Martin Truex Jr.

Martin Lee Truex Jr. (born June 29, 1980) is an American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver. He last competed in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 56 Toyota Camry XSE for Tricon Garage. He is the 2017 NASCAR Cup Series champion and a two-time Xfinity Series champion, having won two consecutive championships in 2004 and 2005.

Many members of Truex Jr.'s family are current or retired NASCAR drivers. His younger brother Ryan Truex competes in the NASCAR Xfinity Series for JGR, and is a two-time consecutive champion in the ARCA Menards Series East. His late father Martin Sr. competed in the East Series in the 1990s. His uncle Barney competed part-time in the Whelen Modified Tour in the 1980s. His cousins, Curtis Truex Jr. and Tyler Truex, are late model racing drivers.

Early career The son of former racer Martin Truex Sr., Martin Jr. began his racing career driving go-karts at the New Egypt Speedway, located in Ocean County, New Jersey, when it was still a paved track (the track was later switched to dirt). Truex Jr. made his move to the Modified division at Wall Stadium in 1998, as soon as he was old enough to race a car under New Jersey regulations, at age eighteen.

2009 would be Truex's lone season with Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing, as he departed following the season and was replaced by Jamie McMurray.

2010–2013: Michael Waltrip Racing 2010–2011

After the 2009 season, Truex left Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing to drive the No. 56 Toyota Camry for Michael Waltrip Racing, receiving owner points from the No. 55 car formerly driven by Waltrip. The No. 56 was the number Martin's late father drove in during his time in the Grand National Division and is considered the "family number". In his first race for Michael Waltrip Racing, Truex finished sixth in the Daytona 500.

After the series of setbacks, the following three weeks with a blown engine and accidents, he fell back to 24th in the point standings, but in the next seven races, after finishing in the top-twelve five times and all top-nineteen finishes, he would rise to thirteenth in the final point standings. At Dover, he earned his fifth career pole. Truex won the All-Star Showdown at Charlotte, thereby earning the first transfer spot for the All-Star Race, which he finished second in from a nineteenth (out of 21) starting spot. Truex would go on to finish the 2010 season 22nd in the point standings with one top-five finish and seven top-ten finishes.

At Martinsville the following year in 2011, a stuck throttle caused Truex to make contact with Kasey Kahne, resulting in a large wreck; Truex hit the wall hard head-on and his car flew on fire for a few seconds as Kahne hit the wall in his car's rear. Truex climbed out instantly and went to check on Kahne, who received a standing ovation as he climbed out uninjured. Truex then left with officials for the care center. He said the wreck was the hardest of his career, and both Truex and Kahne were released with normal symptoms. The next week, officials told him his wreck was the hardest crash at Martinsville. Truex won another pole at Dover International Raceway. Truex ran well in most of the races but often struggled to finish the races. He was docked 25 points because of a windshield violation in the fall Talladega race. He ended the season 18th in points, with three top-fives and twelve top-tens.

2012 Truex started 2012 well, winning a $200,000 bonus and finishing seventh in the Daytona 500. He finally hit his stride in Texas, winning the pole and leading 69 laps. The following week at Kansas, he started sixth and dominated the race, leading 173 of 267 laps but falling short to Denny Hamlin. At Atlanta, he led forty of the final 46 laps, but ultimately fell short to Hamlin again when he was forced to pit under a late-race caution for fuel, ending up fourth. Truex finished 21st; however, he had a spot clinched in the Chase, and ultimately made it in. He ended up eleventh in the points, with zero wins, seven top-fives, and nineteen top-tens.

2013: Spingate incident

Truex had an up-and-down 2013 season. He had a few top-five finishes in the early races. His first best run of 2013 was Texas, when he led during the final 55 laps of the race but ended up losing to Kyle Busch. Truex also had low notes, including an accident at Martinsville and a blown engine at Dover. The highlight of the season was at Sonoma, when Truex broke a 218-race winless streak, starting fourteenth on the starting grid and working his way up to win by over eight seconds over Jeff Gordon. Truex's 218-race winless streak is second only to Bill Elliott, who went winless in 226 races between 1994 and 2001. It is only the second time a car numbered No. 56 won in NASCAR's highest division, the first being Jim Hurtubise in a 1966 Atlanta race.

Returning to Bristol, Truex was involved in a wreck on Lap 448 where his car hit an inside wall at an angle that broke his right wrist; he continued racing despite wearing a cast on his right wrist. At Atlanta, despite nursing a broken wrist, Truex finished third to Kyle Busch and Joey Logano.

In the final regular-season race at Richmond, Truex was in the midst of a fierce battle for the final Wildcard spot, eventually coming out over 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-five 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 – fifty 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. In the final ten races of the season, Truex had four top-ten finishes, which included a top-five run at Homestead.

