Erik Jones guaranteed himself a spot in the 2019 playoffs with his win at Darlington early Monday morning. Yes, that’s right, early THIS morning!

The rain-delayed Bo jangles Southern 500 wasn’t decided until about one this morning.

Jones held off teammate Kyle Busch until Busch slammed into the wall with three laps to go. That left Jones with a different type of pressure. Instead of worrying about a potential pass for the win, he needed to make sure he got to the white flag without NASCAR throwing a caution. Race control didn’t, and Jones scored a win of more than three seconds over Kyle Larson.