Martin Truex Jr has been blazing the field this season with his performance. At this point, if he continues on with the same intensity, who knows we might have another two-time champion in our hands at Phoenix this year.
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But on the other side, Truex also has a brother who races in the Xfinity Series who hasn’t been able to replicate his brother’s success in a racecar. In fact, the 31-year-old driver won his first Xfinity race while driving for Joe Gibbs Racing earlier this year at Dover.
Recently, as the elder Truex was speaking about his plans to continue in the Cup Series and not pull the plug at the end of this year, he also spoke about his little brother. He then proceeded to humorously advertise him in front of the media personnel and mentioned that they were looking for sponsorships for him to get into the Cup Series.
Martin Truex Jr. puts his brother in the spotlight
While speaking to the press, Truex mentioned, “Yeah, we’ve got races for Ryan (Truex) again next year—hopefully more. We are looking for sponsorship to do a full year, if possible. That is on the table. He will be running part-time, but obviously, it would be great if we could get him a full-time deal, so anybody out there looking for a good driver? He does a good job on social media too.”
Interestingly, Ryan had previously run in the Cup Series on several occasions. Although considering the machinery and the role he was playing, the results were not anything of significance. But regardless of all that, if JGR can find him a decent enough sponsor, we might get to see Ryan race in the Cup Series sometime soon.
Also, considering that his elder brother might not choose to remain in the sport for long, wouldn’t it be great to have him join the Cup Series, while he is still there? Somewhat like Kurt and Kyle Busch back in the day?
Joe Gibbs is delighted with Truex Jr’s plans to stay in NASCAR
Ahead of the race at Michigan, Truex had the chance to speak with the media, where he revealed that he had intentions to carry on racing in NASCAR. Although, just weeks ago, he had planned to leave at the end of the current season.
Truex Jr mentioned, “It just felt like the right thing to do was keep going. The more I thought about it, the more I was like okay, don’t be stupid. I’ll race another year and see how it goes.” Right after a journalist asked if he would just go year after year at this point, to which Truex mentioned, “Yes.”
Meanwhile, Joe Gibbs was elated to learn that Truex would continue on with the team. According to Bob Pockrass, speaking about Truex’s re-signing, Gibbs mentioned “We’ve been holding our breath, again, for about a month. … We’re thrilled.” He said all the sponsors should return. “They’ll all be back — because of Martin, really.”
Joe Gibbs on Truex re-signing: “We’ve been holding our breath, again, for about a month. … We’re thrilled.” He said all the sponsors should return. “They’ll all be back — because of Martin, really.”
— Bob Pockrass (@bobpockrass) August 5, 2023
With his decision to continue on for another year, Gibbs can now breathe a sigh of relief, as he retains his top driver. Meanwhile, judging by the way Truex plans things, all of these discussions might make a return at the end of next season.
Although logically judging by his current performance in the championship, Truex still has that racing prowess in him. If he wants, he could end up competing for a couple of more years before ultimately considering his retirement.
