Prior to Saturday night, it had been 66 races since Martin Truex Jr. had been to victory lane, his last win coming at Sonoma in 2013. He almost ended that drought at Kansas Speedway Saturday. Truex is having a good year and entered Kansas with nine top ten finishes in the first 10 races.
Truex raced his way to the lead on lap 58. By lap 73, Truex had a lead of 2.63 over Kevin Harvick as green flag stops loomed. Truex was back in the lead after the stops cycled through just over 4 seconds over Harvick. By lap 91 Truex enjoyed a 6.5 second lead. On lap 92 Truex was lapping Dale Earnhardt Jr. who was in 16th. The rains came and Truex’s momentum was stopped for two hours and sixteen minutes. During the break, the talk was focused on Truex and what it would take to catch him.
It turned out that Truex was the victim of his own pit strategy.MORE>>>
Greg is the author of "The Nuts and Bolts of NASCAR: The Definitive Viewers' Guide to Big-Time Stock Car Auto Racing" and has been published in major publications across the country including the Los Angeles Times, the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He was also a contributor to Chicken Soup for the NASCAR Soul, published in 2010, and the Christmas edition in 2016. He wrote as the NASCAR, Formula 1, Auto Reviews and National Veterans Affairs Examiner for Examiner.com and has appeared on Fox News. He holds a BS degree in communications, a Masters degree in psychology and is currently a PhD candidate majoring in psychology. He is currently the weekend Motorsports Editor for Autoweek.
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