Martin Truex Jr.

Martin Lee Truex Jr. (born June 29, 1980) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 19 Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing. He is the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series champion and a two-time Xfinity Series champion, having won two consecutive championships in 2004 and 2005.

Martin Truex Jr.
Truex at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in 2023
Born	Martin Lee Truex Jr. (1980-06-29) June 29, 1980 (age 42) Trenton, New Jersey, U.S.
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight	180 lb (82 kg)
Achievements	2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Champion 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Regular Season Champion 2004, 2005 NASCAR Busch Series Champion 2016, 2019 Coca-Cola 600 winner 2016 Southern 500 winner 2007, 2010 NASCAR All-Star Race Open winner 2023 Busch Light Clash Winner Named one of NASCAR's 75 Greatest Drivers (2023)
Awards	2004, 2005 Busch Series Most Popular Driver 2018 ESPY Best Driver
NASCAR Cup Series career
621 races run over 19 years
Car no., team	No. 19 (Joe Gibbs Racing)
2022 position	17th
Best finish	1st (2017)
First race	2004 Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500 (Atlanta)
Last race	2023 Würth 400 (Dover)
First win	2007 Autism Speaks 400 (Dover)
Last win	2023 Wurth 400 (Dover)
Wins Top tens Poles 32 267 20
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
104 races run over 11 years
2021 position	76th
Best finish	1st (2004, 2005)
First race	2001 MBNA.com 200 (Dover)
Last race	2021 EchoPark 250 (Atlanta)
First win	2004 Sharpie Professional 250 (Bristol)
Last win	2006 Aaron's 312 (Talladega)
Wins Top tens Poles 13 62 10
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
3 races run over 3 years
2021 position	95th
Best finish	77th (2005)
First race	2005 Toyota Tundra Milwaukee 200 (Milwaukee)
Last race	2021 Pinty's Truck Race on Dirt (Bristol Dirt)
First win	2021 Pinty's Truck Race on Dirt (Bristol Dirt)
Wins Top tens Poles 1 1 0
Statistics current as of November 6, 2022.

Many members of Truex Jr.'s family are current or retired NASCAR drivers. His younger brother Ryan competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series for Joe Gibbs Racing and Sam Hunt Racing, and is a two-time consecutive champion in what is now known as the ARCA Menards Series East. His father Martin Sr. competed full-time in the East Series in the 1990s. His uncle Barney competed part-time in the Whelen Modified Tour in the 1980s.^[1] His cousins, Curtis Truex Jr. and Tyler Truex, are late model racing drivers.^[2][3]

Early career

The son of racer Martin Truex Sr., Martin Jr. began his racing career driving go-karts at the New Egypt Speedway, located in Central 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 at Wall Stadium in 1998, as soon as he was old enough to race a car at the age of 18 (under New Jersey regulations).^[3]

In 2000, Truex moved south and rented a home from Dale Earnhardt Jr. in Mooresville, North Carolina, eventually purchasing his own home there. Following in his father's footsteps, he began racing in the Busch North Series. He ran three full seasons (2000 to 2002) and made limited starts in 2003. Truex claimed 13 poles and 5 wins driving his family-owned No. 56 SeaWatch Chevy.

NASCAR

2001–2005: Busch Series

Truex made his first Busch Series start in 2001 at Dover International Speedway in his father's No. 56 Chevy. He started 19th but finished 38th after an early wreck. In 2002, Truex drove one race for Phoenix Racing at New Hampshire International Speedway, starting 13th and finishing 29th. He ran three races the rest of that season for his father, his best finish seventeenth at Dover.

In 2003, he began the season with his father's team, before he was hired by Dale Earnhardt Jr. to drive his No. 81 Chance 2 Motorsports Chevy. He made his debut with Chance 2 at Richmond 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 father's team for the balance of the season, except at Dover, where he drove for Stanton Barrett. He had a sixth-place run at Bristol 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 at Talladega Superspeedway which broke his car owner's streak of winning restrictor plate races in the Busch Series, and a victory at the final NASCAR event held at Nazareth Speedway. He took the lead in the championship after Nazareth but lost it to rookie Kyle Busch a few races later. However, a series of Top 5's and Top 10's in the second half of the season would allow 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'd suffered burns in a sports car accident. Truex started his first career Cup race for Dale Earnhardt, Inc. (DEI) in the No. 1 at Atlanta 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 and Dover International Speedway. He took his first Daytona International Speedway win on July 1, 2005.

2006–2008: Dale Earnhardt, Inc.

