Tag Archives: Martin Truex Jr.

Busch wins the Cup at Gateway after surviving several restarts

Kyle Busch Nascar 2023

Although Kyle Busch began on the front row, it took him a very long time to reach the finish line at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway. Busch led 121 of the 243 laps during the course of his dominant performance, but with only five laps completed, the race was delayed for nearly two hours because of thunder. On Lap 184, Busch surged past Denny Hamlin and Kyle Larson during a resumption to take the lead for the final time, but […]

Results of the 2023 NASCAR Cup Gateway event

2023 NASCAR Cup Gateway race results

Kyle Busch won the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season’s last race for the third time after numerous red flags and late-race resumption. Busch managed to hold on to win the NASCAR Cup Series for the 63rd time in his career. Martin Truex Jr. finished fifth, followed by Joey Logano, Kyle Larson, and Denny Hamlin. The race didn’t finish until after 9 p.m. EST, having begun shortly before 4 p.m. After only five laps, the race was […]

Start time, entry list, and more for the 2022 NASCAR at Watkins Glen

2022 NASCAR Watkins Glen

For the sixth and final race of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series regular season, NASCAR is returning to motorsport. The gorgeous New York State roadway track will once again host NASCAR with only two races remaining in the regular season. Only one week after ending a 65-race unbeaten race, Kevin Harvick went back-to-back with his […]

Truex defeats Elliott to claim the pole in New Hampshire

Truex in New Hampshire 2022

First time since the 2018 season, Martin Truex Jr. secured the pole for the NASCAR Cup Series race on Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. In the last round of qualifying on Saturday, Truex, who had qualified ninth out of ten, took the lead with an average track pace of 127.113 mph. The pole position […]

Thunder and rainfall cause the Nashville Cup race to halt

Nashville Cup race 2022

Due to constant lightning strikes and localised rainfall, Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Nashville (Tenn.) Superspeedway was called barely before the halfway point. After multiple thunderstorms within an eight-mile radius of the racetrack, NASCAR was compelled to call a delay to the 300-lap race on lap 140. The racetrack was surrounded by powerful storms […]

Race results from the 2022 NASCAR Cup in Nashville

NASCAR Cup Series Nashville Superspeedway

The 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season’s second triumph went to Chase Elliott on Sunday at Nashville. In his Cup career, Elliott has now achieved 15 triumphs. He held on on a late-race resumption, winning the race over Ryan Blaney and Kurt Busch. During the final caution, Denny Hamlin, Kyle Busch, and Martin Truex Jr. all pitted, […]

Kurt Busch is defeated by Chase Elliott in the challenging Nashville Cup race

Chase Elliott Nashville Cup race

With four laps remaining, Kurt Busch was passed by Chase Elliott on a resumption, and Elliott went on to win the twice-postponed NASCAR Cup Series race at Nashville (Tenn.) Superspeedway on Sunday. Following a late yellow, many drivers vying for the victory chose to pit for new tyres, while Elliott and nine other drivers chose […]

Not “throwing some fenders” at Nashville, says Kurt Busch, is a mistake

Kurt Busch

Kurt Busch felt he might have had more in 2nd spot at Nashville (Tenn.) Superspeedway, where he performed the best of the entire race. The three Toyotas driven by Denny Hamlin, Martin Truex Jr., and Kyle Busch for Joe Gibbs Racing led the most of the twice-postponed NASCAR Cup race in Nashville on Sunday. They […]

William Byron: “During the last laps, “there was nothing I could do”

William Byron

William Byron felt fending off Martin Truex Jr. would be enough to clinch the Richmond championship, but an unexpected challenge proved too much for him in the closing moments. At the end of the competition, Byron tried a bold one-stop strategy, stretching the tyres approximately 100 laps to the finish line. As Byron battled to […]

Truex’s winning streak puts him among NASCAR’s all-time greats

oii

In four of the last five NASCAR Cup Series seasons, Martin Truex Jr. has finished first or second. The driver of the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota finished second in the 2021 finale at Phoenix Raceway two weeks ago, finishing second in the standings. Kyle Larson, a fellow Championship 4 contender, won the race […]