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Martin Lee Truex Jr. (born June 29, 1980) is an American semi-retired professionalstock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in theNASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 56Toyota Camry XSE forTricon Garage. He is the2017 NASCAR Cup Series champion and a two-timeXfinity Series champion, having won two consecutive championships in2004 and2005.
Many members of Truex Jr.'s family are current or retired NASCAR drivers. His younger brotherRyan competes part-time in theNASCAR Xfinity Series for JGR, and is a two-time consecutive champion in what is now known as theARCA Menards Series East. His late fatherMartin Sr. competed full-time in the East Series in the 1990s. His uncle Barney competed part-time in theWhelen Modified Tour in the 1980s.[1] His cousins, Curtis Truex Jr. and Tyler Truex, arelate model racing drivers.[2][3]
The son of former racerMartin Truex Sr., Martin Jr. began his racing career driving go-karts at theNew Egypt Speedway, located inOcean County, New Jersey, when it was still a paved track (the track was later switched to dirt). Truex Jr. would make his move to the Modified division atWall Stadium in 1998, as soon as he was old enough to race a car at the age of eighteen (under New Jersey regulations).[3]
In 2000, Truex moved south and rented a home fromDale Earnhardt Jr. inMooresville, North Carolina, eventually purchasing his own home there. Following in his late father's footsteps, he began racing in theBusch North Series. He ran three full seasons (2000 to 2002) and made limited starts in 2003. Truex claimed thirteen poles and five wins driving his family-owned No. 56 SeaWatch Chevy.
Truex made his first Busch Series start in2001 atDover International Speedway in his late father's No. 56 Chevy. He started nineteenth but finished 38th after an early wreck. In2002, Truex drove one race forPhoenix Racing atNew Hampshire International Speedway, starting thirteenth and finishing 29th. He ran three races the rest of that season for his late father, his best finish seventeenth at Dover.
In2003, he began the season with his late father's team, before he was hired byDale Earnhardt Jr. to drive his No. 81Chance 2 Motorsports Chevy. He made his debut with Chance 2 atRichmond International Raceway, where he qualified sixth and led 11 laps before transmission failure forced him to a 31st-place finish. He split time between Chance 2 and his late father's team for the balance of the season, except at Dover, where he drove forStanton Barrett. He had a sixth-place run atBristol Motor Speedway and ended the season with two consecutive second-place finishes. He ran a total of ten races that season.
Truex raced full-time for Chance 2 in 2004. At Bristol Motor Speedway, he would earn his first career victory, and he would later add three more victories over the next seven races. This would include a victory atTalladega Superspeedway, which broke his car owner's streak of winningrestrictor plate races in the Busch Series, and a victory at the final NASCAR event held atNazareth Speedway. He took the lead in the championship after Nazareth but lost it to rookieKyle Busch a few races later. However, a series of top-five and top-ten finishes in the second half of the season allowed Truex to pull away from Busch, clinching the Busch Series championship with a race to spare.
While on his way to that championship, Truex made an appearance in the Nextel Cup Series as a relief driver to Dale Earnhardt Jr., who had suffered burns in a sports car accident. Truex started his first career Cup race forDale Earnhardt, Inc. (DEI) in the No. 1 atAtlanta Motor Speedway later that year, qualifying 33rd and finishing 37th.
Truex stayed in the Busch Series to defend his championship in 2005, winning the title for the second season in a row. He won the first Busch Series points race held outside the United States, in Mexico, as well as defending his wins at Talladega andDover International Speedway. He took his firstDaytona International Speedway win on July 1, 2005.
In 2006, Truex moved to the No. 1 DEI Chevy full-time in the Nextel Cup Series. He had two top-five finishes and finished nineteenth in points. Truex got his first win of the 2007 season in the NASCAR Nextel All-Star Open, securing a spot in the2007 Nextel All-Star Challenge, where he finished tenth.
A few weeks later, he won theAutism Speaks 400, scoring his firstSprint Cup Series win with an interval of seven seconds between pole-sitterRyan Newman and himself, even though he led over half of the race—216 of the 400 laps.
This victory led to a jump in overall points, advancing him to thirteenth, followed by a 3rd-place finish atPocono Raceway and a second-place finish atMichigan. With a fifteenth-place finish in theChevy Rock and Roll 400, Truex clinched a spot in his firstChase for the Sprint Cup and finished eleventh in points at season's end. He did not go to victory lane in 2008, but he did have eleven top-tens and finished fifteenth in the final points standings.
At the beginning of the 2009 season, Dale Earnhardt, Inc. merged intoChip Ganassi Racing and was renamed Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing withFelix Sabates. The move was in effect a closing of DEI, and Truex's No. 1 moved to Ganassi to replace the defunct No. 41 ofReed Sorenson. Truex began the year by winning the pole for theDaytona 500. Later in the season, Truex had claimed two more pole positions at Atlanta and Phoenix, following his first pole since 2007 at Texas.[4]
2009 would be Truex Jr.'s lone season with Earnhardt Ganassi Racing, as he departed following the season and was replaced byJamie McMurray.[5]
After the 2009 season, Truex left Earnhardt Ganassi Racing to drive the No. 56Toyota Camry forMichael Waltrip Racing, receiving owner points from the No. 55 car formerly driven by Waltrip. The No. 56 was the number Martin's late father drove in during his time in the Grand National Division and is considered the "family number". In his first race for Michael Waltrip Racing, Truex finished sixth in theDaytona 500.
After the series of setbacks, the following three weeks with a blown engine and accidents, he fell back to 24th in the point standings, but in the next seven races, after finishing in the top-twelve five times and all top-nineteen finishes, he would rise to thirteenth in the final point standings. At Dover, he earned his fifth career pole. Truex won the All-Star Showdown at Charlotte, thereby earning the first transfer spot for the All-Star Race, which he finished second in from a nineteenth (out of 21) starting spot. Truex would go on to finish the 2010 season 22nd in the point standings with one top-five finish and seven top-ten finishes.