2014–2018: Furniture Row Racing 2014

On October 14, 2013, it was announced that Michael Waltrip Racing's No. 56 would become a research and development team in 2014, and later was spun off. Truex was told he could offer his services as a driver to other teams, and on October 17 it was confirmed that for the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season Truex would move to Furniture Row Racing and drive the No. 78 Chevrolet being vacated by Kurt Busch. When the deal was formally announced on November 1, 2013, before the Texas race, it was announced that Furniture Row had also signed on all of the members of Truex's MWR pit crew.

Truex's 2014 season started with an outside pole qualifying run for the Daytona 500, Furniture Row Racing's first front row start in the 500. However, Truex's engine failed on lap 31.

Truex did poorly in the spring but rebounded with four top-10s in the latter part of the season. He only led a single lap (at Talladega in the October race) and finished 24th in the final points standings.

2015: First Championship Four appearance

Before the 2015 season, crew chief Todd Berrier was released and replaced with rookie crew chief Cole Pearn.

Truex's season began on a high note. He led the most laps of the Sprint Unlimited (28 of 75). He led late, but after a late-race red flag period erased his five-second lead on Joey Logano, Truex lost his rhythm and finished second to Matt Kenseth. In a post-race interview, an emotional Truex said, "We needed this. The race was over once Kenseth pulled away from me. But we needed this. After the last year and a half that I've had this satisfies a lot."

Truex continued his good momentum, finishing in the top-ten in fourteen of the first fifteen races, including a runner-up at Las Vegas. His only poor finish during this period was a 29th-place finish at Bristol, seven laps down, after being swept up in a late-race accident. At Kansas, Truex led the most laps (95), but a late caution killed his chances as he slipped back to ninth on the final restart and he was unable to make up enough ground to catch Jimmie Johnson.

At the Coca-Cola 600, Truex led the most laps (131 of 400), but with twenty laps to go, he had to make a late-race fuel stop and finished fifth. At Dover, Truex led the most laps again (131 of 405), but a poor restart caused him to slide back to seventh and cost him the race to Johnson.

At Pocono, Truex started third and ran up front for most of the race, leading 97 of 160 laps. On the last restart, he managed to pull away to a 1.8-second lead on Kevin Harvick to take the checkered flag in 1st place. For Truex, this snapped a 69-race winless streak and was also the fourth straight points race in which he led the most laps. It was the second win for Furniture Row Racing and the first for crew chief Cole Pearn.

With a third-place finish in a rain-shortened Michigan race, Truex became the first driver since Richard Petty in 1969 to start a Cup season with fourteen top-ten finishes through the first fifteen races. At Sonoma, Truex was running in the top-twenty until shortly after the first restart, when David Ragan turned him in the esses, which saw Truex crash into a jersey barrier, resulting in a 42nd-place finish. At Daytona, Truex was running up front until he was caught up in a crash on lap 106, relegating him to a 38th-place finish. Despite a string of bad races, Truex nonetheless made the Chase for the Sprint Cup and advanced through the first two rounds of the Chase. He also advanced to the final four at Homestead-Miami and went on to finish fourth in the final point standings, a then-career best for both him and FRR.

2016

Prior to the season, Furniture Row switched manufacturers from Chevrolet to Toyota. Bass Pro Shops signed on as a sponsor to the No. 78, reuniting with Truex for the first time since Truex's time with DEI. Truex started the 2016 season qualifying 28th for the Daytona 500 and ran up front for most of the day. On the last lap of the Daytona 500, he was positioned behind race leader Matt Kenseth. Heading into turn three, Denny Hamlin got a big run on Kenseth and tried to pass him, but Matt went up to block Hamlin but nearly wrecked in the process and ended up losing the draft, leaving Truex as the leading car. After a ferocious race to the finish line, Truex lost by 0.010 seconds to Denny Hamlin in the closest Daytona 500 finish in history.

Truex dominated at Texas, leading 141 of 334 laps, but lost after not making a pit stop with less than 39 laps to go. At Kansas in May, Truex won his first pole of the year and first pole in 147 races in the Sprint Cup for the running of the Go Bowling 400. Truex led a race-high 172 laps but a loose wheel relegated him to a fourteenth-place finish. He won his second pole of the season for the Coca-Cola 600. On May 29—Sunday of Memorial Day weekend, 2016—Truex dominated, leading a record 392 of 400 laps in the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, surpassing the old record of 335 laps set by Jim Paschal in 1967. The win was Truex's first of 2016, clinching a place in the Chase for the Sprint Cup at the end of the season. He led the race for 588 miles, the most miles led by any driver in any NASCAR race ever.

