Team
: Green Light Racing , Mooresville NC
Owner: Bobby Dotter
Driver: Chris Jones
Hometown: Forest Virginia
Birth date: May 24, 1987
Weight: 175
Height: 5’, 11in,
Crew Chief: Greg Tester , Mooresville NC
Sponsor: Robert’s American Gourmet
Craftsman Truck – 2006 Chevy Silverado
Chris Jones of Forest, Virginia is the
driver of the Green Light Racing #08 Craftsman Truck.
Chris began his racing career at the age of
nine racing go-karts on the red clay tracks of central Virginia.
He won is very first kart race and continued on to capture the
championship in his kart division that season. He moved forward
in the next few years to the MMRA Mini-Cup division , NASCAR
Late Model Trucks and then on to the NASCAR Late Model Stock
Cars.
Chris captured Rookie of The Year title in
2005 at the famed Motor Mile Speedway in Radford Virginia. This
led to his subsequent sponsorship with the US Marine Corp. Chris
has carried the Marine colors on his race cars through the 2007
season.
In October 2007 Chris was chosen to drive
the 08 Craftsman Tuck for GLR.