At Martinsville the following year in 2011, a stuck throttle caused Truex to make contact withKasey Kahne, resulting in a large wreck; Truex hit the wall hard head-on and his car flew on fire for a few seconds as Kahne hit the wall in his car's rear. Truex climbed out instantly and went to check on Kahne, who received a standing ovation as he climbed out uninjured. Truex then left with officials for the care center. He said the wreck was the hardest of his career, and both Truex and Kahne were released with normal symptoms. The next week, officials told him his wreck was the hardest crash at Martinsville. Truex won another pole at Dover International Raceway. Truex ran well in most of the races but often struggled to finish the races. He was docked 25 points because of a windshield violation in the fall Talladega race. He ended the season 18th in points, with three top-fives and twelve top-tens.[6]
Truex started 2012 well, winning a $200,000 bonus and finishing seventh in the Daytona 500. He finally hit his stride in Texas, winning the pole and leading 69 laps. The following week at Kansas, he started sixth and dominated the race, leading 173 of 267 laps but falling short toDenny Hamlin. At Atlanta, he led forty of the final 46 laps, but ultimately fell short to Hamlin again when he was forced to pit under a late-race caution for fuel, ending up fourth. Truex finished 21st; however, he had a spot clinched in the Chase, and ultimately made it in. He ended up eleventh in the points, with zero wins, seven top-fives, and nineteen top-tens.[7]
Truex had an up-and-down 2013 season. He had a few top-five finishes in the early races. His first best run of 2013 was Texas, when he led during the final 55 laps of the race but ended up losing toKyle Busch. Truex also had low notes, including an accident at Martinsville and a blown engine at Dover. The highlight of the season was at Sonoma, when Truex broke a 218-race winless streak, starting fourteenth on the starting grid and working his way up to win by over eight seconds overJeff Gordon. Truex's 218-race winless streak is second only toBill Elliott, who went winless in 226 races between 1994 and 2001. It is only the second time a car numbered No. 56 won in NASCAR's highest division, the first beingJim Hurtubise in a 1966 Atlanta race.
Returning toBristol, Truex was involved in a wreck on Lap 448 where his car hit an inside wall at an angle that broke his right wrist; he continued racing despite wearing a cast on his right wrist.[8] At Atlanta, despite nursing a broken wrist, Truex finished third toKyle Busch andJoey Logano.
In the final regular-season race atRichmond, Truex was in the midst of a fierce battle for the final Wildcard spot, eventually coming out overRyan Newman by a tiebreaker. As Newman and Truex each had one win, the Wildcard spot went to Truex, for having a better number of top-five finishes than Newman; however on Monday evening, it was announced that due to MWR having attempted to manipulate the results of the race, points penalties were assessed – fifty points for Truex,Clint Bowyer andBrian Vickers each – that resulted in Truex being bumped from the Chase and Newman andJeff Gordon being added to the Chase field, as well as probation for all three crew chiefs, suspension of Ty Norris, and a $300,000 fine.[9] In the final ten races of the season, Truex had four top-ten finishes, which included a top-five run atHomestead.
On October 14, 2013, it was announced that Michael Waltrip Racing's No. 56 would become aresearch and development team in 2014, and later wasspun off.[10][11] Truex was told he could offer his services as a driver to other teams, and on October 17 it was confirmed that for the2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season Truex would move toFurniture Row Racing and drive the No. 78 Chevrolet being vacated byKurt Busch.[12] When the deal was formally announced on November 1, 2013, before the Texas race, it was announced that Furniture Row had also signed on all of the members of Truex's MWR pit crew.[13]
Truex's 2014 season started with an outside pole qualifying run for theDaytona 500, Furniture Row Racing's first front row start in the 500. However, Truex's engine failed on lap 31.[14]
Truex did poorly in the spring but rebounded with four top-10s in the latter part of the season. He only led a single lap (at Talladega in the October race) and finished 24th in the final points standings.
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Before the 2015 season, crew chiefTodd Berrier was released and replaced with rookie crew chiefCole Pearn.
Truex's season began on a high note. He led the most laps of theSprint Unlimited (28 of 75). He led late, but after a late-race red flag period erased his five-second lead onJoey Logano, Truex lost his rhythm and finished second toMatt Kenseth. In a post-race interview, an emotional Truex said, "We needed this. The race was over once Kenseth pulled away from me. But we needed this. After the last year and a half that I've had this satisfies a lot."
Truex continued his good momentum, finishing in the top-ten in fourteen of the first 15 races, including a runner-up at Las Vegas. His only poor finish during this period was a 29th-place finish at Bristol, seven laps down, after being swept up in a late-race accident. At Kansas, Truex led the most laps (95), but a late caution killed his chances as he slipped back to ninth on the last restart, and he was unable to make up enough ground to catchJimmie Johnson.
At the Coca-Cola 600, Truex led the most laps (131 of 400), but with twenty laps to go, he had to make a late-race fuel stop and finished fifth. At Dover, Truex led the most laps again (131 of 405), but a poor restart caused him to slide back to seventh and cost him the race to Johnson.
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At Pocono, Truex started third and ran up front for most of the race, leading 97 of 160 laps. On the last restart, he managed to pull away to a 1.8-second lead onKevin Harvick to take the checkered flag in 1st place. For Truex, this snapped a 69-race winless streak and was also the fourth straight points race in which he led the most laps. It was the second win for Furniture Row Racing and the first for crew chief Cole Pearn.
With a third-place finish in a rain-shortenedMichigan race, Truex became the first driver sinceRichard Petty in 1969 to start a Cup season with fourteen top-ten finishes through the first fifteen races. At Sonoma, Truex was running in the top-twenty until shortly after the first restart, whenDavid Ragan turned him in the esses, which saw Truex crash into a jersey barrier, resulting in a 42nd-place finish.[15] At Daytona, Truex was running up front until he was caught up in a crash on lap 106, relegating him to a 38th-place finish. Despite a string of bad races, Truex nonetheless made the Chase for the Sprint Cup and advanced through the first two rounds of the Chase. He also advanced to the final four at Homestead-Miami and went on to finish fourth in the final point standings, a then-career best for both him and FRR.
Prior to the season, Furniture Row switched manufacturers from Chevrolet to Toyota.Bass Pro Shops signed on as an associate sponsor to the No. 78, reuniting with Truex for the first time since Truex's time with DEI.[16] Truex started the 2016 season qualifying 28th for the Daytona 500 and ran up front for most of the day. On the last lap of theDaytona 500, he was positioned behind race leader Matt Kenseth. Heading into turn three, Denny Hamlin got a big run on Kenseth and tried to pass him, but Matt went up to block Hamlin but nearly wrecked in the process and ended up losing the draft, leaving Truex as the leading car. After a ferocious race to the finish line, Truex lost by 0.010 seconds toDenny Hamlin in the closest Daytona 500 finish in history.