 

2008 Sprint Cup car

In 2006, Truex moved to the No. 1 DEI Chevy full-time in the Nextel Cup Series. He had two Top 5 finishes and finished 19th in points. Truex got his first win of the 2007 season in the NASCAR Nextel All-Star Open, securing a spot in the 2007 Nextel All-Star Challenge, where he finished tenth.

A few weeks later, he won the Autism Speaks 400, scoring his first Sprint Cup Series win with an interval of seven seconds between pole-sitter Ryan Newman and himself, even though he led over half of the race—219 of the 400 laps.

This victory led to a jump in overall points advancing him to 13th, followed by a third-place finish at Pocono Raceway and a second-place finish at Michigan. With a 15th-place finish in the Chevy Rock and Roll 400, Truex clinched a spot in his first Chase for the Sprint Cup and finished 11th in points at season's end. He did not go to victory lane in 2008, but he did have 11 Top 10's and finished 15th in the points standings.

2009: Earnhardt Ganassi Racing

At the beginning of the 2009 season, Dale Earnhardt, Inc. merged into Chip Ganassi Racing and was renamed Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates. The move was in effect a closing of DEI, and Truex's No. 1 moved to Ganassi to replace the defunct No. 41 of Reed Sorenson. Truex began the year by winning the pole for the Daytona 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 by Jamie McMurray.^[5][6]

2010–2013: Michael Waltrip Racing

2010–2011

 

Truex's No. 56 at Pocono Raceway in 2011

After the 2009 season, Truex left Earnhardt Ganassi Racing to drive the No. 56 Toyota Camry for Michael Waltrip Racing, receiving owner points from the No. 55 car formerly driven by Waltrip. The No. 56 was the number Martin's 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 the Daytona 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 12 fives times and all Top 19 finishes, he would gain to 13th in the point standings. At Dover, he earned his fifth career pole. Truex won the All-Star Showdown at Charlotte thereby earning the 1st transfer spot for the All-Star Race which he finished second in from a 19th (out of 21) starting spot. Truex would go on to finish the 2010 season 22nd in the point standings with one Top 5 finish and seven Top 10 finishes.

At Martinsville the following year in 2011, a stuck throttle caused Truex to make contact with Kasey 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 to 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 off. 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 5's and 12 top 10's.^[7]

2012

Truex started 2012 well, winning a $200,000 bonus and finishing 7th 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 flat-out dominated the race, leading 173 of 267 laps but falling short to Denny Hamlin. At Atlanta, he led 40 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 11th in the points, with zero wins, seven Top 5's, and 19 Top 10's.^[8]

2013

 

Truex's 2013 Sprint Cup car at Texas Motor Speedway

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 to Kyle 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 14th on the starting grid and working his way up to win by over eight seconds over Jeff Gordon. Truex's 218-race winless streak is second only to Bill 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 being Jim Hurtubise in a 1966 Atlanta race.

Returning to Bristol, Truex was involved in a wreck on Lap 448 where his car hit an inside wall at an angle that he broke his right wrist; he continued racing despite wearing a cast on his right wrist.^[9] At Atlanta, despite nursing a broken wrist, Truex finished third to Kyle Busch and Joey Logano.

In the final regular-season race at Richmond, Truex was in the midst of a fierce battle for the final Wildcard spot, eventually coming out over Ryan 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 – 50 points for Truex, Clint Bowyer and Brian Vickers each – that resulted in Truex being bumped from the Chase and Newman and Jeff Gordon being added to the Chase field, as well as probation for all 3 crew chiefs, suspension of Ty Norris, and a $300,000 fine.^[10] In the final 10 races of the season, Truex had 4 top 10 finishes, which included a top 5 run at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

2014–2018: Furniture Row Racing

2014

 

Truex racing at Sonoma Raceway in 2014

On October 14, 2013, it was announced that Michael Waltrip Racing's No. 56 would become a research and development team in 2014, and later was spun off.^[11][12] Truex was told he could offer his services as a driver to other teams, and on October 17 it was confirmed that for the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season Truex would move to Furniture Row Racing and drive the No. 78 Chevrolet being vacated by Kurt Busch.^[13] 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.^[14]

Truex's 2014 season started with an outside pole qualifying run for the Daytona 500, Furniture Row Racing's first front row start in the 500. However, Truex's engine failed on lap 31.^[15]

Truex did poorly in the spring but rebounded with 4 top tens 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.

2015: 1st Championship Four Appearance

 

Truex Jr. at the 2015 Daytona 500.

Before the 2015 season, crew chief Todd Berrier was released and replaced with rookie crew chief Cole Pearn.

