Given his recent success, Martin Truex, Jr. might seem an unlikely candidate to welcome a significant change to the rules package for the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race car.
Kevin Harvick had his sights set on a clean sweep of knockout qualifying at Michigan International Speedway—until Kasey Kahne had other ideas late in Friday’s final round.
After a series of just misses, Martin Truex, Jr. finally broke back into victory lane in Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pa.
Now that he’s all but locked into NASCAR’s Chase for the Sprint Cup for the first time, Martin Truex, Jr. feels pretty good about his championship chances.
Jimmie Johnson said the NASCAR’s rules package remains the “hot topic” for the Drivers Council that met with NASCAR officials for the first time last weekend at Dover.