Truex dominated at Texas, leading 141 of 334 laps, but lost after not making a pit stop with less than 39 laps to go. At Kansas in May, Truex won his first pole of the year and first pole in 147 races in the Sprint Cup for the running of the Go Bowling 400. Truex led a race-high 172 laps but a loose wheel relegated him to a fourteenth-place finish. He won his second pole of the season for theCoca-Cola 600. On May 29—Sunday of Memorial Day weekend, 2016—Truex dominated, leading a record 392 of 400 laps in theCoca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, surpassing the old record of 335 laps set byJim Paschal in 1967. The win was Truex's first of 2016, clinching a place in the Chase for the Sprint Cup at the end of the season. He led the race for 588 miles, the most miles led by any driver in any NASCAR race ever.[17][18]
On September 4, in theBojangles' Southern 500 atDarlington Raceway, Truex won his second race of the year. With 20 laps to go, Truex was on point withKevin Harvick andKyle Larson chasing from behind. With nineteen laps to go, Harvick and Larson found themselves five seconds behind the leader when a caution came out for a hard wreck by Aric Almirola in the No. 43 machine. With seventeen laps to go, the field hit pit road for the final time, with Truex Jr. winning the battle off pit road. The final restart came with twelve laps to go, and immediately Harvick and Larson battled quickly before Harvick eventually took second and then set sail to catch Truex. Luckily For Truex, however, Harvick could not match the number 78 car and Truex would go on to win the Southern 500.[19]
2016 became the first multi-win season of his career. Truex would advance to the next round of the Chase at Chicagoland. Truex led 32 of the final fifty laps and appeared set to finish second behindChase Elliott. After a caution with ten laps left erased Elliott's three-second lead, Truex and Elliott pitted. Truex used the advantage of his fresh tires and got by rookieRyan Blaney on the final restart, winning the race, his third win of the season. In New Hampshire, Truex had a great car all day and would lead the most laps, but towards the end, his tires would wear, and a few late-race cautions came out, so he would lose the lead. Eventually,Kevin Harvick would win, and Truex would finish seventh.
The next week, coming back to Dover, Truex would once again have a great car and would lead the most laps, and would get his fourth win of the season and seventh win of his career after the other dominant driverJimmie Johnson had a pit road mistake and would be advanced into round 2 of the Chase after his Chicagoland win. He would eventually get eliminated in the Round of 12 after his engine blew up in the elimination race at Talladega, and some poor performances in the Round of 12.
Truex started the 2017 season off by winning theKobalt 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. This was Toyota's first win of the season with the new2018 Camry and Truex's first career win at Las Vegas. He also became the first driver to win all three stages of the new stage format that was introduced for 2017.[20]
At Kansas in May 2017, Truex started fourth. The race was primarily a duel between him andRyan Blaney. Truex held off Blaney,Kevin Harvick, and a hard-chargingBrad Keselowski on three restarts to win the race. At Charlotte, he led the most laps once again, becoming only the second man to lead the most laps in three straightCoca-Cola 600 races, yet only winning one. He tiedDarrell Waltrip's record. AtMichigan, he won two more stage wins, becoming the first and fastest person to ever win 10 stage wins, where nobody else has won more than four, or any other team's combined stage wins.[21] In July, Truex captured his third win of the season, dominating the Quaker State 400 at Kentucky Speedway. He again won all three stages, leading 152 of 267 laps. With two laps to go, Truex had a 14-second lead before a late caution set up an overtime finish. Despite each of the other seven cars behind him pitting during the caution, Truex held off Kyle Busch and Kyle Larson on older tires before a wreck behind the lead pack brought out another yellow flag, this one ending the race.
Truex took home his fourth win of the season in August, winning the I Love New York 355 at The Glen, capturing his first win at Watkins Glen International Speedway. After finishing second in the first two segments of the race, Truex took the lead with 36 laps to go from Brad Keselowski but relinquished the top two spots to Keselowski and Ryan Blaney to save fuel. The strategy paid off, as Keselowski went to pit road with five laps remaining, while Blaney went one lap later, giving Truex the lead. He was able to make it to the finish, holding off Matt Kenseth as he was running out of fuel for his second career road course victory. It was an emotional win for the #78 team, as Pollex returned to victory lane with Truex after missing the Kentucky win due to a cancer recurrence, while his crew chief, Cole Pearn, helped earn the win while coping with the loss of his best friend, Jacob Damen.
Two races later at the2017 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race atBristol Motor Speedway, Truex had a chance to clinch the first regular-season title in NASCAR history if he left with a points lead of 120 points or greater. However, Truex struggled during the early stages of the race and finished 21st.[22]
Following an off-week, Truex raced in the Bojangles Southern 500 at Darlington with another chance to wrap up the regular season crown a week before the finale at Richmond. In stage one, Truex ran down Kyle Larson with under a lap to go to win his sixteenth stage of the year. The exciting finish earned him his 35th playoff point of the season. After being behind both Larson and Denny Hamlin early in the second stage, Truex was able to find the lead and took the stage victory under caution after an accident occurred with three laps to go. The stage win also clinched Truex the regular-season championship and the additional fifteen playoff points that go with the title. Truex seemed to have optimal timing again near the finish, springing to the lead shortly after the final exchange of pit stops in the closing 102-lap run of green-flag racing. However, Denny Hamlin gradually chopped into the lead, setting up a potential classic contest for the lead. With three laps to go, Truex's tire gave way, allowing Hamlin to scoot by and grab his second win of the season. Despite this, Truex clinched the regular-season championship.[23]
Before being awarded the regular-season championship at Richmond, Truex dominated the Federated Auto Parts 400, leading 50% of the race. However, his race derailed when Denny Hamlin wrecked him on the final restart. Truex, though clinching the regular-season championship, expressed discontent with the1990 Daytona 500 champion,Derrike Cope, who caused a caution that changed the outcome of the race, leading up to the wreck. The regular-season championship was Truex's first top-level championship in his Cup Series career.
Truex started the playoffs on a high note, winning the first race of the playoffs, and his fifth win of the season atChicagoland Speedway despite a pit road speeding penalty early in the race. That win allowed Truex to secure a spot for the Round of 12. He later earned himself a 5th-place finish atNew Hampshire Motor Speedway, although being involved in an eight-car pileup with minor damage midway through the race.
To start the Round of 12, Truex scored his sixth win of the season at Charlotte after leading 91 out of 334 laps to secure a spot for the Round of 8. Just two weeks later, he scored another win at Kansas despite having a restart violation early in the race, that win extends his active win streak in 1.5-mile tracks to four, a NASCAR record.[24] The next week, Truex came second to Kevin Harvick in Texas Fall race, snapping the streak at the final 1.5. mile track race in the season. After the Texas Chase race, Truex made the final four in the playoffs by points. He ultimately won the final race at Miami, becoming the 2017 champion, and won nineteen of 108 stages, capping off one of the most dominant seasons in recent history.
Truex started off the season with an 18th-place finish at the2018 Daytona 500, after being caught up in a late-race wreck. For the next few weeks, Truex picked up Top 5 finishes for the next five straight races, including two poles, and a win atFontana. He continued this consistency with wins atPocono,Sonoma, andKentucky and 15 Top 5's during the regular season. Truex added four top-five finishes during the Playoffs and made the Championship 4 for the second year in a row. He finished 2nd atHomestead toJoey Logano and in the final points standings.
