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| achievements = [[2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series]] Champion<br>[[2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series|2017]], [[2023 NASCAR Cup Series|2023]] [[NASCAR Cup Series]] Regular Season Champion<br>[[2004 NASCAR Busch Series|2004]], [[2005 NASCAR Busch Series]] Champion<br> [[2016 Coca-Cola 600|2016]], [[2019 Coca-Cola 600|2019]] [[Coca-Cola 600]] winner<br> [[2016 Bojangles' Southern 500|2016]] [[Southern 500]] winner<br>2007, 2010 [[NASCAR All-Star Race]] Open winner<br>[[2023 Busch Light Clash at The Coliseum|2023]] [[Busch Light Clash]] Winner
| awards = 2004, 2005 Busch Series [[NASCAR's Most Popular Driver Award|Most Popular Driver]]<br>2018 [[ESPY]] Best Driver<br>Named one of [[NASCAR's 75 Greatest Drivers]] (2023)
| Total_Cup_Races =
| Years_In_Cup = 20
| Cup_Car_Team = No. 19 ([[Joe Gibbs Racing]])
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| Last_Cup_Win = [[2023 NASCAR Cup Series|2023]] [[2023 Crayon 301|Crayon 301]] ([[New Hampshire Motor Speedway|Loudon]])
| Cup_Wins = 34
| Cup_Top_Tens =
| Cup_Poles = 23
| Total_Busch_Races = 104
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| ARCA_East_Poles = 7
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'''Martin Lee Truex Jr.''' (born June 29, 1980) is an American professional [[stock car racing]] driver. He competes full-time in the [[NASCAR Cup Series]], driving the No. 19 [[Toyota Camry]] XSE for [[Joe Gibbs Racing]]. He is the [[2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series|2017 NASCAR Cup Series]] champion and a two-time [[NASCAR Xfinity Series|Xfinity Series]] champion, having won two consecutive championships in [[2004 NASCAR Busch Series|2004]] and [[2005 NASCAR Busch Series|2005]].
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Returning to [[2013 Irwin Tools Night Race|Bristol]], Truex was involved in a wreck on Lap 448 where his car hit an inside wall at an angle that he broke his right wrist; he continued racing despite wearing a cast on his right wrist.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-nascar-martin-truex-20130827,0,3301106.story|title=NASCAR's Martin Truex Jr. will continue racing despite broken wrist|last=Peltz|first=Jim|date=August 27, 2013|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=August 27, 2013|location=Los Angeles, CA}}</ref> At Atlanta, despite nursing a broken wrist, Truex finished third to [[Kyle Busch]] and [[Joey Logano]].
In the final regular-season race at [[2013 Federated Auto Parts 400|Richmond]], Truex was in the midst of a fierce battle for the final Wildcard spot, eventually coming out over [[Ryan Newman (racing driver)|Ryan Newman]] by a tiebreaker. As Newman and Truex each had one win, the Wildcard spot went to Truex, for having a better number of Top 5 finishes than Newman; however on Monday evening, it was announced that due to MWR having attempted to manipulate the results of the race, points penalties were assessed – 50 points for Truex, [[Clint Bowyer]] and [[Brian Vickers]] each – that resulted in Truex being bumped from the Chase and Newman and [[Jeff Gordon]] being added to the Chase field, as well as probation for all three crew chiefs, suspension of Ty Norris, and a $300,000 fine.<ref>{{cite web|last=Fryer|first=Jenna|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/ap-sources-nascar-boots-truex-chase-20206868|title=AP Sources: Newman Replaces Truex in NASCAR Chase|publisher=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|date=September 10, 2013|access-date=September 9, 2013}}</ref> In the final 10 races of the season, Truex had four top-10 finishes, which included a top-five run at [[2013 Ford EcoBoost 400|Homestead]].
===2014–2018: Furniture Row Racing===
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====2017: Championship year====
[[File:Martin Truex Jr. Sonoma 2017.jpg|thumb|Truex during qualifying for the [[2017 Toyota/Save Mart 350]]]]
Truex started the 2017 season off by winning the [[2017 Kobalt 400|Kobalt 400]] at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. This was Toyota's first win of the season with the new [[Toyota Camry XV60|2018 Camry]] and Truex's first career win at Las Vegas. He also became the first driver to win all three stages of the new stage format that was introduced for 2017.<ref>{{cite web|agency=Associated Press|url=
At Kansas in May 2017, Truex started 4th. The race was primarily a duel between him and [[Ryan Blaney]]. Truex held off Blaney, [[Kevin Harvick]], and a hard-charging [[Brad Keselowski]] on three restarts to win the race. At Charlotte, he led the most laps once again, becoming only the second man to lead the most laps in three straight [[Coca-Cola 600]] races, yet only winning one. He tied [[Darrell Waltrip]]'s record. At [[Michigan International Speedway|Michigan]], he won two more stage wins, becoming the first and fastest person to ever win 10 stage wins, where nobody else has won more than four, or any other team's combined stage wins.<ref>{{Citation|last=NASCAR|title=Truex Jr. wins the first two stages, Larson gets the win|date=2017-06-18|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2Y6UjACZmg |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/V2Y6UjACZmg| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|access-date=2017-06-19}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In July, Truex captured his third win of the season, dominating the Quaker State 400 at Kentucky Speedway. He again won all three stages, leading 152 of 267 laps. With two laps to go, Truex had a 14-second lead before a late caution set up an overtime finish. Despite each of the other seven cars behind him pitting during the caution, Truex held off Kyle Busch and Kyle Larson on older tires before a wreck behind the lead pack brought out another yellow flag, this one ending the race.