On September 4, in the Bojangles' Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway, Truex won his second race of the year. With 20 laps to go, Truex was on point with Kevin Harvick and Kyle Larson chasing from behind. With nineteen laps to go, Harvick and Larson found themselves five seconds behind the leader when a caution came out for a hard wreck by Aric Almirola in the No. 43 machine. With seventeen laps to go, the field hit pit road for the final time, with Truex Jr. winning the battle off pit road. The final restart came with twelve laps to go, and immediately Harvick and Larson battled quickly before Harvick eventually took second and then set sail to catch Truex. Luckily For Truex, however, Harvick could not match the number 78 car and Truex would go on to win the Southern 500.

2016 became the first multi-win season of his career. Truex would advance to the next round of the Chase at Chicagoland. Truex led 32 of the final fifty laps and appeared set to finish second behind Chase Elliott. After a caution with ten laps left erased Elliott's three-second lead, Truex and Elliott pitted. Truex used the advantage of his fresh tires and got by rookie Ryan Blaney on the final restart, winning the race, his third win of the season. In New Hampshire, Truex had a great car all day and would lead the most laps, but towards the end, his tires would wear, and a few late-race cautions came out, so he would lose the lead. Eventually, Kevin Harvick would win, and Truex would finish seventh.

The next week, coming back to Dover, Truex would once again have a great car and would lead the most laps, and would get his fourth win of the season and seventh win of his career after the other dominant driver Jimmie Johnson had a pit road mistake and would be advanced into round 2 of the Chase after his Chicagoland win. He would eventually get eliminated in the Round of 12 after his engine blew up in the elimination race at Talladega, and some poor performances in the Round of 12.

2017: Championship year

Truex started the 2017 season off by winning the Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. This was Toyota's first win of the season with the new 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.

At Kansas in May 2017, Truex started fourth. 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, 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. 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.

Truex took home his fourth win of the season in August, winning the I Love New York 355 at The Glen, capturing his first win at Watkins Glen International Speedway. After finishing second in the first two segments of the race, Truex took the lead with 36 laps to go from Brad Keselowski but relinquished the top two spots to Keselowski and Ryan Blaney to save fuel. The strategy paid off, as Keselowski went to pit road with five laps remaining, while Blaney went one lap later, giving Truex the lead. He was able to make it to the finish, holding off Matt Kenseth as he was running out of fuel for his second career road course victory. It was an emotional win for the #78 team, as Pollex returned to victory lane with Truex after missing the Kentucky win due to a cancer recurrence, while his crew chief, Cole Pearn, helped earn the win while coping with the loss of his best friend, Jacob Damen.

Two races later at the 2017 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway, Truex had a chance to clinch the first regular-season title in NASCAR history if he left with a points lead of 120 points or greater. However, Truex struggled during the early stages of the race and finished 21st.

Following an off-week, Truex raced in the Bojangles Southern 500 at Darlington with another chance to wrap up the regular season crown a week before the finale at Richmond. In stage one, Truex ran down Kyle Larson with under a lap to go to win his sixteenth stage of the year. The exciting finish earned him his 35th playoff point of the season. After being behind both Larson and Denny Hamlin early in the second stage, Truex was able to find the lead and took the stage victory under caution after an accident occurred with three laps to go. The stage win also clinched Truex the regular-season championship and the additional fifteen playoff points that go with the title. Truex seemed to have optimal timing again near the finish, springing to the lead shortly after the final exchange of pit stops in the closing 102-lap run of green-flag racing. However, Denny Hamlin gradually chopped into the lead, setting up a potential classic contest for the lead. With three laps to go, Truex's tire gave way, allowing Hamlin to scoot by and grab his second win of the season. Despite this, Truex clinched the regular-season championship.

Before being awarded the regular-season championship at Richmond, Truex dominated the Federated Auto Parts 400, leading 50% of the race. However, his race derailed when Denny Hamlin wrecked him on the final restart. Truex, though clinching the regular-season championship, expressed discontent with the 1990 Daytona 500 champion, Derrike Cope, who caused a caution that changed the outcome of the race, leading up to the wreck. The regular-season championship was Truex's first top-level championship in his Cup Series career.

Truex started the playoffs on a high note, winning the first race of the playoffs, and his fifth win of the season at Chicagoland Speedway despite a pit road speeding penalty early in the race. That win allowed Truex to secure a spot for the Round of 12. He later earned himself a 5th-place finish at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, although being involved in an eight-car pileup with minor damage midway through the race.

