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The following section is an excerpt from Wikipedia's Martin Truex Jr. page on 28 October 2018, text available via the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Martin Lee Truex Jr. is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 78 Toyota Camry for Furniture Row Racing. He is the reigning 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series champion and a two-time NASCAR Xfinity Series champion; having won the title in 2004 and 2005. His younger brother, Ryan, is a champion in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East division and currently races in the Xfinity Series, while his cousin Curtis raced for JR Motorsports.
The son of racer Martin Truex Sr., Martin Jr. began his racing career driving go-karts at the New Egypt Speedway located in Central New Jersey, when it was still a paved track (the track was later switched to dirt). Truex Jr. would make his move to the Modified division at Wall Stadium in 1998, as soon as he was old enough to race a car at the age of 18 (under New Jersey regulations).
In 2000, Truex moved south and rented a home from Dale Earnhardt Jr. in Mooresville, North Carolina, eventually purchasing his own home there. Following in his father's footsteps, he began racing in the Busch North Series (now the K&N Pro Series East). He ran three full seasons (2000 to 2002) and made limited starts in 2003. Truex claimed 13 poles and 5 wins driving his family-owned No. 56 SeaWatch Chevy.
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| 22 May 2018 | [Martin Truex Jr. at the White House] White House |  Topic Page - 7.9MB - 0:51 |
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2012 Daytona 500 Photo courtesy United States Army MWR View photo of the Martin Truex Jr. at the 2012 Daytona 500 (cropped) - 54KB View photo of the Martin Truex Jr. at the 2012 Daytona 500 (original) - 134KB This photo is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License. |
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2012 Kobalt Tools 400 Photo courtesy Brian Neudorff View photo of 2012 Kobalt Tools 400 - Martin Truex Jr. (cropped) - 254KB View photo of 2012 Kobalt Tools 400 - Martin Truex Jr. (original) - 6.4MB This photo is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0) License. |
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| Die Cast - Action 107304 | #8 Wrangler | 1:24 scale, Martin Truex Jr. #8 2004 Chevrolet Monte Carlo, ARC Version production 5,556; also 107446 |
