YEAR-BY-YEAR NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RECAP
2006 Finished 19th in series points. … Finished with two top fives and five top 10s in his first NASCAR NEXTEL Cup
season. … Finished third in final standings for Raybestos Rookie of the Year Award. … Ended season with a careerbest
second-place finish at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
2005 Finished 47th in series points. … Competed in seven NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series events. … Posted a best finish
of seventh at Lowe’s Motor Speedway.… Won his second consecutive NASCAR Busch Series championship in his
second full-time season.
2004 Finished 70th in series points. … Ran two races for Dale Earnhardt, Inc. at Atlanta and Homestead. … Posted
best finish of 32nd in the season finale at Homestead-Miami.
PREVIOUS RACING HISTORY
Won back-to-back NASCAR Busch Series Championships in 2004 and ‘05, his only two full seasons of NASCAR Busch
Series competition. … Has won 12 races and more than $4 million in NASCAR Busch Series. … Named to 2004 All-
America Auto Racing Team by members of the American Auto Racing Writers and Broadcasters Association (AARWBA).
… Finished 11th in Busch North Series points in 2002, after posting six top fives, 11 top-10 finishes and a seriesleading
six poles. … Scored two wins, two poles and finished eighth in Busch North Series points in 2001. … Finished
12th in the NASCAR Grand National Division, Busch North Series standings in 2000 and runner-up to Mike Johnson
for Rookie of the Year honors. … Won first Busch North pole and race at New Hampshire in July of 2000.
NOTEWORTHY
Began racing go-karts in 1991 and moved to Modifieds in 1998. … Turkey Derby Classic champion in 1999 for
Modifieds at Wall Township Speedway in New Jersey. … Son of former Busch North Series competitor Martin Truex
Sr.… Fan of all Philadelphia pro sports franchises.
