“Drivers’ aggression because there’s so much on the line” Martin Truex Jr. outlines what worries him about the future of NASCAR

Martin Truex Jr. the No:19 Toyota Camry driver for Joe Gibbs Racing has been one of the NASCAR front runners for a long time and the veteran is considered to be one of the best racers of his generation driver to look up to for the upcoming drivers. The 2017 Cup series champion has 31 cup race wins to his name in a career that spans over 19 years and 600 races.

Martin Truex Jr. was close to retiring at the end of this season but he later decided to extend his contract with JGR for one more year which will see him racing in the cup series for the 20^th year. The 3 times championship P2 finisher though has been having a winless season so far has been among the most consistent driver in the series but he sure will be wanting to cement a playoff spot which hang in balance due to his lack of wins by getting into the victory lane in any of the coming races.

Now in his recent interview with ‘The Athletic’, the veteran has shed his wisdom on the things he finds optimistic about the future of NASCAR and the things he finds worrisome about its future as the premier stock car racing series is going through one of the major overhauls it has witnessed in the recently.

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Find out what Martin Truex Jr. said

Martin Truex Jr. said that he is optimistic about the strength of NASCAR outfits that is currently present on the grid. He points out that a number of news are coming into the sport and NASCAR is helping them out as the sponsorship deals are not still in a great place and added that the health of NASCAR teams is really positive right now.

“Most optimistic is just the strength of the teams. How many teams do we have, we’ve got new owners coming in? It seems like the way NASCAR is doing things, they’re trying to help the teams more because the sponsorships are still not in a great place. So, the health of the teams is something that is really, really positive,” Martin Truex Jr. said.

Martin Truex Jr. went on to express his thoughts on the things that worry him in NASCAR saying the changing face of NASCAR towards more close-quarter racing and the aggressiveness of the drivers worries him. He points out that though they are a lot of kids coming up to race they ae having limited opportunities to shine and even the chances they get to end up in crashes.

“What I worry about is the competition part, like the racing and the racetracks. Are we going to end up where everything looks like Daytona and Talladega where it’s all so close? And then the other side is just the drivers’ aggression because there’s so much on the line. A lot of the kids coming up feel like they have a tiny little opportunity, and if they don’t take it that they’re gonna get ridiculed for it. And we see a lot of big moves that you know aren’t gonna work end up in crashes. It’s happened a lot this year. That part worries me,” Martin Truex Jr. added.

Martin Truex Jr. went on to say that when he made his move as a rookie, they were a group of drivers coming in together and learning from the mistakes while joining hands with veterans to learn more. He added that since there won’t be any five or eight drivers coming in together there isn’t that much to worry about. He concluded by saying that NASCAR is in a good hand and is heading the right direction.

“At least when I was coming in, you had a group of guys come in, and then they were there for a while. And then you had one or two trickles in. And the last two years, we’ve had a bunch of new guys come in. They’ll be around a while, right? A lot of great drivers. They’ll learn from their mistakes and they’ll get to where they’re veterans and they’re teaching the new guys — but there won’t be five or eight new guys all at once. So, I guess I’m not really worried about anything, to be honest. I think it’s in a good place and in good hands and heading in a good direction,” Martin Truex Jr. explained.

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