Truex's season began on a high note. He led the most laps of the Sprint Unlimited (28 of 75). He led late but after a late-race red flag period erased his 5-second lead on Joey Logano, Truex lost his rhythm and finished second to Matt 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 14 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 9th on the last restart, and he was unable to make up enough ground to catch Jimmie Johnson.

At the Coca-Cola 600, Truex led the most laps (131 of 400), but with 20 laps to go, he had to make a late-race fuel stop and finished 5th. 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.

 

Truex Jr. racing at Michigan International Speedway in 2015

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 on Kevin Harvick to take the checkered flag in first 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-shortened Michigan race, Truex became the first driver since Richard Petty in 1969 to start a Cup season with 14 top-10 finishes through the first 15 races. At Sonoma, Truex was running in the top 20 until shortly after the first restart, when David Ragan turned him in the esses, which saw Truex crash into a jersey barrier, resulting in a 42nd-place finish.^[16] 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 2 rounds of the Chase. He also advanced to the final four at Homestead-Miami and went on to finish 4th in the final standings, a then-career best for both FRR and Truex.

2016

 

Truex's No. 78 Bass Pro Shops Toyota in 2016

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.^[17] 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 the Daytona 500, he was positioned behind race leader Matt Kenseth. Heading into turn 3 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 to Denny 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 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 14th-place finish. He won his second pole of the season for the Coca-Cola 600. On May 29—Sunday of Memorial Day weekend, 2016—Truex dominated, leading a record 392 of 400 laps in the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, surpassing the old record of 335 laps set by Jim 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-season. He led the race for 588 miles, the most miles led by any driver in any NASCAR race ever.^[18][19]

On September 4, in the Bojangles' Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway, Truex won his second race of the year. With 20 laps to go Truex Jr. was on point with Kevin Harvick and Kyle Larson chasing from behind. With 19 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 17 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 12 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.^[20]

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 50 laps and appeared set to finish second behind Chase Elliott. After a caution with 10 laps left erased Elliott's 3-second lead, Truex and Elliott pitted. Truex used the advantage of his fresh tires and got by rookie Ryan Blaney on the final restart, winning the race, his third win of the season. At 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 7th.

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 4th win of the season and 7th win of his career after the other dominant driver Jimmie 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.

2017: Championship year

 

Truex during qualifying for the 2017 Toyota/Save Mart 350

Truex started the 2017 season off by winning the Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. This was Toyota's first win of the season with the new 2018 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.^[21]

At Kansas in May 2017, Truex started 4th. The race was primarily a duel between him and Ryan Blaney. Truex held off Blaney, Kevin Harvick, and a hard-charging Brad 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 straight Coca-Cola 600 races, yet only winning one. He tied Darrell Waltrip's record. At Michigan, he won 2 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.^[22] 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 2nd 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 the 2017 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race at Bristol 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^[23]

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 16th 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 15 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.^[24]

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 the 1990 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 5th win of the season at Chicagoland 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 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, although being involved in an 8-car pileup with minor damage midway through the race.

To start the Round of 12, Truex scored his 6th 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 4, a NASCAR record.^[25] 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 19 of 108 stages, capping off one of the most dominant seasons in recent history.

2018: 3rd Championship Four Appearance And Final Year At Furniture Row

 

Truex standing next to his 2018 race cars

Truex started off the season with an 18th-place finish at the 2018 Daytona 500, after being caught up in a late-race wreck. For the next few weeks, Truex picked up top-five finishes for the next five straight races, including two poles, and a win at California. He continued this consistency with wins at Pocono, Sonoma, and Kentucky and 15 top-fives 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 second at Homestead to Joey Logano and in the final points standings.

On September 4, 2018, it was announced that Furniture Row Racing will 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, replacing Daniel Suárez and crew chief Dave Rogers.^[26]

2019–present: Joe Gibbs Racing

2019: 4th Championship Four Appearance

 

Truex's race-winning car during the 2019 Toyota/Save Mart 350

Truex started his first season with JGR with a 35th-place finish at the 2019 Daytona 500, but he made up for that loss with five straight top-10s and two top-20s before scoring four wins at Richmond (his first Cup win on a short track),^[27] Dover, Charlotte, and Sonoma. He began the 2019 playoffs by winning the first two races at Las Vegas and Richmond (his first back-to-back career victories and season "sweep" at Richmond) and advancing to the Round of 12 after finishing seventh at the Charlotte Roval.^[28] During the Round of 8, Truex won at Martinsville 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 hope unraveled due to a miscue during the pit stop, in which the left and right front tires were switched around, and installed to 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 teammate Kyle Busch and the final championship standings for the second season in a row.^[29] Truex led the series in victories with seven.^[30] Truex was also the first driver to lead the series in wins after switching to a new team since Matt Kenseth in 2013, who also did it with Joe Gibbs Racing.^[31]

On December 9, after serving as Truex's crew chief for six seasons, Pearn announced he has parted ways with JGR to pursue opportunities outside the sport.^[32]

2020

At Martinsville in June, Truex controlled the final 100 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.^[33] Truex dominated the final laps of the race at Kentucky but was the victim of a last-lap pass by Cole Custer, the second time in three years that Truex was passed on the final lap by a driver in their first career win.^[34] Truex missed the Championship 4 for the first time since 2016 and finished 7th in points.

