Truex Jr dominates at Martinsville

Martin Truex Jr (Toyota) est le premier prétendant au titre connu pour la finale à Miami (Floride). Le champion 2017 a outrageusement dominé la course de Martinsville (Virginie) en évoluant en tête pendant 464 tours sur les 500 couverts. Le pensionnaire de la Joe Gibbs Racing a logiquement remporté les deux premiers segments avant de décrocher son premier succès sur ce « short track », obtenant ainsi sa 7e victoire de la saison et la 26e de sa carrière.

The driver of the No. 19 Toyota finished ahead of the Chevrolet of William Byron and the Ford of Brad Keselowski, both out of contention for the title.

As the end of the season draws closer, tempers are heating up with the pressure of qualifying in the last 4 places. Fourth in the race, Denny Hamlin (Toyota) played with Joey Logano (Ford) who was able to save an 8th position after colliding with the wall. The two adversaries logically came to blows after the race in the purest tradition of the discipline.

Kyle Busch (Toyota) was only able to take 14th place after being involved in an accident but for the moment maintains enough points to hope to play for the coronation in the final.