Martin Truex Jr. enters this Sunday’s race on the top 10 “bubble” but enjoying the best of all possible worlds under the circumstances. Truex is just two points up on Kurt Busch but with one victory holds a potential Chase Wild Card should he fall out of the top 10. Kasey Kahne (12th) provisionally holds the first Wild Card and is the only driver ranked 11th through 20th with two victories. The second Wild Card currently belongs to Indianapolis winner Ryan Newman (14th).
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Martin Truex’s Chase Chances Could Improve With Road-Course Sweep
onSonoma winner Martin Truex Jr., second in the current Chase Wild Card standings, could improve his postseason chances considerably by sweeping the season’s two NASCAR Sprint Cup road races. A victory at The Glen would mark the first season sweep since Kyle Busch won both road races in 2008. Truex, who drives for Michael Waltrip Racing, owns two top-five and four top-10 finishes at The Glen. His best performance at the track was fourth in 2011.
Sonoma Victory Moves Truex Into Title Conversation
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Among the “comers” is Sonoma Raceway winner Martin Truex Jr., who occupied a top-10 position in the standings once already this season (ninth after Charlotte) and stood 34th in the standings after race No. 2 in Phoenix. Truex, a two-time NASCAR Nationwide Series champion and NNS road race winner in Mexico City, bumped Tony Stewart out of 10th and into a possible Wild Card berth. Truex is a single point behind reigning NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion and defending Kentucky winner Brad Keselowski.
Race Recap: Martin Truex Jr. Ends 218-Race Drought With Sonoma Win
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June 23, 2013
By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service
SONOMA, Calif.— For Martin Truex Jr., a welcome oasis called Sonoma Raceway at long last ended one of the longest droughts in NASCAR racing.
With a convincing victory in Sunday’s Toyota Save Mart 350, Truex ended a winless streak of 218 races dating to June 4, 2007 at Dover, where he finished 7,355 seconds ahead of runner-up Ryan Newman.
On Sunday at Sonoma, Truex beat second-place Jeff Gordon by and even bigger margin—8.133 seconds—as Juan Pablo Montoya dropped from the second position after running out of fuel on the next-to-last lap.
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2013 NASCAR CUP RACE #16 RESULTS, SONOMA – MARTIN TRUEX WINS
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1 14 56 Martin Truex Jr. NAPA Auto Parts Toyota
2 10 24 Jeff Gordon Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet
3 3 99 Carl Edwards Aflac Ford
4 7 78 Kurt Busch Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet
5 5 15 Clint Bowyer 5-hour Energy Toyota
6 15 5 Kasey Kahne Farmers Insurance Chevrolet
7 2 9 Marcos Ambrose Stanley Ford
8 4 16 Greg Biffle 3M Ford
9 19 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s Chevrolet
10 12 29 Kevin Harvick Rheem Chevrolet
11 8 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford
12 26 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. National Guard Chevrolet
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