In late September while celebrating his foundation’s 10th anniversary amid family and friends at Sea Oaks Country Club in Little Egg Harbor, Martin Truex Jr. said being on the cusp of a possible Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series championship still felt as if it were a dream.
“I can’t even imagine what that will be like if it happens,” Truex Jr. said on Sept. 27, several weeks after he clinched the regular-season points title and two races into the playoffs. “It’ll be crazy, that’s for sure.”
On Nov. 19 in the Ford Ecoboost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, the dream came true, as the Stafford Township native…
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