Martin Lee Truex, Jr. (born June 29, 1980 in
Mayetta, New Jersey) is a NASCAR NEXTEL Cup driver.
He currently drives the #1 Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet
Monte Carlo SS for Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Truex won
the Busch Series Championship in 2004 and 2005.
Truex grew up in Stafford Township, New Jersey. His
father, Martin Sr., was a former race winner in the
Busch North Series and a successful modified driver.
Truex attended Southern Regional High School.
The younger Truex began racing in the Busch North
series in 2000, and won 3 races in 3 years with a
family owned team.
Truex rented a home from Dale Earnhardt, Jr. in
Mooresville, North Carolina, before he purchased his
own home. His cousin, Curtis Truex, Jr., races
modifieds at Wall Township Speedway and currently
drives late-model stock cars in the southeastern
U.S. for JR Motorsports, which is owned by Dale
Earnhardt, Jr.
Truex made his Busch Series start in 2001 at Dover
International Speedway in his father's #56 XST
Paintable Silicon Chevy. He started 19th but
finished 38th after an early wreck. In 2002, Truex
drove one race for Phoenix Racing at New Hampshire
International Speedway, starting thirteenth but
finishing 29th. He ran three races the rest of that
season for his father, his best finish seventeenth
at Dover.