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====2019====
[[File:Martin Truex Jr. Sonoma 2019.jpg|thumb|Truex's race-winning car during the [[2019 Toyota/Save Mart 350]]]]
Truex started his first season with JGR with a 35th-place finish at the [[2019 Daytona 500]], but he made up for that loss with five straight Top 10s and two Top 20s before scoring four wins at [[2019 Toyota Owners 400|Richmond]] (his first Cup win on a short track),<ref>{{cite web|last=Bonkowski|first=Jerry|url=https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2019/04/13/martin-truex-jr-earns-first-career-cup-win-on-a-short-track-in-toyota-400/|title=Martin Truex Jr. earns first career Cup short track win in Richmond|publisher=[[NBC Sports]]|date=April 13, 2019|access-date=September 21, 2019}}</ref> [[2019 Gander RV 400 (Dover)|Dover]], [[2019 Coca-Cola 600|Charlotte]], and [[2019 Toyota/Save Mart 350|Sonoma]]. He began the 2019 playoffs by winning the first two races at [[2019 South Point 400|Las Vegas]] and [[2019 Federated Auto Parts 400|Richmond]] (his first back-to-back career victories and season "sweep" at Richmond) and advancing to the Round of 12 after finishing seventh at the [[2019 Bank of America Roval 400|Charlotte Roval]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2019/09/29/nascar-playoffs-charlotte-roval-eliminations-round-of-12/ |title=NASCAR Playoffs: Round of 12 set after Charlotte Roval |website=NASCAR.com |publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. |date=September 29, 2019 |access-date=September 30, 2019}}</ref> During the Round of 8, Truex won at [[2019 First Data 500|Martinsville]] to secure his position in the Championship 4. At the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Truex dominated the first half of the race, winning the first stage and leading into green flag pit stops at the midpoint of stage 2. However, the race and championship hope unraveled due to a miscue during the pit stop, in which the left and right front tires were switched around, and installed to the incorrect sides. The pit road error forced an unscheduled stop and rendered Truex a lap down for much of the second stage. He recovered and began to rally back through the field, but could not overcome the loss of track position, ultimately finishing 2nd in the race to teammate [[Kyle Busch]] and the final championship standings for the second season in a row.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2019/10/27/nascar-martinsville-results-recap-playoffs-martin-truex-jr/ |title=Truex Jr. puts on a show at Martinsville, clinches Championship 4 spot |first=Reid |last=Spencer |website=NASCAR.com |publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. |date=October 27, 2019 |access-date=October 28, 2019}}</ref> Truex led the series in victories with seven.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/yeardet/2019/W |title = Standings - Racing-Reference}}</ref> Truex was also the first driver to lead the series in wins after switching to a new team since [[Matt Kenseth]] in 2013, who also did it with Joe Gibbs Racing.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/yeardet?s=3&yr=2013&series=W |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130409040859/http://www.racing-reference.info/yeardet?s=3&yr=2013&series=W |archive-date=April 9, 2013 |title=NASCAR Sprint Cup standings for 2013 - Racing-Reference.info}}</ref>
On December 9, after serving as Truex's crew chief for six seasons, Pearn announced he has parted ways with JGR to pursue opportunities outside the sport.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2019/12/09/crew-chief-cole-pearn-departure-joe-gibbs-racing/ |title=Crew chief Cole Pearn to step away from NASCAR |website=NASCAR.com |publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. |date=December 9, 2019 |access-date=December 10, 2019}}</ref>
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====2024: Final full-time season====
[[File:Martin Truex, Jr. car, 2024 Dayton 500.jpg|thumb|Truex Jr.'s No. 19 car in the garage area at Daytona]]
On August 5, 2023, Truex announced that he had signed a contract extension to remain with JGR through the 2024 season.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2023/08/05/martin-truex-jr-return-2024-one-year-extension-jgr/ |title=Martin Truex Jr. to return in 2024, signs one-year extension with JGR |first=Zack |last=Albert |website=[[NASCAR]] |date=August 5, 2023 |access-date=August 9, 2023}}</ref> On June 14, 2024, Truex announced he would retire from full-time racing at the end of the season.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5561559/2024/06/13/martin-truex-jr-retirement-nascar/ |title=NASCAR's Truex expected to announce retirement |last=Bianchi |first=Jordan |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 14, 2024 |access-date=June 14, 2024 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2024/06/14/martin-truex-jr-set-to-retire-from-full-time-competition-after-2024-season/ |title=Martin Truex Jr. set to retire from full-time competition after 2024 season |first=Reid |last=Spencer |website=[[NASCAR]] |date=June 14, 2024 |access-date=June 15, 2024}}</ref> Despite not winning a race during the regular season, he stayed consistent enough to make the playoffs.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2024/09/01/2024-nascar-cup-series-playoffs-field-set/ |title=2024 NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs field set |website=[[NASCAR]] |date=September 1, 2024 |access-date=September 3, 2024}}</ref>
