Truex’s car chief ejected after No. 78 fails pre-qualifying inspection three times

AVONDALE, Ariz. — Martin Truex Jr. will be without his car chief after the No. 78 Furniture Row Racing Toyota failed inspection three times prior to Friday’s Busch Pole Qualifying at ISM Raceway.

Truex will be able to keep his 13th-place position for Sunday’s Can-Am 500 (2:30 p.m. ET, NBC/NBC Sports App, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio), but he will lose 30 minutes of practice time in Saturday’s final practice session along with the ejection of car chief Blake Harris.

RELATED: Starting lineup | Full schedule for ISM Raceway

The defending Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series champion sits 25 points above the cutline going into the final elimination race to set the Championship 4 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

“This seems to be kind of par for the course for us lately,” Truex said after qualifying. “I’d say 13th is a pretty good starting spot for the day we’ve had. We really didn’t get a crack at anything in practice and we didn’t have much time to get ready for qualifying and we were pretty far off. Made some good gains for sure.”

MORE: Truex on Logano saying he’s title favorite: ‘Good for him’

The post Truex’s car chief ejected after No. 78 fails pre-qualifying inspection three times appeared first on Official Site Of NASCAR.

Leave a Comment

nascar

May 19, 2019

That escalated quickly 😳 check out this exclusive angle from @clintbowyer and @ryannewman1977’s…

nascar

March 16, 2019

You go @maleaemma! What an incredible anthem prior to Saturday’s #XfinitySeries race at…

nascar

May 2, 2019

Time for a birthday celebration! Send your birthday messages to @rowdybusch below! 🎉⬇️

nascar

May 6, 2019

The #BuschPole winner started strong and brought home the No. 9️⃣ machine P5…

f1

March 10, 2019

@lewishamilton was in prime position to feel the speed during @motogp practice on…