To start the Round of 12, Truex scored his sixth win of the season at Charlotte after leading 91 out of 334 laps to secure a spot for the Round of 8. Just two weeks later, he scored another win at Kansas despite having a restart violation early in the race, that win extends his active win streak in 1.5-mile tracks to four, a NASCAR record. The next week, Truex came second to Kevin Harvick in Texas Fall race, snapping the streak at the final 1.5. mile track race in the season. After the Texas Chase race, Truex made the final four in the playoffs by points. He ultimately won the final race at Miami, becoming the 2017 champion, and won nineteen of 108 stages, capping off one of the most dominant seasons in recent history.

2018: Final year at Furniture Row

Truex started off the season with an 18th-place finish at the 2018 Daytona 500, after being caught up in a late-race wreck. For the next few weeks, Truex picked up Top 5 finishes for the next five straight races, including two poles, and a win at Fontana. He continued this consistency with wins at Pocono, Sonoma, and Kentucky and 15 Top 5's during the regular season. Truex added four top-five finishes during the Playoffs and made the Championship 4 for the second year in a row. He finished 2nd at Homestead to Joey Logano and in the final points standings.

On September 4, 2018, it was announced that Furniture Row Racing would be folding the No. 78 team following the conclusion of the 2018 season. On November 7, 2018, with Furniture Row Racing closing at the end of 2018, it was announced Truex and crew chief Cole Pearn signed a deal with Joe Gibbs Racing to drive the No. 19 starting in the 2019 season, replacing Daniel Suárez and crew chief Dave Rogers.

2019–2024: Joe Gibbs Racing 2019

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-tens and two top-twenties before scoring four wins at Richmond (his first Cup win on a short track), Dover, Charlotte, and Sonoma. He began the 2019 playoffs by winning the first two races at Las Vegas and 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 Charlotte Roval. During the Round of 8, Truex won at 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 hopes unraveled due to a miscue during the pit stop, in which the left and right front tires were switched around and installed on 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 second in the race to teammate Kyle Busch and the final championship standings for the second season in a row. Truex led the series in victories with seven. 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.

On December 9, after serving as Truex's crew chief for six seasons, Pearn announced he had parted ways with JGR to pursue opportunities outside the sport.

2020

At Martinsville in June, Truex controlled the final one-hundred laps and won his only race of the season after early-race damage to the front of his car prevented the right-front tire and brake pads from overheating. Truex dominated the final laps of the race at Kentucky but was the victim of a last-lap pass by Cole Custer, the second time in three years that Truex was passed on the final lap by a driver in their first career win. Truex missed the Championship 4 for the first time since 2016 and finished seventh in points.

2021

Despite only scoring one win in their first season paired together, Truex remained with crew chief James Small, even amidst a crew chief shakeup at JGR that year. He won his first race of the season at Phoenix in March, which was his first victory at the track.

In March, Truex made his return to both the Xfinity Series and the Truck Series. He drove JGR's No. 54 at Atlanta in March for his first Xfinity start since 2010 when he drove multiple races for MWR in their No. 00 and No. 99 cars. Truex drove in the Truck Series' Bristol dirt race in the No. 51 for Kyle Busch Motorsports in preparation for the Cup Series race on the same track, new to the schedule, that weekend. It was his first Truck start since 2006, coincidentally also in the No. 51, but he ran for Billy Ballew Motorsports in 2006. He won the race for his first truck series win, becoming the 36th driver to win in all three top NASCAR Series. Despite leading the most laps (122) at the Cup event, Truex would finish 19th after a cut tire with two laps to go while running in third.

Two weeks later, Truex won at Martinsville for the third time in his career, his sixth win on a short track, and became the first driver to win multiple races in 2021.

On May 9, Truex dominated and won the Goodyear 400 at Darlington, earning his thirtieth career victory, and his second at the famed track.

At New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Truex was running second when the rain hit the track, causing Truex, Kyle Busch, and Denny Hamlin to crash. He soon rebounded to finish 12th in the same race, which was shortened due to darkness.

During the rest of the season, he would continue to perform to the best of his ability for the next three races after that, earning a third-place finish at Watkins Glen International. Truex was involved in a wreck at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course late in the race, but managed to finish fifteenth. He also scored a top-ten at Michigan International Speedway.

Truex was involved in the big one at the Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway, resulting in a 29th-place finish. When the Playoffs started, he scored one win at Richmond Raceway, a top-five at Darlington Raceway, and a top-ten at Bristol Motor Speedway.

In the second round of the playoffs, he would finish fourth at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, twelfth at Talladega Superspeedway, and 29th at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval.

In the final round of the playoffs at Texas Motor Speedway, Truex got loose in turns 3 and 4, snapping the car around and causing him to slam into the outside wall. He would be scored 25th as a result of said crash. However, he would gather enough points and positions in the next two races at Kansas Speedway and Martinsville Speedway, finishing seventh and fourth respectively, giving him just enough points to advance into the Championship 4.

