{"id":18947,"date":"2018-06-07T17:05:41","date_gmt":"2018-06-07T22:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/?p=18947"},"modified":"2018-06-08T17:11:58","modified_gmt":"2018-06-08T22:11:58","slug":"verizon-indycar-series-driver-ed-too-fast-jones-meets-dallas-cowboys-legend-ed-too-tall-jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/2018\/06\/07\/verizon-indycar-series-driver-ed-too-fast-jones-meets-dallas-cowboys-legend-ed-too-tall-jones\/","title":{"rendered":"Verizon IndyCar Series driver\u00a0 Ed \u201cToo Fast\u201d Jones meets Dallas Cowboys legend Ed \u201cToo Tall\u201d Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"

Courtesy of Texas Motor Speedway<\/em><\/p>\n

FORT WORTH, Texas \u2013 Having grown up in Dubai, Verizon IndyCar Series<\/a> driver Ed Jones<\/strong> wasn’t familiar with American football.<\/p>\n

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Former NFL player Ed “Too Tall” Jones(left) and Verizon Indy Car Series driver Ed Jones pose for a photo opportunity during the Speedway Club media luncheon at Texas Motor Speedway on June 7, 2018 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by Brian Lawdermilk\/Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n

It wasn’t until he moved to Indianapolis to compete in the series and his fellow competitors were jokingly calling him “Too Tall” that he began familiarizing himself with the National Football League … and his namesake that starred for the Dallas Cowboys.<\/p>\n

On Thursday at The Speedway Club at Texas Motor Speedway, “Too Fast” Jones of Chip Ganassi Racing met Super Bowl champion and three-time All-Pro defensive end Ed “Too Tall” Jones for a media luncheon and learn a little bit more about the other Ed Jones. Four-time Verizon IndyCar Series champion Scott Dixon, Jones’ teammate, also took part in the luncheon as well.<\/p>\n

Texas Motor Speedway had the Joneses participate in an entertaining, rapid-fire word association game featuring terms in football, racing and ones that crossed over to both.<\/p>\n

“Too Tall” will return to Texas Motor Speedway on Saturday evening as a guest of “Too Fast,” NTT Data and Chip Ganassi Racing for the DXC Technology 600. The Joneses will partake in a press conference in the infield media center deadline room at 6:15 p.m. CT and then pre-race introductions beginning at 7:01 p.m.<\/p>\n

“Too Tall” will watch “Too Fast” take the green flag in his No. 10 NTT Data Honda for the DXC Technology 600 at 7:45 p.m. from atop the team’s pit box.<\/p>\n

Tickets for the DXC Technology 600, as well as Friday’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series PPG 400 and U.S. Concrete Qualifying Day, are available by visiting www.texasmotorspeedway.com<\/a> or by calling the speedway ticket office at 817.215.8500.<\/p>\n