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When Furniture Row Racing began operations in 2005, it was yet another start-up Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series team. Start-up teams have rarely, at least in the last couple of decades, found top-tier success. Mid to the back of the pack finishes are the normal routine and funding is hard to come by. Thankfully for Furniture Row Racing, owned by Barney Visser, it worked a little differently and that’s helped get his team to championship contention. Continue reading
The only thing typical about Martin Truex Jr.’s performance at Charlotte Motor Speedway was the win.
The No. 78 Furniture Row Racing team screwed up in qualifying on Friday—a rare occurrence in a remarkable season for the series leader. Continue reading
Martin Truex Jr., the driver of the #78 Furniture Row/Denver Mattress Toyota, sits in his car during practice for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Apache Warrior 400 presented by Lucas Oil at Dover International Speedway on September 30, 2017, in Dover, Delaware. Photo – Sean Gardner/Getty Images
What’s it like to come to the race track knowing you’ll have one of the fastest cars every single week—even at venues that historically haven’t been your best? Continue reading
Martin Truex Jr., the driver of the #78 Furniture Row/Denver Mattress Toyota, talks with his crew chief Cole Pearn in the garage area during practice for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Tales of the Turtles 400 at Chicagoland Speedway on September 15, 2017, in Joliet, Illinois. Photo – Sean Gardner/Getty Images
Martin Truex Jr has a favorite saying that gives him the motivation to keep trying when trying times happen.
“We Never Quit”
His Furniture Row Racing team led by crew chief, Cole Pearn also finds a great deal of inspiration in that phrase. They’ve been together for three years and in the last two years, they’ve come close, but not quite there toward earning the NASCAR Cup Series championship title.
But this year is different. Now they are the NASCAR Cup Series champions for the regular season. And they understand there’s more work to do. Continue reading
At a track where his father raced, and a track where he was a “garage rat” as a child, Martin Truex Jr. won Sunday’s I Love New York 355 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race by slowing down over the closing laps.
Truex let Brad Keselowski pass him for the lead on lap 77 of 90. On instructions from crew chief Cole Pearn, Truex also let Ryan Blaney past his No. 78 Furniture Row Racing Toyota on lap 83. Continue reading