Martin Truex Jr. is planning to participate within the Daytona 500 and reunite together with his former crew chief Cole Pearn.
Truex stated in June that he not will likely be a full-time driver after this season however revealed his plans for the season-opening race Wednesday on the NASCAR playoffs media day in Charlotte, N.C.
“That is proper. I did not understand it was that huge of reports,” Truex stated. “I believed folks knew already, so I might need let the cat out of the bag prematurely.”
Pearn retired in 2019 after spending 5 seasons (2015-19) because the crew chief for Truex’s group. Throughout their time collectively, the duo gained 24 races and the Cup Sequence title in 2017. Lately, Pearn grew to become a advisor for Joe Gibbs Racing and Truex believes their chemistry continues to be sturdy.
“We do not discuss fairly often, however once we do, it is similar to previous occasions,” Truex, 44, stated. “He can just about learn me like a e-book. He is aware of precisely what I am pondering. I do not know, it is simply, he is a particular man. He is totally different than anybody I’ve ever identified. He is aware of every part. He is aware of the reply to every part. And he tells you issues, you are like, how’d you realize that?”
Truex, who enters the playoffs because the No. 16 seed within the 16-driver area, hasn’t laid out specifics relating to his potential part-time standing subsequent yr, however he has narrowed down the quantity he’d like on his door.
“It is most likely both going to be 78 or 56, 78 being our championship quantity (in 2017), which is a particular one for me, clearly,” stated Truex, who drove the No. 56 for Michael Waltrip Racing from 2010 to 2013 and the No. 78 with Furnishings Row Racing from 2014 to 2018. “After which my quantity was at all times 56, so we’ll see.”