On September 4, 2018, it was announced that Furniture Row Racing would be folding the No. 78 team following the conclusion of the 2018 season. On November 7, 2018, with Furniture Row Racing closing at the end of 2018, it was announced Truex and crew chief Cole Pearn signed a deal with Joe Gibbs Racing to drive the No. 19 starting in the 2019 season, replacingDaniel Suárez and crew chiefDave Rogers.[25]
Truex started his first season with JGR with a 35th-place finish at the2019 Daytona 500, but he made up for that loss with five straight top-tens and two top-twenties before scoring four wins atRichmond (his first Cup win on a short track),[26]Dover,Charlotte, andSonoma. He began the 2019 playoffs by winning the first two races atLas Vegas andRichmond (his first back-to-back career victories and season "sweep" at Richmond) and advancing to the Round of 12 after finishing seventh at theCharlotte Roval.[27] During the Round of 8, Truex won atMartinsville to secure his position in the Championship 4. At the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Truex dominated the first half of the race, winning the first stage and leading into green flag pit stops at the midpoint of stage 2. However, the race and championship hopes unraveled due to a miscue during the pit stop, in which the left and right front tires were switched around and installed on the incorrect sides. The pit road error forced an unscheduled stop and rendered Truex a lap down for much of the second stage. He recovered and began to rally back through the field, but could not overcome the loss of track position, ultimately finishing second in the race to teammateKyle Busch and the final championship standings for the second season in a row.[28] Truex led the series in victories with seven.[29] Truex was also the first driver to lead the series in wins after switching to a new team sinceMatt Kenseth in 2013, who also did it with Joe Gibbs Racing.[30]
On December 9, after serving as Truex's crew chief for six seasons, Pearn announced he had parted ways with JGR to pursue opportunities outside the sport.[31]
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AtMartinsville in June, Truex controlled the final one-hundred laps and won his only race of the season after early-race damage to the front of his car prevented the right-front tire and brake pads from overheating.[32] Truex dominated the final laps of the race atKentucky but was the victim of a last-lap pass byCole Custer, the second time in three years that Truex was passed on the final lap by a driver in their first career win.[33] Truex missed the Championship 4 for the first time since 2016 and finished 7th in points.
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Despite only scoring one win in their first season paired together, Truex remained with crew chief James Small, even amidst a crew chief shakeup at JGR that year.[34] He won his first race of the season at Phoenix in March, which was his first victory at the track.
In March, Truex made his return to both the Xfinity Series and the Truck Series. He drove JGR's No. 54 at Atlanta in March for his first Xfinity start since2010 when he drove multiple races for MWR in their No. 00 and No. 99 cars.[35] Truex drove in theTruck Series' Bristol dirt race in the No. 51 forKyle Busch Motorsports in preparation for the Cup Series race on the same track, new to the schedule, that weekend. It was his first Truck start since2006, coincidentally also in the No. 51, but he ran forBilly Ballew Motorsports in 2006.[36] He won the race for his first truck series win, becoming the 36th driver to win in all three top NASCAR Series. Despite leading the most laps (122) at the Cup event, Truex would finish 19th after a cut tire with two laps to go while running in third.
Two weeks later, Truex won atMartinsville for the third time in his career, his sixth win on a short track, and became the first driver to win multiple races in 2021.[37]
On May 9, Truex dominated and won theGoodyear 400 at Darlington, earning his thirtieth career victory, and his second at the famed track.
AtNew Hampshire Motor Speedway, Truex was running second when the rain hit the track, causing Truex,Kyle Busch, andDenny Hamlin to crash. He soon rebounded to finish 12th in the same race, which was shortened due to darkness.
During the rest of the season, he would continue to perform to the best of his ability for the next three races after that, earning a third-place finish atWatkins Glen International. Truex was involved in a wreck at theIndianapolis Motor Speedway road course late in the race, but managed to finish fifteenth. He also scored a Top 10 atMichigan International Speedway.
Truex was involved in the big one at the Coke Zero Sugar 400 atDaytona International Speedway, resulting in a 29th-place finish. When the Playoffs started, he scored one win atRichmond Raceway, a top-five atDarlington Raceway, and a top-ten atBristol Motor Speedway.
In the second round of the playoffs, he would finish fourth atLas Vegas Motor Speedway, twelfth atTalladega Superspeedway, and 29th at theCharlotte Motor Speedway Roval.
In the final round of the playoffs atTexas Motor Speedway, Truex got loose in turns 3 and 4, snapping the car around and causing him to slam into the outside wall. He would be scored 25th as a result of said crash. However, he would gather enough points and positions in the next two races atKansas Speedway andMartinsville Speedway, finishing seventh and fourth respectively, giving him just enough points to advance into the Championship 4.
In the Championship Race atPhoenix Raceway, Truex would be in 1st-place for a small portion of the end of the race, looking to secure a second title. With just under thirty laps to go, the caution came out because ofDavid Starr putting debris on the racetrack after cutting a tire. Truex tried his best to overtake the top contender,Kyle Larson, as the laps kept winding down, but ultimately finished second in points after coming up just short of winning. This was the third time in Truex's NASCAR Cup Series career that he finished second in points.
Truex started the2022 season with a thirteenth-place finish at the2022 Daytona 500. He was winless through the regular season, but he stayed consistent with three top-fives and twelve top-ten finishes. In June, Truex expressed uncertainty about his future in the NASCAR Cup Series with him debating over if he would retire or stay with JGR.[38] He would ultimately choose to stay with JGR and run the 2023 season.[39] Despite leading the season in stage wins (seven) and being fourth in the regular season standings at the conclusion of theAugust Daytona race, Truex missed the playoffs for the first time since 2014 after finishing eighth, three points behindRyan Blaney for the sixteenth and final playoff spot asAustin Dillon won the race to become the sixteenth different race winner of the season.[40] Truex went winless and finished seventeenth in the final standings.
Truex began the2023 season by winning the2023 Busch Light Clash at The Coliseum.[41] He broke a 54-race winless streak atDover to make the playoffs.[42] Truex also scored wins atSonoma andNew Hampshire.[43][44] At the conclusion of theDaytona night race, he clinched the regular season championship.[45] On the second playoff race atKansas, Truex experienced a puncture on his right rear tire and crashed on the third lap, finishing in last place and dropping him below the cutoff line.[46] However, the following week atBristol, he was able to salvage a bad night and finish two laps down in nineteenth, going above the cutoff line by five points afterJoey Logano andKevin Harvick had issues late in the race.[47]
On August 5, 2023, Truex announced that he had signed a contract extension to remain with JGR through the 2024 season.[48] On June 14, 2024, Truex announced he would retire from full-time racing at the end of the season.[49][50] Despite not winning a race during the regular season, he stayed consistent enough to make the playoffs.[51] Truex was eliminated from the playoffs at the conclusion of the Round of 16.[52] Despite being eliminated in the first round, Truex would finish his final full-time season tenth in the final point standings.
