Chase Elliott makes HONEST revelation about “why he likes” Martin Truex Jr.

Chase Elliott and Martin Truex Jr. are racers who likes to keep their heads down.

Chase Elliott makes HONEST revelation about “why he likes” Martin Truex Jr.

Chase Elliott and Martin Truex Jr. (Via IMAGO)

Joe Gibbs Racing veteran Martin Truex Jr. announced ahead of the inaugural Iowa Cup race that he will be retiring from the sport at the end of the 2024 season. The 2017 Cup champion will spend his final races with the No:19 team before moving onto doing different things while also making part-time Cup entries.

Many drivers of the Current grid and young racers who grew up watching Martin Truex Jr. has been sharing how much they love and respect the JGR driver. 2020 Cup champion Chase Elloitt at Iowa shared his respect he has for the veteran. He pointed out that though they have very limited conversation over the years, they always had a mutual respect.

No, and honestly that’s why I like him. To be honest, I wish we had more of that. Yeah, listen, I’ve always had a lot of respect for Martin. We’ve always gotten along well. Probably never spoke more than 20 words to each other in my nine years and we don’t have to. There’s always been a mutual respect there
Chase Elliott said at Iowa.

The No:9 Chevy driver asserted that he always likes to have such relationship in a professional atmosphere. He went onto highlight how he respects people showup and focus on the task at hand in NASCAR keeping their head down.

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That’s the kind of relationship I’m all about as it pertains to a professional atmosphere. Somebody who shows up, keeps his head down and does his job and seems to focus on the things that matter. I think we can all respect and admire that.
Chase Elliott added.

Chase Elliott had a solid day at Iowa

The Chevy driver secured an impressive P3 finish on Sunday at Iowa and was able to secure top position in the points table with his main rivals Denny Hamlin and Kyle Larson dropping points. He was proud of the teams run though it could’ve been better.

Chase Elliott
Chase Elliott (Via IMAGO)
Could make good pace there at the end of a run with our NAPA Chevy, just needed to be a little closer I think to keep the pressure on and keep things rolling. Anyway, I was proud of the effort and felt like we had a really good car and were right there in the fight.
Chase Elliott said.

While Chase Elliott is in fine form and in the fight for the championship with a win, he would also be hoping to see the veteran Martin Truex Jr. getting a win and securing a playoff spot like many fans in the NASCAR community. Currently the No:19 team is going through a rough patch because of mostly bad luck.

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