If Martin Truex Jr. goes on to win the NASCAR Cup Series championship again this season, this past Sunday’s Toyota/Save Mart 350 in Sonoma, Calif., may be considered one of those races used as a catapult.
En route to his third victory of the season, the Southern Regional High School graduate and Mayetta native executed one of the Furniture Row race team’s trick plays. During the final stage of the race on lap 73, crew chief Cole Pearn ordered the No. 78 Toyota to pit road.
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