On January 16, 2025, it was announced thatTricon Garage would attempt to make itsNASCAR Cup Series debut in the2025 Daytona 500. The team fielded the No. 56Toyota Camry, driven by Truex, withBass Pro Shops as the primary sponsor andCole Pearn serving as the crew chief.[53] This would be Truex's first time back in the No. 56 car since 2013 withMichael Waltrip Racing. He would lock himself into the race by being the fastest open car in qualifying. Truex would finish 38th after being involved in a crash.
Truex was born inMayetta, New Jersey, a community located inStafford Township, New Jersey.[54] He graduated fromSouthern Regional High School in 1998. His late father,Martin Truex Sr., was a former race winner in the Busch North Series. His younger brother,Ryan, is a former champion in the K&N Pro Series East, and was a contender for the 2014Rookie of the Year in the Sprint Cup.
Truex and his ex-girlfriend Sherry Pollex were together from 2005 to 2023. In 2007, they started the Martin Truex Jr. Foundation to support children with pediatric cancer.[55] In 2014, Pollex was diagnosed with Stage III ovarian cancer.[55] Truex announced that he and Pollex had ended their relationship on January 27, 2023. They continued to remain close friends post-breakup up until Pollex's death on September 17, 2023.[56]
Truex is an avid fan of thePhiladelphia Eagles of theNational Football League and thePhiladelphia Flyers of theNational Hockey League.[57][58][59]
In 2019, Truex's holding company, which holds a small aircraft fleet, entered thehuman organ transport business.[60]
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | NCSC | Pts | Ref |
| 2004 | Dale Earnhardt, Inc. | 8 | Chevy | DAY | CAR | LVS | ATL | DAR | BRI | TEX | MAR | TAL | CAL | RCH | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | SON | DAY | CHI | NHA RL† | POC | IND | GLN | MCH | BRI | CAL | RCH | 70th | 119 | [61] | ||||||||||
| 1 | NHA DNQ | DOV | TAL | KAN | CLT | MAR | ATL 37 | PHO | DAR | HOM 32 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | DAY 34 | CAL | LVS | ATL | BRI | MAR | TEX | PHO | TAL 21 | DAR | RCH | CLT 7 | DOV | POC | MCH | SON | DAY | CHI | NHA | POC | IND 42 | GLN | MCH | BRI | CAL | RCH | NHA | DOV | TAL 28 | KAN | CLT | MAR | ATL 40 | TEX 15 | PHO | HOM | 47th | 589 | [62] | |||
| 2006 | DAY 16 | CAL 15 | LVS 20 | ATL 19 | BRI 38 | MAR 19 | TEX 8 | PHO 22 | TAL 36 | RCH 41 | DAR 14 | CLT 21 | DOV 22 | POC 24 | MCH 15 | SON 16 | DAY 29 | CHI 19 | NHA 18 | POC 10 | IND 19 | GLN 28 | MCH 30 | BRI 18 | CAL 18 | RCH 40 | NHA 22 | DOV 6 | KAN 11 | TAL 5 | CLT 31 | MAR 36 | ATL 37 | TEX 14 | PHO 12 | HOM 2 | 19th | 3673 | [63] | |||
| 2007 | DAY 29 | CAL 42 | LVS 12 | ATL 8 | BRI 37 | MAR 29 | TEX 7 | PHO 20 | TAL 10 | RCH 28 | DAR 11 | CLT 16 | DOV 1* | POC 3 | MCH 2 | SON 24 | NHA 3 | DAY 13 | CHI 39 | IND 12 | POC 22 | GLN 6 | MCH 2 | BRI 11 | CAL 6 | RCH 15 | NHA 5 | DOV 13 | KAN 38 | TAL 42 | CLT 17 | MAR 19 | ATL 31* | TEX 3 | PHO 7 | HOM 6 | 11th | 6164 | [64] | |||
| 2008 | DAY 20 | CAL 6 | LVS 15 | ATL 21 | BRI 13 | MAR 21 | TEX 36 | PHO 8 | TAL 37 | RCH 5 | DAR 14 | CLT 34 | DOV 6 | POC 17 | MCH 17 | SON 16 | NHA 4 | DAY 17 | CHI 9 | IND 24 | POC 15 | GLN 5 | MCH 16 | BRI 35 | CAL 19 | RCH 16 | NHA 7 | DOV 20 | KAN 43 | TAL 41 | CLT 14 | MAR 10 | ATL 15 | TEX 8 | PHO 43 | HOM 10 | 15th | 3839 | [65] | |||
| 2009 | Earnhardt Ganassi Racing | DAY 11 | CAL 27 | LVS 32 | ATL 10 | BRI 26 | MAR 29 | TEX 25 | PHO 7 | TAL 33 | RCH 22 | DAR 6 | CLT 23 | DOV 21 | POC 18 | MCH 26 | SON 25 | NHA 37 | DAY 25 | CHI 16 | IND 17 | POC 19 | GLN 28 | MCH 21 | BRI 22 | ATL 26* | RCH 39 | NHA 19 | DOV 33 | KAN 16 | CAL 22 | CLT 9 | MAR 28 | TAL 31 | TEX 14 | PHO 5 | HOM 9 | 23rd | 3503 | [66] | ||
| 2010 | Michael Waltrip Racing | 56 | Toyota | DAY 6 | CAL 39 | LVS 20 | ATL 27 | BRI 12 | MAR 5 | PHO 17 | TEX 9 | TAL 12 | RCH 7 | DAR 19 | DOV 12 | CLT 23 | POC 25 | MCH 17 | SON 42 | NHA 22 | DAY 35 | CHI 11 | IND 26 | POC 9 | GLN 15 | MCH 8 | BRI 17 | ATL 12 | RCH 22 | NHA 20 | DOV 34 | KAN 20 | CAL 18 | CLT 15 | MAR 29 | TAL 6 | TEX 38 | PHO 15 | HOM 11 | 22nd | 3916 | [67] |
| 2011 | DAY 19 | PHO 14 | LVS 6 | BRI 17 | CAL 21 | MAR 40 | TEX 35 | TAL 13 | RCH 27 | DAR 10 | DOV 8 | CLT 26 | KAN 20 | POC 10 | MCH 26 | SON 8 | DAY 35 | KEN 18 | NHA 8 | IND 24 | POC 12 | GLN 4 | MCH 19 | BRI 2 | ATL 14 | RCH 30 | CHI 18 | NHA 16 | DOV 30 | KAN 36 | CLT 23 | TAL 10 | MAR 8 | TEX 8 | PHO 20 | HOM 3 | 18th | 937 | [68] | |||