==Personal life==
Truex was born in [[Trenton, New Jersey]],{{cn|date=July 2024}} and grew up in the [[Mayetta, New Jersey|Mayetta]]{{cn|date=July 2024}} section of [[Stafford Township, New Jersey]].<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/story/7517071p-7416314c.html | title = Stafford Township native Truex Jr. looks for strong finish to NASCAR season | newspaper = [[Press of Atlantic City]] | date = November 16, 2007 | access-date = November 16, 2007 | quote = Truex, a Stafford Township native, enters Sunday's race in 11th place in the standings. | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://archive.today/20070611074104/http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/story/7517071p-7416314c.html | archive-date = June 11, 2007 | df = mdy-all }}</ref> He graduated from [[Southern Regional High School]] in 1998. His father, [[Martin Truex Sr.]], was a former race winner in the Busch North Series. His younger brother, [[Ryan Truex|Ryan]], is a former champion in the K&N Pro Series East, and was a contender for 2014 [[NASCAR Rookie of the Year|Rookie of the Year]] in Sprint Cup.
Truex and his ex-girlfriend Sherry Pollex were together from 2005–2023. In 2007, they started the Martin Truex Jr. Foundation to support children with pediatric cancer.<ref name="foundation">{{cite news|last1=Hembree|first1=Mike|title=Martin Truex Jr., girlfriend in fight of their lives|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nascar/2014/10/28/martin-truex-jr-girlfriend-sherry-pollex-fighting-ovarian-cancer-together/18061015/|access-date=March 5, 2016|work=USA Today|date=October 29, 2014}}</ref> In 2014, Pollex was diagnosed with Stage III ovarian cancer.<ref name="foundation"/> Truex announced that he and Pollex had ended their relationship on January 27, 2023. They continued to remain close friends post-breakup up until Pollex's death on September 17, 2023.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/sherry-pollex-former-longtime-partner-of-nascars-martin-truex-jr-dies/ar-AA1gQNNo | title=MSN | website=[[MSN]] }}</ref>
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| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[2019 Toyota Owners 400|RCH]]<br><small>1*</small>
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[2019 GEICO 500|TAL]]<br><small>20</small>
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[2019 Gander RV 400 (Dover)|DOV]]<br><small>1</small>
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[2019 Digital Ally 400|KAN]]<br><small>19</small>
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[2019 Coca-Cola 600|CLT]]<br><small>1*</small>
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| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[2024 EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix|COA]]<br><small>10</small>
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[2024 Toyota Owners 400|RCH]]<br><small>4*</small>
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[2024 Cook Out 400 (Martinsville)|MAR]]<br><small>18</small>
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[2024 Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400|TEX]]<br><small>14</small>
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[2024 GEICO 500|TAL]]<br><small>11</small>
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| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[2024 Iowa Corn 350|IOW]]<br><small>15</small>
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[2024 USA Today 301|NHA]]<br><small>9</small>
| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[2024 Ally 400|NSH]]<br><small>24</small>
| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[2024 Grant Park 165|CSC]]<br><small>33</small>
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[2024 The Great American Getaway 400|POC]]<br><small>8</small>
| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[2024 Brickyard 400|IND]]<br><small>27</small>
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[2024 Cook Out 400 (Richmond)|RCH]]<br><small>37</small>
| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[2024 FireKeepers Casino 400|MCH]]<br><small>24</small>
| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[2024 Coke Zero Sugar 400|DAY]]<br><small>24</small>
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[2024 Cook Out Southern 500|DAR]]<br><small>36</small>
| style="background:#;"| [[Quaker State 400|ATL]]<br><small></small>
| [[Go Bowling at The Glen|GLN]]
| [[Bass Pro Shops Night Race|BRI]]
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