How will Erik Jones’ window net raise funds for breast cancer? 

Legacy Motor Club driver Erik Jones once again urged fellow Cup Series drivers to paint their cars' net windows pink heading into Charlotte Motor Speedway. This is the first step for the Erik Jones Foundation in raising funds for breast cancer.

Jones has been an active worker in the community, raising awareness against early detection of any cancer. For the second year running, he has taken up the initiative to have drivers paint their cars' window nets pink. While this does help in the representation of breast cancer awareness, it will also help his Foundation to raise funds.

After the race at Charlotte, these pink window nets would be auctioned off. The revenue generated from this auction would then be donated to organizations that promote early detection and cure for breast cancer.

This initiative sparked a positive light around the field last season. In December 2023, EJF donated $15,000 to the National Breast Cancer Foundation. But his work is not limited to that. Last year during the NASCAR finale in Arizona, the organization teamed up with Sun Bus and conducted a skin cancer screening for fans and NASCAR workers.

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Erik Jones joins survivors to paint Charlotte Pit wall pink

The race on the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course would be the second Cup Series race in October, which is also National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Kicking the month off, Erik Jones joined hands with other breast cancer survivors to paint the pit wall pink at Charlotte Motor Speedway. This is also a part of the Pink Window Nets initiative that he took up.

Jones' family has had a long battle with cancer. He lost his father to melanoma in June of 2016. He could never see his son race full-time in the pinnacle of stock car racing, the Cup Series. As for his mother, she battled breast cancer twice in her life in 2013 and 2019. She is now cancer-free.

Jones hopes to raise enough funds with his initiative this season as well.

"We [The Erik Jones Foundation] have a few different pillars, but one of the main ones is cancer prevention and early detection. We knew that was going to be a big part of the foundation early on. My mom battled breast cancer and beat breast cancer and we lost my dad to cancer unfortunately in 2016 but to have a cause out here that's benefiting something that fits so great into our foundation, it’s a really natural fit for us," Jones said.

"It’s pretty cool to be back out here, pretty cool to be taking over the window net program and hopefully they raise a lot of money for a great cause. I love the cause and I love seeing everybody that turns out every year and then next weekend seeing the car on track and seeing the pit wall kind of makes it all come together."

More than 50 gallons of paint was used to change the theme of the pit wall at Charlotte. The track's President and GM Greg Walter also joined the volunteers in taking up the initiative.