In the Championship Race at Phoenix Raceway, Truex would be in 1st-place for a small portion of the end of the race, looking to secure a second title. With just under thirty laps to go, the caution came out because of David Starr putting debris on the racetrack after cutting a tire. Truex tried his best to overtake the top contender, Kyle Larson, as the laps kept winding down, but ultimately finished second in points after coming up just short of winning. This was the third time in Truex's NASCAR Cup Series career that he finished second in points.

2022: Championship 4 to missing the playoffs

Truex started the 2022 season with a thirteenth-place finish at the 2022 Daytona 500. He was winless through the regular season, but he stayed consistent with three top-fives and twelve top-ten finishes. In June, Truex expressed uncertainty about his future in the NASCAR Cup Series with him debating over if he would retire or stay with JGR. He would ultimately choose to stay with JGR and run the 2023 season. Despite leading the season in stage wins (seven) and being fourth in the regular season standings at the conclusion of the August Daytona race, Truex missed the playoffs for the first time since 2014 after finishing eighth, three points behind Ryan Blaney for the sixteenth and final playoff spot as Austin Dillon won the race to become the sixteenth different race winner of the season. Truex went winless and finished seventeenth in the final standings.

2023: Return to form

Truex began the 2023 season by winning the 2023 Busch Light Clash at The Coliseum. He broke a 54-race winless streak at Dover to make the playoffs. Truex also scored wins at Sonoma and New Hampshire. At the conclusion of the Daytona night race, he clinched the regular season championship. On the second playoff race at Kansas, Truex experienced a puncture on his right rear tire and crashed on the third lap, finishing in last place and dropping him below the cutoff line. However, the following week at Bristol, he was able to salvage a bad night and finish two laps down in nineteenth, going above the cutoff line by five points after Joey Logano and Kevin Harvick had issues late in the race.

2024: Final full-time season

On August 5, 2023, Truex announced that he had signed a contract extension to remain with JGR through the 2024 season. On June 14, 2024, Truex announced he would retire from full-time racing at the end of the season. Despite not winning a race during the regular season, he stayed consistent enough to make the playoffs. Truex was eliminated from the playoffs at the conclusion of the Round of 16. Despite being eliminated in the first round, Truex would finish his final full-time season tenth in the final point standings.

2025: Return to the No. 56 car On January 16, 2025, it was announced that Tricon Garage would attempt to make its NASCAR Cup Series debut in the 2025 Daytona 500. The team fielded the No. 56 Toyota Camry, driven by Truex, with Bass Pro Shops as the primary sponsor and Cole Pearn serving as the crew chief. This would be Truex's first time back in the No. 56 car since 2013 with Michael Waltrip Racing. He would lock himself into the race by being the fastest open car in qualifying. Truex would finish 38th after being involved in a crash.

Personal life Truex was born in Mayetta, New Jersey, a community located in Stafford Township, New Jersey. He graduated from Southern Regional High School in 1998. His late father, Martin Truex Sr., won races in the Busch North Series. His younger brother, Ryan, is a former champion in the K&N Pro Series East, and was a contender for the 2014 Rookie of the Year in the Sprint Cup.

Truex and his long time partner Sherry Pollex were together from 2005 to 2023. In 2007, they started the Martin Truex Jr. Foundation to support children with pediatric cancer. In 2014, Pollex was diagnosed with Stage III ovarian cancer.

Truex is an avid fan of the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League and the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League.

In 2019, Truex's holding company, which holds a small aircraft fleet, entered the human organ transport business.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.)