| 2012 | DAY 12 | PHO 7 | LVS 17 | BRI 3 | CAL 8 | MAR 5 | TEX 6 | KAN 2* | RCH 25 | TAL 28 | DAR 5 | CLT 12 | DOV 7 | POC 20 | MCH 12 | SON 22 | KEN 8 | DAY 17 | NHA 11 | IND 8 | POC 3 | GLN 10 | MCH 10 | BRI 11 | ATL 4 | RCH 21 | CHI 9 | NHA 17 | DOV 6 | TAL 13 | CLT 10 | KAN 2 | MAR 23 | TEX 13 | PHO 42 | HOM 6 | 11th | 2299 | [69] | |||
| 2013 | DAY 24 | PHO 36 | LVS 8 | BRI 12 | CAL 18 | MAR 40 | TEX 2 | KAN 4 | RCH 17 | TAL 7 | DAR 12 | CLT 9 | DOV 38 | POC 23 | MCH 3 | SON 1* | KEN 7 | DAY 41 | NHA 16 | IND 11 | POC 15 | GLN 3 | MCH 16 | BRI 35 | ATL 3 | RCH 7 | CHI 18 | NHA 10 | DOV 15 | KAN 19 | CLT 22 | TAL 8 | MAR 16 | TEX 14 | PHO 8 | HOM 4 | 16th | 998 | [70] | |||
| 2014 | Furniture Row Racing | 78 | Chevy | DAY 43 | PHO 22 | LVS 14 | BRI 36 | CAL 23 | MAR 21 | TEX 18 | DAR 27 | RCH 10 | TAL 17 | KAN 21 | CLT 25 | DOV 6 | POC 9 | MCH 37 | SON 15 | KEN 19 | DAY 15 | NHA 12 | IND 25 | POC 32 | GLN 13 | MCH 36 | BRI 20 | ATL 23 | RCH 25 | CHI 14 | NHA 12 | DOV 7 | KAN 4 | CLT 14 | TAL 27 | MAR 38 | TEX 19 | PHO 12 | HOM 17 | 24th | 857 | [71] |
| 2015 | DAY 8 | ATL 6 | LVS 2 | PHO 7 | CAL 8 | MAR 6 | TEX 9 | BRI 29 | RCH 10 | TAL 5 | KAN 9* | CLT 5* | DOV 6* | POC 1* | MCH 3 | SON 42 | DAY 38 | KEN 17 | NHA 12 | IND 4 | POC 19 | GLN 25 | MCH 3 | BRI 28 | DAR 9 | RCH 32 | CHI 13 | NHA 8 | DOV 11 | CLT 3 | KAN 15 | TAL 7 | MAR 6 | TEX 8 | PHO 14 | HOM 12 | 4th | 5032 | [72] | |||
| 2016 | Toyota | DAY 2 | ATL 7 | LVS 11 | PHO 14 | CAL 32 | MAR 18 | TEX 6* | BRI 14 | RCH 9 | TAL 13 | KAN 14* | DOV 9 | CLT 1* | POC 19 | MCH 12 | SON 5 | DAY 29 | KEN 10 | NHA 16 | IND 8 | POC 38 | GLN 7 | BRI 23 | MCH 20 | DAR 1 | RCH 3* | CHI 1 | NHA 7* | DOV 1* | CLT 13 | KAN 11 | TAL 40 | MAR 7 | TEX 3 | PHO 40 | HOM 36 | 11th | 2271 | [73] | ||
| 2017 | DAY 13 | ATL 8 | LVS 1* | PHO 11 | CAL 4 | MAR 16 | TEX 8 | BRI 8 | RCH 10 | TAL 35 | KAN 1* | CLT 3* | DOV 3 | POC 6 | MCH 6 | SON 37* | DAY 34 | KEN 1* | NHA 3* | IND 33 | POC 3 | GLN 1* | MCH 2 | BRI 21 | DAR 8 | RCH 20* | CHI 1 | NHA 5 | DOV 4 | CLT 1 | TAL 23 | KAN 1 | MAR 2 | TEX 2* | PHO 3 | HOM 1 | 1st | 5040 | [74] | |||
| 2018 | DAY 18 | ATL 5 | LVS 4 | PHO 5 | CAL 1* | MAR 4 | TEX 37 | BRI 30 | RCH 14* | TAL 26 | DOV 4 | KAN 2 | CLT 2 | POC 1 | MCH 18 | SON 1* | CHI 4 | DAY 2 | KEN 1* | NHA 4 | POC 15 | GLN 2 | MCH 14 | BRI 30 | DAR 11 | IND 40 | LVS 3* | RCH 3* | ROV 14 | DOV 15 | TAL 23 | KAN 5 | MAR 3 | TEX 9 | PHO 14 | HOM 2 | 2nd | 5035 | [75] | |||
| 2019 | Joe Gibbs Racing | 19 | Toyota | DAY 35 | ATL 2 | LVS 8 | PHO 2 | CAL 8 | MAR 8 | TEX 12 | BRI 17 | RCH 1* | TAL 20 | DOV 1 | KAN 19 | CLT 1* | POC 35 | MCH 3 | SON 1* | CHI 9 | DAY 22 | KEN 19 | NHA 6 | POC 3 | GLN 2 | MCH 4 | BRI 13 | DAR 15 | IND 27 | LVS 1 | RCH 1 | ROV 7 | DOV 2 | TAL 26 | KAN 6 | MAR 1* | TEX 6 | PHO 6 | HOM 2 | 2nd | 5035 | [76] |
| 2020 | DAY 32 | LVS 20 | CAL 14 | PHO 32 | DAR 6 | DAR 10 | CLT 6 | CLT 9 | BRI 20 | ATL 3 | MAR 1 | HOM 12 | TAL 24 | POC 6 | POC 10 | IND 38 | KEN 2 | TEX 29 | KAN 3 | NHA 3 | MCH 3 | MCH 3 | DRC 3 | DOV 2 | DOV 2 | DAY 4 | DAR 22* | RCH 2 | BRI 24 | LVS 4 | TAL 23 | ROV 7 | KAN 9 | TEX 2 | MAR 22 | PHO 10 | 7th | 2341 | [77] | |||
| 2021 | DAY 25 | DRC 12 | HOM 3 | LVS 6 | PHO 1 | ATL 9 | BRD 19* | MAR 1 | RCH 5 | TAL 31 | KAN 6 | DAR 1* | DOV 19 | COA 35 | CLT 29 | SON 3 | NSH 22 | POC 18 | POC 11 | ROA 9 | ATL 3 | NHA 12 | GLN 3* | IRC 15 | MCH 10 | DAY 29 | DAR 4 | RCH 1 | BRI 7 | LVS 4 | TAL 12 | ROV 29 | TEX 25 | KAN 7 | MAR 4 | PHO 2 | 2nd | 5035 | [78] | |||
| 2022 | DAY 13 | CAL 13 | LVS 8 | PHO 35 | ATL 8 | COA 7 | RCH 4 | MAR 22 | BRD 21 | TAL 5 | DOV 12 | DAR 24 | KAN 6 | CLT 12 | GTW 6 | SON 26 | NSH 22 | ROA 13 | ATL 11 | NHA 4* | POC 7 | IRC 21 | MCH 6 | RCH 7 | GLN 23 | DAY 8 | DAR 31 | KAN 5 | BRI 36 | TEX 31 | TAL 26 | ROV 17 | LVS 7 | HOM 6 | MAR 20 | PHO 15 | 17th | 1037 | [79] | |||
| 2023 | DAY 15 | CAL 11 | LVS 7 | PHO 17 | ATL 19 | COA 17 | RCH 11 | BRD 7 | MAR 3 | TAL 27 | DOV 1 | KAN 8 | DAR 31* | CLT 3 | GTW 5 | SON 1* | NSH 2 | CSC 32 | ATL 29 | NHA 1* | POC 3 | RCH 7 | MCH 2 | IRC 7 | GLN 6 | DAY 24 | DAR 18 | KAN 36 | BRI 19 | TEX 17 | TAL 18 | ROV 20 | LVS 9 | HOM 29 | MAR 12 | PHO 6 | 11th | 2269 | [80] | |||