2021: 5th Championship Four Appearance

 

Truex racing at Darlington Raceway in 2021

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.^[35] 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 since 2010 when he drove multiple races for MWR in their No. 00 and No. 99 cars.^[36] Truex drove in the Truck Series' Bristol dirt race in the No. 51 for Kyle 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 since 2006, coincidentally also in the No. 51, but he ran for Billy Ballew Motorsports in 2006.^[37] 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 2 laps to go while running in third.

Two weeks later, Truex won at Martinsville for the third time in his career, his sixth win on a short track, and became the 1st driver to win multiple races in 2021.^[38]

On May 9, Truex dominated and won the Goodyear 400 at Darlington, earning his 30th career victory, and second at the famed track.

At New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Truex was running second when the rain hit the track causing Truex, Kyle Busch and Denny 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 3 races after that, earning a 3rd place finish at Watkins Glen International. Truex was involved in a wreck at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course late in the race, but managed to finish 15th. He also scored a top 10 at Michigan International Speedway.

Truex was involved in the big one at the Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway, resulting in a 29th-place finish. When the Playoffs started, he scored 1 win at Richmond Raceway, a top 5 at Darlington Raceway, and a top 10 at Bristol Motor Speedway.

In the second round of the playoffs, he would finish 4th at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, 12th at Talladega Superspeedway, and 29th at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval.

In the final round of the playoffs at Texas 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 at Kansas Speedway and Martinsville Speedway, finishing 7th and 4th respectively, giving him just enough points to advance into the Championship 4.

In the Championship Race at Phoenix 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 30 laps to go, the caution came out because of David 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 2nd in points after coming up just short of winning. This was the 3rd time in Truex's NASCAR Cup Series career that he has finished 2nd in points.

2022: Championship 4 to Missing the Playoffs

 

Truex’s No. 19 car at Sonoma Raceway in 2022

Truex started the 2022 season with a 13th place finish at the 2022 Daytona 500. He was winless through the regular season, but he stayed consistent with three top-fives and 12 top-10 finishes. In June, Truex expressed uncertainty about his future in the NASCAR Cup Series with him debating over if he will retire or stay with JGR. ^[39] He would ultimately choose to stay with JGR and run the 2023 season.^[40] Despite leading the season in stage wins (7) and being fourth in the regular season standings at the conclusion of the August Daytona race, Truex missed the playoffs for the first time since 2014 after finishing eighth, three points behind Ryan Blaney for the 16th and final playoff spot as Austin Dillon won the race to become the 16th different race winner of the season.^[41] Truex went winless and finished 17th in the final standings.

2023

Truex began the 2023 season by winning the 2023 Busch Light Clash at The Coliseum.^[42] He broke a 54-race winless streak at Dover to make the playoffs.^[43]

Personal life

Truex was born in Trenton, New Jersey, and grew up in the Mayetta section of Stafford Township, New Jersey.^[44] He graduated from Southern Regional High School in 1998. His 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 2014 Rookie of the Year in Sprint Cup.

Truex and his ex-girlfriend Sherry Pollex were together from 2005-2023. In 2007, they started the Martin Truex Jr. Foundation to support children with pediatric cancer.^[45] In 2014, Pollex was diagnosed with Stage III ovarian cancer.^[45] Truex announced that he and Pollex have ended their relationship on January 27, 2023.

In January 2007, Truex was charged with disorderly conduct after being spotted urinating on his car in a public parking garage. Truex, who had been drinking at a bar with members of his team, was fined $100 and issued a public apology.^[46]

Truex is an avid fan of the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League and the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League.^[47][48][49]

In 2019, Truex's holding company, which holds a small aircraft fleet, entered the human organ transport business.^[50]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.)