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LVS15 ATL21 BRI13 MAR21 TEX36 PHO8 TAL37 RCH5 DAR14 CLT34 DOV6 POC17 MCH17 SON16 NHA4 DAY17 CHI9 IND24 POC15 GLN5 MCH16 BRI35 CAL19 RCH16 NHA7 DOV20 KAN43 TAL41 CLT14 MAR10 ATL15 TEX8 PHO43 HOM10 15th 3839 2009 Earnhardt Ganassi Racing DAY11 CAL27 LVS32 ATL10 BRI26 MAR29 TEX25 PHO7 TAL33 RCH22 DAR6 CLT23 DOV21 POC18 MCH26 SON25 NHA37 DAY25 CHI16 IND17 POC19 GLN28 MCH21 BRI22 ATL26* RCH39 NHA19 DOV33 KAN16 CAL22 CLT9 MAR28 TAL31 TEX14 PHO5 HOM9 23rd 3503 2010 Michael Waltrip Racing 56 Toyota DAY6 CAL39 LVS20 ATL27 BRI12 MAR5 PHO17 TEX9 TAL12 RCH7 DAR19 DOV12 CLT23 POC25 MCH17 SON42 NHA22 DAY35 CHI11 IND26 POC9 GLN15 MCH8 BRI17 ATL12 RCH22 NHA20 DOV34 KAN20 CAL18 CLT15 MAR29 TAL6 TEX38 PHO15 HOM11 22nd 3916 2011 DAY19 PHO14 LVS6 BRI17 CAL21 MAR40 TEX35 TAL13 RCH27 DAR10 DOV8 CLT26 KAN20 POC10 MCH26 SON8 DAY35 KEN18 NHA8 IND24 POC12 GLN4 MCH19 BRI2 ATL14 RCH30 CHI18 NHA16 DOV30 KAN36 CLT23 TAL10 MAR8 TEX8 PHO20 HOM3 18th 937 2012 DAY12 PHO7 LVS17 BRI3 CAL8 MAR5 TEX6 KAN2* RCH25 TAL28 DAR5 CLT12 DOV7 POC20 MCH12 SON22 KEN8 DAY17 NHA11 IND8 POC3 GLN10 MCH10 BRI11 ATL4 RCH21 CHI9 NHA17 DOV6 TAL13 CLT10 KAN2 MAR23 TEX13 PHO42 HOM6 11th 2299 2013 DAY24 PHO36 LVS8 BRI12 CAL18 MAR40 TEX2 KAN4 RCH17 TAL7 DAR12 CLT9 DOV38 POC23 MCH3 SON1* KEN7 DAY41 NHA16 IND11 POC15 GLN3 MCH16 BRI35 ATL3 RCH7 CHI18 NHA10 DOV15 KAN19 CLT22 TAL8 MAR16 TEX14 PHO8 HOM4 16th 998 2014 Furniture Row Racing 78 Chevy DAY43 PHO22 LVS14 BRI36 CAL23 MAR21 TEX18 DAR27 RCH10 TAL17 KAN21 CLT25 DOV6 POC9 MCH37 SON15 KEN19 DAY15 NHA12 IND25 POC32 GLN13 MCH36 BRI20 ATL23 RCH25 CHI14 NHA12 DOV7 KAN4 CLT14 TAL27 MAR38 TEX19 PHO12 HOM17 24th 857 2015 DAY8 ATL6 LVS2 PHO7 CAL8 MAR6 TEX9 BRI29 RCH10 TAL5 KAN9* CLT5* DOV6* POC1* MCH3 SON42 DAY38 KEN17 NHA12 IND4 POC19 GLN25 MCH3 BRI28 DAR9 RCH32 CHI13 NHA8 DOV11 CLT3 KAN15 TAL7 MAR6 TEX8 PHO14 HOM12 4th 5032 2016 Toyota DAY2 ATL7 LVS11 PHO14 CAL32 MAR18 TEX6* BRI14 RCH9 TAL13 KAN14* DOV9 CLT1* POC19 MCH12 SON5 DAY29 KEN10 NHA16 IND8 POC38 GLN7 BRI23 MCH20 DAR1 