| 2024 | DAY 15 | ATL 12 | LVS 7 | PHO 7 | BRI 2 | COA 10 | RCH 4* | MAR 18 | TEX 14 | TAL 11 | DOV 3 | KAN 4 | DAR 25 | CLT 12 | GTW 34 | SON 27 | IOW 15 | NHA 9 | NSH 24 | CSC 33 | POC 8 | IND 27 | RCH 37 | MCH 24 | DAY 24 | DAR 36 | ATL 35 | GLN 20 | BRI 24 | KAN 3 | TAL 11 | ROV 21 | LVS 6 | HOM 23 | MAR 24 | PHO 17 | 10th | 2257 | [81] | |||
| 2025 | Tricon Garage | 56 | Toyota | DAY 38 | ATL | COA | PHO | LVS | HOM | MAR | DAR | BRI | TAL | TEX | KAN | CLT | NSH | MCH | MXC | POC | ATL | CSC | SON | DOV | IND | IOW | GLN | RCH | DAY | DAR | GTW | BRI | NHA | KAN | ROV | LVS | TAL | MAR | PHO | 42nd | 1 | [82] |
| † – RelievedDale Earnhardt Jr. during race | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Team | Manufacturer | Start | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Dale Earnhardt, Inc. | Chevrolet | 10 | 34 |
| 2006 | 19 | 16 | ||
| 2007 | 13 | 29 | ||
| 2008 | 25 | 20 | ||
| 2009 | Earnhardt Ganassi Racing | 1 | 11 | |
| 2010 | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | 14 | 6 |
| 2011 | 20 | 19 | ||
| 2012 | 26 | 12 | ||
| 2013 | 37 | 24 | ||
| 2014 | Furniture Row Racing | Chevrolet | 2 | 43 |
| 2015 | 10 | 8 | ||
| 2016 | Toyota | 28 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 35 | 13 | ||
| 2018 | 24 | 18 | ||
| 2019 | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 11 | 35 |
| 2020 | 15 | 32 | ||
| 2021 | 26 | 25 | ||
| 2022 | 14 | 13 | ||
| 2023 | 16 | 15 | ||
| 2024 | 27 | 15 | ||
| 2025 | Tricon Garage | Toyota | 39 | 38 |
| NASCAR Xfinity Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | NXSC | Pts | Ref |
| 2001 | Truex Motorsports | 56 | Chevy | DAY | CAR | LVS | ATL | DAR | BRI | TEX | NSH | TAL | CAL | RCH | NHA | NZH | CLT | DOV | KEN | MLW | GLN | CHI | GTW | PPR | IRP | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV 38 | KAN | CLT | MEM | PHO | CAR | HOM DNQ | 133rd | 49 | [83] | ||
| 2002 | Phoenix Racing | 1 | Chevy | DAY | CAR | LVS | DAR | BRI | TEX | NSH | TAL | CAL | RCH | NHA 29 | NZH | CLT | 65th | 370 | [84] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Truex Motorsports | 56 | Chevy | DOV 17 | NSH | KEN | MLW | DAY | CHI | GTW | PPR | IRP | MCH | BRI | DAR | HOM 23 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 58 | RCH DNQ | DOV 25 | KAN | CLT | MEM | ATL | CAR | PHO | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | DAY | CAR | LVS | DAR | BRI | TEX | TAL | NSH 15 | CAL | KEN 21 | MLW | DAY | CHI | NHA | PPR | IRP 21 | MCH | 40th | 1228 | [85] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Chance 2 Motorsports | 81 | Chevy | RCH 31 | GTW | NZH | CLT | DOV 18 | NSH | BRI 6 | DAR | RCH | DOV DNQ | KAN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanton Barrett Motorsports | 91 | Chevy | DOV 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chance 2 Motorsports | 8 | Chevy | CLT 17 | MEM | ATL | PHO | CAR 2 | HOM 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004 | Chance 2 Motorsports | 81 | DAY 28 | 1st | 5173 | [86] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | CAR 2 | LVS 14 | DAR 4 | BRI 1 | TEX 10 | NSH 23 | TAL 1 | CAL 13 | GTW 1 | RCH 7 | NZH 1 | CLT 14 | DOV 2 | NSH 2 | KEN 6 | MLW 9 | DAY 3 | CHI 14 | NHA 11 | PPR 5 | IRP 4 | MCH 3 | BRI 7 | CAL 6 | RCH 3 | DOV 1 | KAN 30 | CLT 6 | MEM 1 | ATL 9 | PHO 3 | DAR 4 | HOM 9 | ||||||||
| 2005 | DAY 4 | CAL 30 | MXC 1 | LVS 16 | ATL 11 | NSH 14 | BRI 31 | TEX 35 | PHO 9 | TAL 1 | DAR 3 | RCH 38 | CLT 7 | DOV 1 | NSH 5 | KEN 2 | MLW 2 | DAY 1 | CHI 7 | NHA 1 | PPR 4 | GTW 26 | IRP 1 | GLN 5 | MCH 4 | BRI 6 | CAL 15 | RCH 27 | DOV 12 | KAN 9 | CLT 11 | MEM 3 | TEX 11 | PHO 6 | HOM 7 | 1st | 4937 | [87] | |||
| 2006 | Dale Earnhardt, Inc. | Chevy | DAY | CAL | MXC | LVS | ATL | BRI | TEX | NSH | PHO | TAL 1 | RCH | DAR | CLT 5 | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | DOV 30 | KAN | CLT | MEM | TEX | PHO | HOM | 50th | 835 | [88] | ||||||||||||
| JR Motorsports | 88 | Chevy | DAY 8 | CHI 16 | NHA | MAR | GTW | IRP | GLN 6 | MCH | BRI | CAL | RCH | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Dale Earnhardt, Inc. | 11 | Chevy | DAY 6 | CAL | MXC | LVS | ATL | BRI | NSH | TEX | PHO | TAL 41 | RCH | DAR | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | NHA | DAY | CHI | GTW | IRP | CGV | GLN | MCH | BRI | CAL | RCH | 84th | 370 | [89] | |||||||
