Meanwhile at the top of the leaderboard…
Martin Truex Jr made a rare runner-up appearance this weekend at Martinsville Speedway. He did it at his worst track, in the round of 8.
“There’s a lot of things I could have done differently,” Martin Truex Jr states from the pass room after finishing 2nd to Kyle Busch at Martinsville Speedway.
“Ultimately, what I did — came home 2nd. I had a tough battle with Clint, side by side, comin’ to the white. I was lucky enough to clear him and ultimately have a shot at the lead because of the #18 and the #11 getting together.”
“So, had I not cleared Clint, I wouldn’t of even had a chance. I don’t know that I would have done anything differently.”
I wasn’t just going to go in there and run into him. That’s just not the way I do it.
-Martin Truex Jr
“The hole opened up. I drove inside of Kyle. I wasn’t just going to go in there and run into him. That’s just not the way I do it.”
We’ll let everybody else fight and we’ll try to do our thing.
-Truex
“I think we can get to Homestead without making too many enemies. We’ll let everybody else fight and we’ll try to do our thing.”
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Martin Truex Jr has 7 wins in 2017. Martinsville was his second, 2nd place finish. The other came at Michigan in the summer.
Next weekend, Martin Truex Jr will likely clinch a spot in the Championship 4. Heading into Texas Motor Speedway he is +67 to the cutoff line.
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