RCH3* CHI1 NHA7* DOV1* CLT13 KAN11 TAL40 MAR7 TEX3 PHO40 HOM36 11th 2271 2017 DAY13 ATL8 LVS1* PHO11 CAL4 MAR16 TEX8 BRI8 RCH10 TAL35 KAN1* CLT3* DOV3 POC6 MCH6 SON37* DAY34 KEN1* NHA3* IND33 POC3 GLN1* MCH2 BRI21 DAR8 RCH20* CHI1 NHA5 DOV4 CLT1 TAL23 KAN1 MAR2 TEX2* PHO3 HOM1 1st 5040 2018 DAY18 ATL5 LVS4 PHO5 CAL1* MAR4 TEX37 BRI30 RCH14* TAL26 DOV4 KAN2 CLT2 POC1 MCH18 SON1* CHI4 DAY2 KEN1* NHA4 POC15 GLN2 MCH14 BRI30 DAR11 IND40 LVS3* RCH3* ROV14 DOV15 TAL23 KAN5 MAR3 TEX9 PHO14 HOM2 2nd 5035 2019 Joe Gibbs Racing 19 Toyota DAY35 ATL2 LVS8 PHO2 CAL8 MAR8 TEX12 BRI17 RCH1* TAL20 DOV1 KAN19 CLT1* POC35 MCH3 SON1* CHI9 DAY22 KEN19 NHA6 POC3 GLN2 MCH4 BRI13 DAR15 IND27 LVS1 RCH1 ROV7 DOV2 TAL26 KAN6 MAR1* TEX6 PHO6 HOM2 2nd 5035 2020 DAY32 LVS20 CAL14 PHO32 DAR6 DAR10 CLT6 CLT9 BRI20 ATL3 MAR1 HOM12 TAL24 POC6 POC10 IND38 KEN2 TEX29 KAN3 NHA3 MCH3 MCH3 DRC3 DOV2 DOV2 DAY4 DAR22* RCH2 BRI24 LVS4 TAL23 ROV7 KAN9 TEX2 MAR22 PHO10 7th 2341 2021 DAY25 DRC12 HOM3 LVS6 PHO1 ATL9 BRD19* MAR1 RCH5 TAL31 KAN6 DAR1* DOV19 COA35 CLT29 SON3 NSH22 POC18 POC11 ROA9 ATL3 NHA12 GLN3* IRC15 MCH10 DAY29 DAR4 RCH1 BRI7 LVS4 TAL12 ROV29 TEX25 KAN7 MAR4 PHO2 2nd 5035 2022 DAY13 CAL13 LVS8 PHO35 ATL8 COA7 RCH4 MAR22 BRD21 TAL5 DOV12 DAR24 KAN6 CLT12 GTW6 SON26 NSH22 ROA13 ATL11 NHA4* POC7 IRC21 MCH6 RCH7 GLN23 DAY8 DAR31 KAN5 BRI36 TEX31 TAL26 ROV17 LVS7 HOM6 MAR20 PHO15 17th 1037 2023 DAY15 CAL11 LVS7 PHO17 ATL19 COA17 RCH11 BRD7 MAR3 TAL27 DOV1 KAN8 DAR31* CLT3 GTW5 SON1* NSH2 CSC32 ATL29 NHA1* POC3 RCH7 MCH2 IRC7 GLN6 DAY24 DAR18 KAN36 BRI19 TEX17 TAL18 ROV20 LVS9 HOM29 MAR12 PHO6 11th 2269 2024 DAY15 ATL12 LVS7 PHO7 BRI2 COA10 RCH4* MAR18 TEX14 TAL11 DOV3 KAN4 DAR25 CLT12 GTW34 SON27 IOW15 NHA9 NSH24 CSC33 POC8 IND27 RCH37 MCH24 DAY24 DAR36 ATL35 GLN20 BRI24 KAN3 TAL11 ROV21 LVS6 HOM23 MAR24 PHO17 10th 2257 2025 Tricon Garage 56 Toyota DAY38 ATL COA PHO LVS HOM MAR DAR BRI TAL TEX KAN CLT NSH MCH MXC POC ATL CSC SON DOV IND IOW GLN RCH DAY DAR GTW BRI NHA KAN ROV LVS TAL MAR PHO 42nd 1 † – Relieved Dale Earnhardt Jr. during race

