Martin Truex Jr. is ‘looking forward’ to a ‘fun’ race in COTA as the veterans search for a win in 2022 continuous
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NASCAR will hit Circuits of the Americas in Austin, Texas for the EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix on Sunday as the series welcomes its first road course of the 2022 season. This will also e the first time the Next-Gen cars will be burning their tire on the 3.4-mile track with 20 turns.
2022 is yet to gift Toyota something big to cheer for as it remains the manufacturer to have not won a Cup Series race and the constant misfortunes of Joe Gibbs Racing, one of the best Toyota teams on the track, is not helping them to get any better.
Now JBR driver Martin Truex Jr. who has the say when it comes to road course races as the former cup series champion has won in 4 of his 39-road course starts, one of them coming in Watkins Glen and the other on Sonoma Raceway. Now the veteran has come forth expressing how fell about going into COTA this weekend after a disappointing run last year in a rain-washed way to track.
Find out what Martin Truex Jr. said
Martin Truex Jr. said that he is looking to bounce back at COTA after his Joe Gibbs Racing No:19 Toyota’s disappointing run last year’s wet track in the middle of a heavy downpour where he crashed out. He went on to add that he is hoping to produce a better performance in COTA as there is no rain delay predicted.
“We’re excited to go back to COTA. We did not run well there last year at all, so I feel like we want to show that we’re better than we were running even before the crash knocked us out of the race,” Martin Truex Jr. said.
“There’s no rain in the forecast this weekend, so we should be able to put on a much better show than what we had their last season with all the rain and visibility issues. I’m looking forward to it. I think it should be a fun race,” Martin Truex Jr. added.
The 41-year-old will be looking forward to the race in COTA as his Road Course expertise might be ample enough to get Toyota as well as the JBR as a solid first win in 2022 as they remain the only manufacturer to win a race after 5 rounds of racing this season.
Also read: Who holds the record for most Road Course wins in the NASCAR Cup History?
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