Martin Truex Jr.’s full-time NASCAR profession is formally over.
With a Seventeenth-place end at Phoenix on Sunday, the 2017 champion and future Corridor of Famer closed the e-book on a profession that spanned 19 full-time seasons and 693 Cup Collection begins.
Truex began on the pole due to a powerful qualifying effort on Saturday, and led 9 laps early within the going earlier than being handed for the race lead by eventual race winner and champion Joey Logano.
“Currently, we certified good however because the observe will get extra rubber laid down, the extra we wrestle,” Truex Jr. mentioned after the race. “I want we might’ve put some tires on on the finish and had a shot to go ahead. It wasn’t a lot enjoyable on the finish operating on previous tires.”
