Martin Truex Jr. has few complaints so far this season as he leads the NASCAR Cup standings for the first time but Sunday night’s race at Richmond seems a good place to add a missing victory to his resume.
Truex and his No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota team have been remarkably consistent to start 2024 with one top five and four top-10s in the first six races and no finish worse than 15th. He was in the hunt for the win at both Phoenix and Bristol – where he earned a season’s-best second – but has yet to lock in a playoff spot with a win.
” Despite his run of success at Richmond, Truex admits he has struggled somewhat on the series’ shorter tracks since the introduction of the Next Gen car at the beginning of the 2022 season. His most recent win on a track shorter than a mile in length was at Richmond in the fall of 2021. “Short tracks have been a challenge, but I feel like we’ve been gaining on it in the last year and certainly, starting at Phoenix, we had a strong car,” Truex said.
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