Driver Spotlight: Martin Truex Jr

Nascar Behind the Wall Driver spotlight: Martin Truex Jr. This segment will be a short article about where each driver is right now during the 2013 season. At the end of the season I will review some of the more interesting stories from Driver Spotlight

Last time we took a look at a Nascar driver it happened to be the other Jr, Dale Earnhardt Jr that is (Check out Driver Spotlight: Dale Earnhardt Jr). This time around we will take a look at Nascar's most recent winner.

I don't always like to spotlight the driver that just won, but in this case when you go 218 straight races without a win you deserve to get a mention. The last time Truex won I had just finished my first year of College, the 35W bridge collapsed (I live in MN so this was very very sad and hit home), the Mitchell Report was released, and the SA Spurs defeated the Clevlend Cav's and Lebron James. His streak was so bad that at the beginning of this season he made the top spot in my "We're Going Streaking" article.

That man has some patients, but oh how sweet that win at Sonoma must have been. Last season it really looked like Truex was settling back in having his best season of his career. He finished 2012 with 7 top 5's and 19 top 10's and had an average finish of 12.1. He also made the Sprint Cup Chase for the first time since 2007 when he had his last win.

Truex finally got that monkey off of his back at Sonoma which comes as a big relief. Now he can
focus on closing out another run at a Chase berth. The win at Sonoma will go a long way in helping him get into the Chase. That all important win could come handy if he needs it but, but as of now he also sits in 10th in the standings.

What I think will be interesting to watch the rest of the way is not only if he can close out a Chase spot but if he can find a way to have his first season with multiple wins? He has had so many races already just this season where he has been a contender that it is possible he notches another one. Maybe at the end of this season I will take a look back at this article and not only find that he made the Chase but got an extra win or two along the way.