex Bowman who piloted the JR Motorsports No. 88 Chevrolet to a third place finish.

"It's been a lot of fun, this weekend," Bowman said. "I haven't driven a race car in like seven months so it's pretty incredible to come here and run as well as we did. It really means a lot and it just shows a lot for JRM."

Jones' closest competitor in the Dash4Cash positioning was Justin Allgaier who finished in the fourth place position. Despite winning the 40-lap heat race which Jones ran in, Allgaier never appeared to find the handling of his vehicle once the main event began. 

Dash4Cash Richmond winner Ty Dillon finished in fifth place followed by Elliott Sadler, Joey Logano, Matt Tifft, Daniel Suarez and Brennan Poole. 

For the winner, Jones, the win at Dover means there's another large check heading his way  -- eventually.

"I'm still waiting to get my cut of the last check," Jones said. "I haven't spent any of it, yet."

NASCAR XFINITY Series Race Number 10
Unofficial Race Results for the 35Th Annual Ollie's Bargain Outlet 200 
- Saturday, May 14, 2016
Dover International Speedway - Dover, DE - 1 Mile Concrete
Total Race Length - 120 Laps - 120 Miles
Leader
Fin    Str    Car    Driver    Team    Laps    Pts    Bns    Driver Rating    Status    Tms    Laps
1    3    20    Erik Jones #    Reser's Fine Foods Toyota    120    45    5    149.7    Running    2    76
2    11    6    Darrell Wallace Jr    LoudMouth Exhaust Ford    120    39        113.3    Running        
3    5    88    Alex Bowman    Advance Auto Parts Chevrolet    120    39    1    126.8    Running    1    33
4    1    7    Justin Allgaier    TaxSlayer.com Chevrolet    120    37        114.3    Running        
5    2    3    Ty Dillon    Rheem Chevrolet    120    37    1    102.6    Running    1    11
6    32    1    Elliott Sadler    OneMain Chevrolet    120    35        100.0    Running        
7    7    22    Joey Logano(i)    Fleetwood/REV Group Ford    120    0        98.5    Running        
8    8    18    Matt Tifft(i)    Oberto Beef Jerky Toyota    120    0        98.7    Running        
9    4    19    Daniel Suarez    ARRIS Toyota    120    32        102.4    Running        
10    13    48    Brennan Poole #    DC Solar Chevrolet    120    31        86.8    Running        
11    17    44    JJ Yeley    Zachry Toyota    120    30        84.2    Running        
12    19    11    Blake Koch    LeafFilter Gutter Protection Chevrolet    120    29        78.3    Running        
13    14    43    Jeb Burton    Rocky Ridge Custom Trucks Ford    119    28        78.5    Running        
14    21    24    Drew Herring    JGL Young Guns Toyota    119    27        76.7    Running        
15    12    62    Brendan Gaughan    South Point Chevrolet    119    26        86.5    Running        
16    6    39    Ryan Sieg    Crabby J Spice Chevrolet    118    25        81.8    Running        
17    20    07    Ray Black Jr #    Scuba Life Chevrolet    117    24        64.5    Running        
18    15    16    Ryan Reed    Lilly Diabetes/American Diabetes Association Ford    117    23        70.5    Running        
19    30    78    BJ McLeod #    Ford    117    22        59.5    Running        
20    16    4    Ross Chastain    Del DOT Chevrolet    117    21        67.8    Running        
21    22    28    Dakoda Armstrong    JGL Racing Toyota    117    20        61.0    Running        
22    18    51    Jeremy Clements    RepairableVehicles.com Chevrolet    117    19        63.8    Running        
23    28    52    Joey Gase    DB Sales Chevrolet    117    18        52.2    Running        
24    27    0    Garrett Smithley #    Heroes Haven Chevrolet    116    17        51.8    Running        
25    10    33    Brandon Jones #    Chevrolet Military Discount Chevrolet    116    16        66.2    Running        
26    33    13    Timmy Hill(i)    Chris Kyle Foundation Dodge    115    0        45.8    Running        
27    29    97    Alex Guenette    VroomBrands Chevrolet    115    14        47.3    Running        
28    25    90    Mario Gosselin    Victoriaville RV Center Chevrolet    113    13        52.3    Running        
29    9    2    Paul Menard(i)    Richmond/Menards Chevrolet    112    0        94.1    Running        
30    24    15    Travis Kvapil(i)    KeenParts.com/CorvetteParts.net Ford    109    0        40.5    Running        
31    26    25    Ryan Ellis    Lilly Trucking/CarportEmpire.com Chevrolet    87    10        41.7    Running        
32    39    74    Mike Harmon    Truckers Final Mile Dodge    81    9        39.7    Running        
33    23    14    Jeff Green    Toyota    66    8        55.2    Vibration        
34    36    40    Carl Long    Chris Kyle Foundation Toyota    32    7        36.0    Vibration        
35    35    70    Derrike Cope    Speedway Cafe/Acredale Vending Chevrolet    28    6        26.8    Running        
36    38    89    Morgan Shepherd    Chevrolet    15    5        34.5    Suspension        
37    40    93    Josh Reaume    RSS Racing Chevrolet    5    4        32.0    Suspension        
38    37    10    Matt DiBenedetto(i)    Toyota    4    0        29.3    Vibration        
39    31    01    Ryan Preece #    Meding's Seafood/Iron Source Chevrolet    1    2        25.7    Vibration        
40    34    42    Justin Marks    Katerra Chevrolet    0    1        27.5    Accident        
 Race Comments:    Erik Jones won the Ollie's Bargain Outlet 200 at Dover International Speedway, his fourth career NASCAR XFINITY Series victory. No cars started the race from the rear of the field.
 Failed to Qualify:    N/A
 Time of Race:    00 Hrs, 58 Mins, 36 Secs.    Average Speed:    122.867 MPH    Margin of Victory:    1.434 Seconds
 Caution Flags:    2 for 10 laps: Laps: 72-76 (Debris in Turn 4 [44]); 111-115 ( [11]).
 Lead Changes:    4 among 3 drivers:  0; T. Dillon 1-11; E. Jones # 12-44; A. Bowman 45-77; E. Jones # 78-120.
Top 10 Driver Points:     (1) E. Sadler 349;(2) D. Suarez 346;(3) T. Dillon 319;(4) J. Allgaier 317;(5) E. Jones # 309;(6) B. Gaughan 305;(7) B. Jones # 290;(8) B. Poole # 282;(9) D. Wallace Jr 268;(10) R. Reed 244.
Duralast Brakes "Brake in the Race"    : Erik Jones, #20     Mahle Clevite Engine Builder of the Race    : Joe Gibbs Racing Engines - Mark Cronquist, #20 
Mobil 1 Driver of the Race    : Erik Jones, #20     Sunoco Rookie of the Race    : Erik Jones, #20 
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race:    May. 28, 2016 - Charlotte Motor Speedway