| 8 | DOV 2 | KAN | CLT | MEM | TEX | PHO | HOM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | DAY 11 | CAL | LVS | ATL | 100th | 175 | [90] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| JR Motorsports | 5 | Chevy | BRI 41 | NSH | TEX | PHO | MXC | TAL | RCH | DAR | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | NHA | DAY | CHI | GTW | IRP | CGV | GLN | MCH | BRI | CAL | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT | MEM | TEX | PHO | HOM | ||||||||
| 2009 | Phoenix Racing | 1 | Chevy | DAY | CAL | LVS | BRI | TEX | NSH | PHO | TAL | RCH | DAR | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | NHA | DAY | CHI | GTW | IRP | IOW | GLN | MCH | BRI | CGV | ATL | RCH 6 | DOV 16 | KAN | CAL | CLT | MEM | TEX | PHO | HOM | 88th | 265 | [91] |
| 2010 | Diamond-Waltrip Racing | 00 | Toyota | DAY | CAL | LVS | BRI | NSH | PHO | TEX | TAL | RCH | DAR | DOV | CLT | NSH | KEN | ROA | NHA | DAY | CHI | GTW | IRP | IOW | GLN | MCH | BRI | CGV | ATL | RCH | DOV | KAN 5 | CLT 2 | GTW | PHO 34 | 51st | 771 | [92] | |||
| 99 | CAL 25 | TEX 5 | HOM 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Joe Gibbs Racing | 54 | Toyota | DAY | DRC | HOM | LVS | PHO | ATL 2* | MAR | TAL | DAR | DOV | COA | CLT | MOH | TEX | NSH | POC | ROA | ATL | NHA | GLN | IRC | MCH | DAY | DAR | RCH | BRI | LVS | TAL | ROV | TEX | KAN | MAR | PHO | 76th | 01 | [93] | ||
| NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | NCWTC | Pts | Ref |
| 2005 | Billy Ballew Motorsports | 15 | Chevy | DAY | CAL | ATL | MAR | GTW | MFD | CLT | DOV | TEX | MCH | MLW 15 | KAN | KEN | MEM | IRP | NSH | BRI | RCH | NHA | LVS | MAR | ATL | TEX | PHO | HOM | 77th | 106 | [94] |
| 2006 | 51 | DAY | CAL | ATL | MAR | GTW | CLT | MFD | DOV | TEX | MCH 34 | MLW | KAN | KEN | MEM | IRP | NSH | BRI | NHA | LVS | TAL | MAR | ATL | TEX | PHO | HOM | 85th | 61 | [95] | ||
| 2021 | Kyle Busch Motorsports | 51 | Toyota | DAY | DRC | LVS | ATL | BRD 1* | RCH | KAN | DAR | COA | CLT | TEX | NSH | POC | KNX | GLN | GTW | DAR | BRI | LVS | TAL | MAR | PHO | 95th | 01 | [96] | |||
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
| NASCAR Busch North Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | NBNSC | Pts | Ref |
| 1999 | Truex Motorsports | 56 | Chevy | LEE | RPS | NHA | TMP | NZH | HOL | BEE | JEN | GLN | STA | NHA | NZH | STA DNQ | NHA | GLN | EPP | TRO | BEE | NHA | LIM | N/A | – | [97] |
| 2000 | LEE 16 | NHA 29 | SEE 3 | HOL 24 | BEE 29 | JEN 23 | GLN | STA 11 | NHA 1** | NZH | STA 24 | WFD 29 | GLN 19 | EPP 8 | TMP 13 | TRO 4 | BEE 20 | NHA 9 | LIM 23 | 12th | 1961 | [98] | ||||
| 2001 | LEE 4 | NHA 2 | SEE 19 | HOL 6 | BEE 28 | EPP 17 | STA 25 | WFD 24 | BEE 4* | TMP 1* | NHA 2 | STA 1* | SEE 26 | GLN 5 | NZH 7 | TRO 19 | BEE 3 | DOV 19 | STA 4 | LIM 34 | 8th | 2630 | [99] | |||
| 2002 | LEE 11 | NHA 31 | NZH 5 | SEE 3 | BEE 29 | STA 10 | HOL 20 | WFD 4 | TMP 9* | NHA 4 | STA 6* | GLN 32 | ADI 25 | TRO 6 | BEE 3 | NHA 28 | DOV 3 | STA 12* | LIM 10 | 11th | 2416 | [100] | ||||
| 2003 | LEE | STA 1** | LER | BEE | STA 2 | HOL | TMP 3 | NHA 1* | WFD | SEE | GLN | ADI 2* | BEE | TRO | NHA 15 | STA | LIM | 25th | 1013 | [101] | ||||||
| NASCAR Featherlite Modified Tour results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Car owner | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | NFMTC | Pts | Ref |
| 2001 | Info not available | SBO | TMP | STA | WFD | NZH | STA | RIV | SEE | RCH | NHA DNQ | HOL | RIV | CHE | TMP | STA | WFD | TMP | STA | MAR | TMP | N/A | – | [102] | ||
| 2002 | Info not available | 98 | Chevy | TMP | STA | WFD | NZH | RIV | SEE | RCH | STA | BEE | NHA | RIV | TMP | STA | WFD | TMP | NHA 40 | STA | MAR | TMP | 90th | 43 | [103] | |
(key) (Bold – Pole position. * – Most laps led.)
| International Race of Champions results | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Pos. | Pts | Ref |
| 2005 | Pontiac | DAY 2 | TEX 4 | RCH 5 | ATL 1* | 2nd | 68 | [104] |
| 2006 | DAY 5 | TEX 3 | DAY 6 | ATL 1 | 3rd | 57 | [105] | |
Truex, a Stafford Township native, enters Sunday's race in 11th place in the standings.
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | NASCAR Busch Series champion 2004,2005 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | NASCAR Cup Series champion 2017 | Succeeded by |
| Achievements | ||
| Preceded by | Coca-Cola 600 winner 2016 2019 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Southern 500 winner 2016 | Succeeded by |
| Awards | ||
| Preceded by | Best Driver ESPY Award 2018 | Succeeded by |
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