Martin Truex Jr Laments ‘Mistake’ Which Cost Him NASCAR Cup Series Playoff Spot .
Martin Truex Jr. was eliminated from the NASCAR Playoffs’ Round of 12 after the Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway. A pit road speeding penalty dashed his hopes for advancement. Throughout the race, Truex consistently ranked within the top five and securing valuable stage points. However, disaster struck when a minor infraction-exceeding the pit road speed limit by just 0.09 miles per hour-sidelined his efforts
The penalty relegated him to the back of the field, leading to a loss of position that he was unable to recover from on Bristol’s notoriously short and tight track. Reflecting on the incident, Truex commented to the media after the
It’s really tough you know. Point zero nine miles per hour that you know kind of screws your whole chance at a good season up.
So yeah. Just I don’t know how that happened. I didn’t know I was even that close. Honestly, I felt like I did the same thing as every other stop. But sometimes you’re just a foot maybe a foot to the left or it’s so tricky when you’re going from that curved section to the straight to get your lights. And it’s on me. Obviously, it’s my mistake. “Yeah I mean they said we were gonna have to run second or third there to have a chance and I don’t know if we could have done it but it would have been nice to see. “And just really sad for my guys they worked so hard. We had a really strong car tonight and we did, you know, we got a lot of stage points we did what we needed there. Just hate I screwed it up. I wish we could have at least seen if we could have done it. Would have been fun to have a fighting chance.
