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NASCAR heads to the Poconos this weekend, and our experts pick winners, underdogs, and opine on Martin Truex Jr.'s future.
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Martin Truex Jr. had just chewed up the competition to win at the same New Hampshire track where his dad won a regional stock car series race in 1994 when he clutched a 22-pound live lobster given to the winner and chomped on a claw. “I’d … sure like to throw him on the grill right now if you can find him,” the younger Truex said later of the crustacean.
LOUDON, N.H. -- With three wins, a lead in the points standings, and a NASCAR championship push ahead, the good times are rolling again for Martin Truex Jr.
Truex has two wins, six top-five finishes and 14 top-10s and has led a total of 237 laps in 33 career NASCAR Cup Series starts at Pocono. Truex’s average Pocono finish is 14.5.