Cup Series

NASCAR Cup Series results
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	^[51]
		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	^[52]
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	^[53]
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	^[54]
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	^[55]
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	^[56]
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	^[57]
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	^[58]
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	^[59]
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	^[60]
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	^[61]
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	^[62]
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	^[63]
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	^[64]
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	^[65]
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	^[66]
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	^[67]
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	^[68]
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	^[69]
2023				DAY 15	CAL 11	LVS 7	PHO 17	ATL 19	COA 17	RCH 11	BRD 7	MAR 3	TAL 27	DOV 1	KAN	DAR	CLT	GTW	SON	NSH	CSC	ATL	NHA	POC	RCH	MCH	IRC	GLN	DAY	DAR	KAN	BRI	TEX	TAL	ROV	LVS	HOM	MAR	PHO	-*	-*	^[70]
^† – Relieved Dale Earnhardt Jr. during race

Daytona 500

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

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
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	GTY	PPR	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV 38	KAN	CLT	MEM	PHO	CAR	HOM DNQ			133rd	49	^[71]
2002	Phoenix Racing	1		DAY	CAR	LVS	DAR	BRI	TEX	NSH	TAL	CAL	RCH	NHA 29	NZH	CLT																							65th	370	^[72]
	Truex Motorsports	56															DOV 17	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	GTY	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	^[73]
	Chance 2 Motorsports	81											RCH 31	GTY	NZH	CLT	DOV 18	NSH									BRI 6	DAR	RCH	DOV DNQ	KAN
		8																														CLT 17	MEM	ATL	PHO	CAR 2	HOM 2
	Stanton Barrett Motorsports	91																												DOV 13
2004	Chance 2 Motorsports	81		DAY 28																																			1st	5173	^[74]
		8			CAR 2	LVS 14	DAR 4	BRI 1	TEX 10	NSH 23	TAL 1	CAL 13	GTY 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	GTY 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	^[75]
2006	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.			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	^[76]
	JR Motorsports	88																			DAY 8	CHI 16	NHA	MAR	GTY	IRP	GLN 6	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH
2007	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.	11		DAY 6	CAL	MXC	LVS	ATL	BRI	NSH	TEX	PHO	TAL 41	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	CGV	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH								84th	370	^[77]
		8																														DOV 2	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM
2008				DAY 11	CAL	LVS	ATL																																100th	175	^[78]
	JR Motorsports	5						BRI 41	NSH	TEX	PHO	MXC	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	CGV	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM
2009	Phoenix Racing	1		DAY	CAL	LVS	BRI	TEX	NSH	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	IOW	GLN	MCH	BRI	CGV	ATL	RCH 6	DOV 16	KAN	CAL	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	88th	265	^[79]
2010	Diamond-Waltrip Racing	00	Toyota	DAY	CAL	LVS	BRI	NSH	PHO	TEX	TAL	RCH	DAR	DOV	CLT	NSH	KEN	ROA	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	IOW	GLN	MCH	BRI	CGV	ATL	RCH	DOV	KAN 5		CLT 2	GTY		PHO 34		51st	771	^[80]
		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	0^1	^[81]

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
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	GTY	MFD	CLT	DOV	TEX	MCH	MLW 15	KAN	KEN	MEM	IRP	NSH	BRI	RCH	NHA	LVS	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM	77th	106	^[82]
2006		51		DAY	CAL	ATL	MAR	GTY	CLT	MFD	DOV	TEX	MCH 34	MLW	KAN	KEN	MEM	IRP	NSH	BRI	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM	85th	61	^[83]
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	0^1	^[84]

Busch North Series

NASCAR Busch North Series results
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	NA	-	^[85]
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	^[86]
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	^[87]
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	^[88]
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	^[89]

Winston Modified Tour

NASCAR Winston 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	NWMTC	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	-	^[90]
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	^[91]

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

International Race of Champions

(key) (Bold – Pole position. * – Most laps led.)

International Race of Champions results
Year	Make	1	2	3	4	Pos.	Points	Ref
2005	Pontiac	DAY 2	TEX 4	RCH 5	ATL 1*	2nd	68	^[92]
2006		DAY 5	TEX 3	DAY 6	ATL 1	3rd	57	^[93]

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External links

• Official website
• Martin Truex Jr. driver statistics at Racing-Reference

Sporting positions
Preceded by Brian Vickers	NASCAR Busch Series champion 2004, 2005	Succeeded by Kevin Harvick
Preceded by Jimmie Johnson	NASCAR Cup Series champion 2017	Succeeded by Joey Logano
Achievements
Preceded by Carl Edwards Kyle Busch	Coca-Cola 600 winner 2016 2019	Succeeded by Austin Dillon Brad Keselowski
Preceded by Carl Edwards	Southern 500 winner 2016	Succeeded by Denny Hamlin
Awards
Preceded by Lewis Hamilton	Best Driver ESPY Award 2018	Succeeded by Kyle Busch