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PAGING TRUEX: This is a case of the mysteriously quiet start to the season for defending Cup champion Martin Truex Jr.

Hamlin regained the lead off pit road, followed by Truex, Jr., and Blaney.

It’s got its own identity, fun race, all the way out here in a cool venue that’s got a lot of history,” Truex said of the Coliseum.

Elliott and Logano took each other out of contention when collided on lap 196. Truex, who lost position on an earlier bad pit stop, spun out on lap 209.

If he comes up short, Briscoe likely has more chances down the road since he’s headed to JGR next season to replace Truex, who is retiring after the playoffs.

Bowman is 27 points below, Truex is 31 points behind and Kurt Busch is 73 points back after blowing his engine Sunday.

Hamlin never lost the faith when Truex controlled most of the final third of the race, and knew he could nip his teammate and earn the playoff points that could make him a lock for Phoenix.

He was 0.468 seconds ahead of Truex, and had just enough fuel left to do a celebratory burnout on the frontstretch before needing a push from a tow truck to get the No. 18 Toyota to Victory Lane.

Martin Truex Jr. sweeps past Kevin Harvick with 20 laps to go and pulls away for a 4.1-second victory.

EDNA MAE TRUEX, 96, Sod, WV, formerly of Monroe Co., OH, died Sun., Oct. 6, 2019; born Jan.

Gibbs did not immediately name a new crew chief for Truex.

Martin Truex Jr. had a NASCAR Cup Series season for the ages, capturing the championship in dominating fashion.

Truex fell one spot short of winning his second consecutive NASCAR Cup championship in a determined bid to send Furniture Row Racing out a winner.

Truex — whose late-career metamorphosis from journeyman to champion was unprecedented in NASCAR history — had one heck of a landing spot when his team folded.

Well, if you’re a NASCAR or Truex fan, you already know the answer.

At the beginning of the final stage of 2018, three of the Championship 4 got out in front with Logano leading and Truex and Harvick right behind him.

Busch, as well as series wins leader Kevin Harvick, last year’s champion Martin Truex Jr., Daytona 500 champion Austin Dillon, Clint Bowyer and Joey Logano have already clinched their spot in the playoffs with a victory this season.

Busch, Harvick and Truex are the only active drivers in the Cup Series with previous wins at both Sonoma and Watkins Glen.

Eventually, though, Truex ran him down and passed him to show the way again.

Final question, you’re in the Playoffs but it’s been a season largely dominated by the “Big Three” (Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick, and Martin Truex Jr.).