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Longtime racer Martin Truex Sr. dies at 66
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Longtime racer Martin Truex Sr. dies at 66

By Miles Cooper January 18, 2025
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Martin Truex Sr., a veteran racer within the former NASCAR Busch North Sequence whose sons turned next-generation stars, has died. He was 66 years outdated.

The information was introduced Friday in an announcement from sons Martin Truex Jr. and Ryan Truex and daughter Marsha McVey, stating: “We’re devastated by the lack of our father (Martin Truex Sr.). Merely put, he was our hero and an incredible man. We respect everybody‘s ideas and prayers and ask for privateness right now.”

The elder Truex made 135 begins on the Busch North circuit, which has developed into the current-day ARCA Menards Sequence East. He gained as soon as, prevailing in 1994 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in a preliminary occasion to the NASCAR Cup Sequence’ second-ever race weekend there.

“He was a gentleman racer, enjoyable to race with,” stated four-time Busch North champion Andy Santerre, in an interview final September. “I don’t bear in mind all my races, however I do keep in mind that Martin Sr. beat me at New Hampshire in, I believe, ’94 and I completed second, and I used to be as glad for him as I used to be to complete second — and I don’t assume I’d gained a race at that time.”

Longtime racer Martin Truex Sr. dies at 66

Truex ran a wholesale seafood enterprise, and the sponsors of his No. 56 entries had been usually acquainted to that business. He was a confirmed winner in modified competitors in his house state of New Jersey and the northeast, however he dialed again his personal driving duties within the late Nineties to speed up the racing profession of his oldest son, Martin Truex Jr.

“He’s on the age the place hopefully he could make all of it the way in which to the massive leagues. That’s the plan no less than,” Truex Sr. informed the Atlantic Metropolis (N.J.) Press in 2000, noting his imaginative and prescient for his 19-year-old son. He stated he considered his resolution as an funding fairly than a sacrifice; Truex Jr. went on to turn into a Cup Sequence champion (2017), a two-time Xfinity Sequence champ and a 34-time Cup winner on the time of his retirement from full-time competitors final season.

“He was an incredible racer himself,” former Busch North champion Mike Olsen stated of Truex Sr. final September. “Undoubtedly the apple didn’t fall removed from the tree, and Martin Sr. did an incredible job in bringing Martin Jr. into the ranks.”

Martin Truex Sr.’s youngest son, Ryan, additionally reached NASCAR’s national-series degree, scoring all three of his profession victories within the Xfinity Sequence within the final two years.

Truex Sr. joined his sons final November for a household photograph on the beginning grid at Phoenix Raceway, the place Martin Truex Jr. ran his ultimate race as a full-time competitor. Truex will fly his father’s acquainted automotive quantity — No. 56 — on his Tricon Storage-prepared Toyota in his area subsequent month.

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