Kevin Harvick was penalized after winning the race at Texas Motor Speedway; Cole Pearn and Darrian Grubb comment on the NASCAR penalty
Kevin Harvick dominated the race at Texas Motor Speedway. He swept both stages and went on to score the race win. With the win late in the NASCAR Playoffs,
Read MoreMartin Truex Jr and crew chief Cole Pearn will move to Joe Gibbs Racing in the 2019 NASCAR season
It’s the worst kept secret of the year. It’s now been officially released that Martin Truex Jr’s 2019 ride will come out of the Joe Gibbs Racing stable.
Several months ago,
Read MoreDale Earnhardt Jr had a talk with Martin Truex Jr after the race at Martinsville Speedway
Earnhardt Jr said to Truex Jr after Martinsville: “Come on Martin! Quit being so clean.”
Martin Truex Jr and Joey Logano were in a battle for 10 laps at Martinsville Speedway. In the course of that battle,
Read MoreWard Burton: “If I was in the 22 I would have done the exact same thing. He didn’t wreck him he moved him.”
Martinsville Speedway put on a show once again. A bump and run with a door banging finish has the fan base excited as the series heads to Texas Motor Speedway.
Read MoreCole Pearn says with a laugh: “I’m happy I don’t have a baseball bat or a jack handle right now.”
Martin Truex Jr closed on Joey Logano in a hurry in the closing laps of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway on October 28, 2018.
It was the last short track race of the season and the first opportunity for a driver to claim their spot in the championship 4 race at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Read MoreMartin Truex Jr: “I’ve been run into quite a lot here in the last two months. It’s getting old and I don’t do that to others.”
Since the beginning of August, Truex has only collected two top-10 runs.
Truex is still sitting pretty in the points. That’s due to a fallback from points gathered earlier in the season.
Read MoreJimmie Johnson details the steps for the prank he pulled on Truex; Discusses riff’s in NASCAR
On NASCAR’s newest track, Jimmie Johnson and Martin Truex Jr were in a battle for the win. Until they were not. Johnson wheel hopped under braking into the final corner and the car jumped sideways.
Read MoreJimmie Johnson took advice from Cole Pearn, twisted it and sent it back via 12 tiny pink bicycles
Last week, the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at the Charlotte Roval featured fireworks. In the closing laps of the race, Jimmie Johnson and Martin Truex Jr were in a battle for the win.
Read MoreThe defending NASCAR champions are set to close shop; Martin Truex will need a new ride as Furniture Row Racing will close the doors
Barney Visser: “I would have to borrow money to continue as a competitive team and I’m not going to do that.”
A year after reducing the team to a single car effort,
Read MoreTruex hit with lug-nut violation; Bell crew chief suspended
Three penalties across the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series were handed down following a weekend of racing at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
In the Monster Energy Series, the No. 78 Furniture Row Racing team of Martin Truex Jr.
Read MoreCole Pearn: “Pretty much taking the piss out of everything these days”
In 2017, the five minute crash clock went into effect in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. No longer could teams gather crews from multiple cars and assemble the old 35 crew member repair session in the garage area.
Read MoreNASCAR inspection issues explained from the the crew chief’s perspective
NASCAR introduced a new inspection system over the off-season. In short, it’s teching the cars to a degree that hasn’t been seen before. The margins for error is smaller than ever.
At Auto Club Speedway, 13 cars failed to make it to the track for qualifying.
Read MoreHendrick Motorsports has been fined $50,000; Other indefinite suspensions handed out
The No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports team in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series received an L1-level penalty for a rear suspension violation following last weekend’s race at ISM Raceway in Phoenix, NASCAR announced Wednesday evening.
Per the NASCAR penalty report,
Read MoreCole Pearn discusses 3 failed inspections for the #78 of Martin Truex Jr
All 3 attempts at pre-qualifying inspection didn’t go as planned for the #78 of Martin Truex Jr. In fact, Furniture Row Racing never made it passed the OSS to the take to the track for qualifying.
The team could have sent the car through NASCAR’s brand new inspection station for another round.
Read MoreThe new pit guns that are issued by NASCAR failed for multiple teams at Atlanta Motor Speedway
In the off-season it was announced that NASCAR would mandate the air guns used to remove and install tires during pit stops. In 2017, we were at a point where teams were using fully-developed and custom built guns.
Read MoreFurniture Row Racing comments on the Atlanta Motor Speedway penalty
Furniture Row Racing are the defending champions of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. Technically it’s the second race of the season. Though, many in the garage would consider Atlanta to be the ‘first race’ of the season.
The team will be starting Atlanta Motor Speedway from last place on Sunday.
Read MoreFurniture Row Racing has been penalized for this weekend
Toyota driver Martin Truex Jr never made it to the track for qualifying today at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Yet, he wasn’t the only one to have issues. Chevrolet driver Jimmie Johnson and his Hendrick Motorsports team also suffered several failed attempts at pre-qualifying inspection.
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