when Martin Truex Jr. I started discussing a deal to compete in Ditona 500He had a unique request: Can he lead the number 56?
It was a loud yes from the Tricon garage, and the decision has become more private for Truex in weeks since then.
A day after Truex officially announced his entry into “The Great American Race”, his father died unexpectedly at the age of 66. Trex sr. No. 56 in most of his career in races, which included 15 beginnings at the second level Xfinity series And 135 begins in the ARCA series in the 1990s.
Truex Jr. Which led the number 56 for the period of the Seasons (2010-13) in the Michael Waltarib Race: “It may mean that more. Maybe the house may hit more with me than what it means for us and our family.” “Many people will be excited to see him there.”
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It may be more emotional for the Truex family, specifically Martin and the younger brother Ryan.
Martin said: “All I learned at all was from him.” “My hero was growing up and is still. He made a lot of things for me. He taught me a lot of things with the race and the opportunity to get here and what I accomplished is everything because of him and his victims. We hope that we will go to this thing on Sunday.”
The final honor will be. No one should count Truex although he does not win in 39 starts at DayTona International Speedway. Truex has the longest active loss chain in the DayTona 500, after it failed to win at 20 beginnings.
But he approached in 2016, and he came out less than Religious Hameen The nearest end in the history of the “Great American race”.
Truex has not almost soon since then, although it ended in the best 15 years in all of the past three years. They came while driving to Joe Gibs.
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The 2017 Cup champion champion retired from a full -time race at the end of last season, but he chose to do one -time event with Trikon in the hope of winning 500. They still have an alliance with JGR.
“In the big plan for things, this may be the easiest to be done as much as a driver in a series,” Trox said. “You cannot do one time and go to Richmond, Dover or somewhere and expect me to have the opportunity to win, frankly. It’s really feasible … a motorcycle race is the best opportunity to go out and get a real snapshot in winning.
“For this reason, men do this. For this reason I wanted to do so, especially because it is DayTona 500. It is a big race. It’s big.”
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It can be the final opportunity for Truex. What is the achievement to win the Dynona 500 at the age of twenty -first, a month after the death of his father and driving a car number that raises his family’s memories.
“We have a good shot to win like anyone to win,” said Truex. “If you are in it, you can win it. I always said it. One day, I will be right in it.”
Report by Associated Press.
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