Officials from Furniture Row Racing participated in the mid-afternoon session of the 32nd annual NASCAR Sprint Media Tour hosted by Charlotte Motor Speedway. Martin Truex Jr. takes over driving duties of the #78 Furniture Row Chevy for the 2014 season. Furniture Row Racing is located in Denver, Colo., and is the only NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team headquartered west of the Mississippi. The team is also the only single-car team to earn a spot in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup (2013). ‘I think every team in the garage area, especially with the new format that’s coming out, everybody wants to be in that Chase and everybody wants to race for a championship,’ said Truex Jr. ‘At the end of the day we all talk about it. That’s what we’re here for is to race for a championship.’ Truex Jr. said he’s learned a lot about his new team over the off-season that gives him a lot of enthusiasm heading into 2014. ‘I think that the coolest thing about this team is they’re such a close, tight-knit group of guys and they’ve come so far as a race team,’ he said. ‘I can’t tell you how much I’m looking forward to being a part of that and trying to help ’em grow to that next level.’(CMS Notes)
AND A scheduling snafu had Martin Truex Jr. planning to be on his annual family vacation at the same time Furniture Row Racing expected him to participate in NASCAR’s annual media tour. Truex solved the problem Tuesday by using Skype to participate in his new team’s news conference. It made for one of the more entertaining moments in the 32 years of Charlotte Motor Speedway’s tour as a grinning Truex answered questions from a postcard-like scene in Anguilla. Everyone else was hunkered down in the Charlotte Convention Center awaiting a rare Southern snowstorm. He told his viewers: ‘It’s not snowing and I’m pretty damn happy.’ Almost on cue, someone’s arm appeared in the corner of the screen and handed Truex a tropical drink.(Associated Press)(1-29-2014)
