A playoff that has been miserable for Martin Truex Jr., the regular-season champion, only got worse Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Within moments of teammate Denny Hamlin hitting the wall and ending his race after 236 of 267 laps, Truex came…
Joe Gibbs has worked in competitive sports for decades, so he knows all a team needs is a chance to have hope. So when he sees two of his NASCAR Cup Series championship favorites now with their backs against the wall going…
Pit strategies are like a set of people throwing darts simultaneously and expecting that all hit the bullseye. One never really knows what will work and what won’t; when to commit to the pit lane and replenish the fuel tank…
Martin Truex Jr. is raising his NASCAR Cup Series Playoff game at just the right time, claiming the pole position in his No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota for Sunday’s 4EVER 400 presented by Mobil 1 (2:30 p.m. ET, NBC,…
Rough seas are becoming a year-on-year occurrence for Joe Gibbs Racing’s #19 driver. Around this time last year, Martin Truex Jr was heading to Miami after failing to make it to the 2022 playoffs. Hoping to make amends by adding to his…
Heading into the race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Martin Truex Jr. had to run his best to gain atleast some momentum to get into the championship four. Sure he has two more chances to make it happen, but winning…
Winning is a collaborative effort. When 40 cars run 3 or even 4 wide at blazing speed, not a single driver can emerge as a standout and dominate the rest by means of overkill; indeed, the margin between the first-place…
Throughout the playoffs, Martin Truex Jr. has been marred with troubles. But now in the round of eight, it became clear that mistakes could not be something that could take place in order to continue his championship four aspirations. During the race…
NASCAR has announced that it will suspend Chase Elliott for one race, after Elliott intentionally wrecked Denny Hamlin about halfway through Monday’s Coca-Cola 600. Hamlin and Elliott were battling for position going into Turn 4, and Hamlin squeezed Elliott against the…
Not much has gone right for Martin Truex Jr. through the first six races of the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs, yet he’s survived the first two elimination races and is one of only eight drivers remaining in contention for the…
