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LOUDON, N.H. — 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.
NASCAR Cup Series driver Martin Truex Jr clinched his first victory at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Monday.
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It took 30 starts, 18 years and one rain delay, but Martin Truex Jr. finally prevailed at “The Magic Mile,” turning in a dominant performance to earn the first New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS) NASCAR Cup Series (NCS) victory of his career in Monday’s Crayon 301.
Kevin Harvick has one final chance to set the record for most career wins by a Cup driver at New Hampshire. Take the checkered flag, and Harvick would take home the roughly 20-pound lobster awarded to the winner - his young son once kissed the crustacean in victory lane and also playfully chased a family friend with the claw.