Martin Truex Jr. Race Summary: No. 56 NAPA AUTO PARTS Toyota driver Martin Truex Jr. and his Michael Waltrip Racing team finished 22nd Saturday night at Richmond International Raceway. Truex crashed just minutes after Friday’s practice started. The accident forced him to use a backup car during qualifying and Saturday’s race. Truex suffered bad luck during the race when a caution came out on lap 145 seconds after he made a green flag stop dropping him two laps behind the leaders. With only three cautions there were no chances to regain the lost laps. Truex and the Sprint Cup Series returns to action Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
Martin Truex Jr., No. 56 NAPA AUTO PARTS Toyota
Started 29th and finished 22nd.
Fell down a lap to leaders on lap 137.
Pitted around lap 145— seconds before caution flag flew dropping him two laps behind leaders.
Took wave around before lap 153 restart.
Lap 225 caution enabled him to make up one of the two laps.
Fell down a second lap with 81 laps remaining.
Truex crashed early in Friday practice forcing him to qualify and race the backup car.
TRUEX QUOTE: "This was an all-around rough weekend for the NAPA AUTO PARTS team. We wrecked a car in practice and we never seemed to get the handling during the race. I am really proud of my guys for the job they did all weekend. Hopefully the next 10 races we can use to make our cars better for next year."
RACE NOTES:
Denny Hamlin won Saturday night’s race at Richmond.
Kyle Busch, Jimmie Johnson, Joey Logano and Marcos Ambrose rounded out top five.
Race took 2 hours and 54 minutes with three cautions for 28 laps and none after lap 242.
Six leaders exchanged the lead 14 times with only 14 cars on the lead lap when checkered flag fell.
Richmond concluded regular season. Ten-race “Chase for Championship” among a dozen drivers begins Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
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