NASCAR driver Matt Mills speaks out following his hospitalization after a collision with Conner Jones, leading to Jones' one-race suspension.

Conner Jones has been handed a one-race suspension from NASCAR for intentionally crashing Matt Mills in last Saturday's NASCAR Truck Series race at Homestead. Johnny Sauter will drive the No. 66 ThorSport truck in place of Jones at Martinsville.

Mills and Jones were racing hard around 20th on Saturday and it led to a retaliatory crash that sent him hard into the wall, where his car caught fire. He climbed out under his own power but needed to be transported to a nearby facility after being treated in the infield care center.

What a hard hit! Matt Mills had to escape his smoke-filled truck after catching on fire due to a wreck courtesy of Conner Jones. Jones was livid on the radio about how Mills raced him but it didn’t seem egregious.

Following a wreck between Conner Jones and Matt Mills sent the latter to the hospital, Jones is apologizing in a formal statement. The two NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series drivers have had run-ins in the past,

An additional penalty might follow for the 18-year-old Virginia racer given his reputation and prior incidents

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver Matt Mills said Friday that he was in far better health after last weekend’s fiery crash at Homestead-Miami Speedway, adding that he not had a conversation with rival Conner Jones since their on-track run-in.