Martin Truex, Jr. would like to remain in the #78 FRR car ‘for a long time.’ Last year, Truex extended his contract through 2016 but he hopes to continue building a successful relationship with the Denver-based team beyond this season. When would he like renegotiate? ‘Right now,’ Truex said with a chuckle. ‘The problem I’ve had with my career is it’s been up and down. And that’s because of change. That’s because you get in situations where they don’t go the way you thought they were going to go.
‘DEI (Dale Earnhardt Inc.) fell apart. I stayed there too long. It was a tough situation. You look at Jimmie Johnson. You look at Denny Hamlin, Kyle Busch. They get with a team and they just keep building on that foundation. Year in, year out, they’re the guys to beat because they have that around them. They have that solid – just rock. They can build on things and look at past history . All they have is the car and the rule changes and those kind of things. They don’t have to figure out everything else that goes along with it.’
Truex won two Xfinity Series titles with DEI and dabbled with their Cup program prior to graduating to NASCAR’s top tour full-time in 2006. When DEI merged with Chip Ganassi’s program in 2009, he stayed the course before joining Michael Waltrip Racing in 2010. Although he left MWR at the end of 2013 – and before the organization’s ultimate demise last year – Truex, 36, understands FRR has the potential to blossom into a perennial contender. ‘With Cole and those guys, it’s something special and it’s something I’d like to keep going for a long, long time,’ Truex said. ‘To get where I want to get in the sport, that’s what you have to have. Hopefully, we can make it work.’(Motorsport)
