Martin Truex Jr. had a robust outing at Nashville Superspeedway on Sunday, main 50 of the 300 laps, however misplaced the race to Ross Chastain by a margin of 0.789 seconds.
Martin Truex Jr., his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Denny Hamlin and eventual race winner Ross Chastain dominated the entrance subject on Sunday, racing forwards and backwards and gaining observe place on pit highway. Ultimately, it was Chastain who secured the win. Truex Jr. and Hamlin needed to settle with P2 and P3 finishes, respectively.
Talking on what went fallacious within the closing laps at Nashville Superspeedway, throughout the post-race interview, Truex Jr. acknowledged that he simply wanted to reclaim the lead from Chastain to win the race. He additionally admitted that selecting the underside lane on a restart turned out to be a nasty determination.
Truex Jr. mentioned:
“Simply wanted to get the lead (once more). As soon as we misplaced it, I most likely made a nasty transfer taking the underside (lane) on a restart. Simply too unfastened within the lengthy runs. I may cling with whoever was main. Simply may by no means get off the nook adequate to get a transfer. Simply missing aspect chew. General, simply burned the rear tires off an excessive amount of.”
Regardless of falling in need of the win, the #19 JGR Toyota driver is comfortable along with his efforts. He added:
“Simply wanted a little bit bit. Obtained a number of velocity. Simply may by no means get the steadiness the place it wanted to be. If we are able to maintain doing this, we can be in fine condition.”
“I used to be disenchanted to not get the stage win there” – Martin Truex Jr.
Martin Truex Jr., who has loved good type this season, was on his method to securing the Stage 2 win. Nevertheless, he misplaced his momentum as warning introduced out in the midst of inexperienced flag pit stops when the wheel of Tyler Reddick’s 45 Toyota got here off.
Expressing his disappointment in not securing the Stage 2 win, Truex Jr. mentioned:
“I used to be disenchanted to not get the stage win there. We had it wrapped up till the tire bought away on (Reddick’s automobile). That is how these items play out. We weren’t fairly adequate to take the lead. That was our difficulty, burning the tires off an excessive amount of, getting too unfastened within the lengthy runs.”
Martin Truex Jr. at present sits on the prime of the factors desk with 576 factors. He holds three wins this season, together with the Busch Mild Conflict exhibition occasion.