Daytona 500 Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish 2005 Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 10 34 2006 19 16 2007 13 29 2008 25 20 2009 Earnhardt Ganassi Racing 1 11 2010 Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 14 6 2011 20 19 2012 26 12 2013 37 24 2014 Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 2 43 2015 10 8 2016 Toyota 28 2 2017 35 13 2018 24 18 2019 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 11 35 2020 15 32 2021 26 25 2022 14 13 2023 16 15 2024 27 15 2025 Tricon Garage Toyota 39 38

Xfinity Series NASCAR Xfinity Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 Pts Ref 2001 Truex Motorsports 56 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL RCH NHA NZH CLT DOV KEN MLW GLN CHI GTW PPR IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV38 KAN CLT MEM PHO CAR HOMDNQ 133rd 49 2002 Phoenix Racing 1 Chevy DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL RCH NHA29 NZH CLT 65th 370 Truex Motorsports 56 Chevy DOV17 NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI GTW PPR IRP MCH BRI DAR HOM23 58 RCHDNQ DOV25 KAN CLT MEM ATL CAR PHO 2003 DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX TAL NSH15 CAL KEN21 MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR IRP21 MCH 40th 1228 Chance 2 Motorsports 81 Chevy RCH31 GTW NZH CLT DOV18 NSH BRI6 DAR RCH DOVDNQ KAN Stanton Barrett Motorsports 91 Chevy DOV13 Chance 2 Motorsports 8 Chevy CLT17 MEM ATL PHO CAR2 HOM2 2004 Chance 2 Motorsports 81 DAY28 1st 5173 8 CAR2 LVS14 DAR4 BRI1 TEX10 NSH23 TAL1 CAL13 GTW1 RCH7 NZH1 CLT14 DOV2 NSH2 KEN6 MLW9 DAY3 CHI14 NHA11 PPR5 IRP4 MCH3 BRI7 CAL6 RCH3 DOV1 KAN30 CLT6 MEM1 ATL9 PHO3 DAR4 HOM9 2005 DAY4 CAL30 MXC1 LVS16 ATL11 NSH14 BRI31 TEX35 PHO9 TAL1 DAR3 RCH38 CLT7 DOV1 NSH5 KEN2 MLW2 DAY1 CHI7 NHA1 PPR4 GTW26 IRP1 GLN5 MCH4 BRI6 CAL15 RCH27 DOV12 KAN9 CLT11 MEM3 TEX11 PHO6 HOM7 1st 4937 2006 Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevy DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL1 RCH DAR CLT5 DOV NSH KEN MLW DOV30 KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 50th 835 JR Motorsports 88 Chevy DAY8 CHI16 NHA MAR GTW IRP GLN6 MCH BRI CAL RCH 2007 Dale Earnhardt, Inc. 11 Chevy DAY6 CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO TAL41 RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTW IRP CGV GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH 84th 370 8 DOV2 KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 2008 DAY11 CAL LVS ATL 100th 175 JR Motorsports 5 Chevy BRI41 NSH TEX PHO MXC TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTW IRP CGV GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 2009 Phoenix Racing 1 Chevy DAY CAL LVS BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTW IRP IOW GLN MCH BRI CGV ATL RCH6 DOV16 KAN CAL CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 88th 265 2010 Diamond-Waltrip Racing 00 Toyota DAY CAL LVS BRI NSH PHO TEX TAL RCH DAR DOV CLT NSH KEN ROA NHA DAY CHI GTW IRP IOW GLN MCH BRI CGV ATL RCH DOV KAN5 CLT2 GTW PHO34 51st 771 99 CAL25 TEX5 HOM12 2021 Joe Gibbs Racing 54 Toyota DAY DRC HOM LVS PHO ATL2* MAR TAL DAR DOV COA CLT MOH TEX NSH POC ROA ATL NHA GLN IRC MCH DAY DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL ROV TEX KAN MAR PHO 76th 01

Camping World Truck Series NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Pts Ref 2005 Billy Ballew Motorsports 15 Chevy DAY CAL ATL MAR GTW MFD CLT DOV TEX MCH MLW15 KAN KEN MEM IRP NSH BRI RCH NHA LVS MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 77th 106 2006 51 DAY CAL ATL MAR GTW CLT MFD DOV TEX MCH34 MLW KAN KEN MEM IRP NSH BRI NHA LVS TAL MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 85th 61 2021 Kyle Busch Motorsports 51 Toyota DAY DRC LVS ATL BRD1* RCH KAN DAR COA CLT TEX NSH POC KNX GLN GTW DAR BRI LVS TAL MAR PHO 95th 01

Season still in progress Ineligible for series points

Busch North Series NASCAR Busch North Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Ref 1999 Truex Motorsports 56 Chevy LEE RPS NHA TMP NZH HOL BEE JEN GLN STA NHA NZH STADNQ NHA GLN EPP TRO BEE NHA LIM N/A – 2000 LEE16 NHA29 SEE3 HOL24 BEE29 JEN23 GLN STA11 NHA1** NZH STA24 WFD29 GLN19 EPP8 TMP13 TRO4 BEE20 NHA9 LIM23 12th 1961 2001 LEE4 NHA2 SEE19 HOL6 BEE28 EPP17 STA25 WFD24 BEE4* TMP1* NHA2 STA1* SEE26 GLN5 NZH7 TRO19 BEE3 DOV19 STA4 LIM34 8th 2630 2002 LEE11 NHA31 NZH5 SEE3 BEE29 STA10 HOL20 WFD4 TMP9* NHA4 STA6* GLN32 ADI25 TRO6 BEE3 NHA28 DOV3 STA12* LIM10 11th 2416 2003 LEE STA1** LER BEE STA2 HOL TMP3 NHA1* WFD SEE GLN ADI2* BEE TRO NHA15 STA LIM 25th 1013

Featherlite Modified Tour NASCAR Featherlite Modified Tour results Year Car owner No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Ref 2001 Info not available SBO TMP STA WFD NZH STA RIV SEE RCH NHADNQ HOL RIV CHE TMP STA WFD TMP STA MAR TMP N/A – 2002 Info not available 98 Chevy TMP STA WFD NZH RIV SEE RCH STA BEE NHA RIV TMP STA WFD TMP NHA40 STA MAR TMP 90th 43

International Race of Champions (key) (Bold – Pole position. * – Most laps led.) International Race of Champions results Year Make 1 2 3 4 Pos. Pts Ref 2005 Pontiac DAY2 TEX4 RCH5 ATL1* 2nd 68 2006 DAY5 TEX3 DAY6 ATL1 3rd 57