Following a long and winding road, Martin Truex Jr. finally owns the biggest prize in motorsports. The driver of the 78 Furniture Row Racing Toyota capped off a dominant season in fitting fashion -by capturing the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series championship with a stirring victory in Sunday’s Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. To take the title, Truex outdueled his Championship 4 competitors 18-Kyle Busch (second), 4-Kevin Harvick (fourth) and 2-Brad Keselowski (seventh). On the strength of 16 victories, Toyota won its second-consecutive Monster Energy Series Manufacturers’ Championship.(NASCAR). Q) How much of this season was for your girlfriend Sherry Pollex? ‘A lot of it was for her. A lot of it was for me. A lot of it was for this team – just, I don’t even know what to say. We just never gave up all day long. We didn’t have the best car. I don’t know how we won that thing. Never give up. Dig deep. I told my guys we were going to dig dipper than we ever have today and 20 to go I thought I was done – they were all better than me on the long run all day long.(Toyota Racing).[Read More Here]
