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Martin Truex Jr. Expects Business as Usual in Approach to Sunday’s Race

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Crew members push the No. 78 Auto-Owners Insurance Toyota, driven by Martin Truex Jr., out to qualifying for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Can-Am 500 at ISM Raceway on Friday. 
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AVONDALE, Ariz. – Martin Truex Jr. has two paths to the Championship 4.

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Kurt Busch Likes his Chances to Make the Championship 4

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Kurt Busch didn’t beat around the bushes or offer any pre-planned politically correct answer to what he obviously knew would be the premier topic for his media availability Friday morning at ISM Raceway in Phoenix.

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Look for Drama in the Desert with Three Playoff Spots Up for Grabs

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AVONDALE, Ariz. – You can’t blame Joey Logano for considering himself a favorite to win the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series championship.

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Truex Undergoes Trial by Fire but Doesn’t Get Badly Burned

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FORT WORTH, TX – NOVEMBER 02: Martin Truex Jr., the driver of the #78 Bass Pro Shops/5-hour ENERGY Toyota, walks on the grid during qualifying for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway on November 2, 2018, in Fort Worth, Texas. Photo – Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images 

FORT WORTH, Tex. – After Sunday’s AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, Martin Truex Jr. felt as though he had just been through a trial by fire.

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It’s All or Nothing for Chase Elliott at Phoenix

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FORT WORTH, TX – NOVEMBER 02: Chase Elliott, the driver of the #9 Kelley Blue Book Chevrolet, stands on the grid during qualifying for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway on November 2, 2018, in Fort Worth, Texas.
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Chase Elliott is a realist. He knows that, without a victory next Sunday at Phoenix, he almost surely won’t be eligible for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series title in the Nov. 18 Championship 4 race at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

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