Truex started 2012 well, winning a $ 100, 000 bonus at Daytona, and finishing 7th.

Truex made his first NASCAR Nationwide Series start in 2001 at Dover International Speedway in his father's # 56 XST Paintable Silicon Chevy.

Truex got his first win of the 2007 at the NASCAR Nextel All-Star Open, securing a spot in the 2007 Nextel All-Star Challenge, where he finished 10th.

With a 15th place finish in the Chevy Rock and Roll 400, Truex clinched a spot in his first Chase for the Sprint Cup, and finished 11th in points at season's end.

Overall in the season, Truex had acclaimed 3 pole positions ( Daytona, Atlanta, and Phoenix ), following his first pole in 2007 at Texas.

In his first race for Michael Waltrip Racing, Truex finished sixth in the Daytona 500.

Evans ' signature orange Modified paint scheme ( GMC truck color Omaha Orange ; black numbers with white shading ) was replicated in 2003 on a Busch Series car driven by New Jersey native Martin Truex, Jr. in his first year on the series driving for Dale Earnhardt, Jr .' s Chance 2 Motorsports.

Goeters led the NASCAR field for the first twenty-four laps, but Martin Truex, Jr., then moved into the lead for several laps.

On 4 June 2007, Truex scored his first career NEXTEL Cup victory in the # 1 car at the Dover International Speedway in a COT race.

The 2004 season saw the first full time season for Chance 2 as Martin Truex, Jr. was to run the full season and was considered one of the favorites.

Truex was expected to wage a spirited battle with Kyle Busch, who was racing his first full season since the Viceroy Rule had taken away his Truck Series ride at Roush Racing when he was 16, for the points championship ; Busch was driving the # 5 Lowe's Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports, the team that had won the series points championship in 2003 with Brian Vickers driving.

He said the wreck was his hardest of his career and both Truex and Kahne were released with normal symptoms.

* Martin Truex, Jr. ( born 1980 ), a NASCAR Sprint Cup driver who currently pilots the # 56 NAPA Auto Parts Toyota Camry lived in the Mayetta section of Stafford.

While on his way to that championship, Truex made an appearance in Sprint Cup as a relief driver to Dale Earnhardt Jr., who'd suffered burns in a sports car accident.

In 2006, Truex moved to the # 1 Bass Pro / DEI Chevy full-time in the Nextel Cup Series.

The company sponsors the # 56 Toyota Camry driven in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series by Martin Truex, Jr. for Michael Waltrip Racing, and also sponsored Michael Waltrip from 2001 until 2009 when he drove for Dale Earnhardt, Inc., Bill Davis Racing, and his own team.

He finished 24th in the 2006 points Nextel Cup standings and was fourth in the 2006 Raybestos Rookie of the Year contest with 198 points finishing behind Denny Hamlin, Martin Truex, Jr., and Clint Bowyer.

Truex also qualified to race in the Chase For the Nextel Cup that year.

For 2010, MWR added Martin Truex Jr. as a full-time Sprint Cup driver.

It was won by Martin Truex Jr. On August 4, 2007, the Series held its second race outside of the United States, at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec, another road course.

Martin Truex Jr. won the race in 2005, and Denny Hamlin won in 2006.

His father, Martin Truex, Sr., was a former race winner in the NASCAR K & N Pro Series East, then called the NASCAR Busch Grand National Division North Series.

In 2002, Truex drove one race for Phoenix Racing at New Hampshire International Speedway, starting thirteenth and finishing twenty-ninth.

However, a series of top 5's and top 10's in the second half of the season would allow Truex to pull away from Busch, clinching the Nationwide Series championship with a race to spare.

Since Edwards did not start the race he was not awarded any points, and as such lost a 74-point lead in Busch Series points and dropped to fourth in the standings ; Edwards never recovered from the missed race and finished the season third in points, well behind eventual series champion Martin Truex, Jr .. Edwards got his third win of 2005 on October 30 in the Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

The home crowd roared loudly when he was displaced by Mexico native Adrian Fernandez, who led for several laps before giving up the lead to Truex, who went on to win the race.

On April 22, Denny out-dueled Martin Truex Jr. to score his second win in the eighth race of the year, at Kansas Speedway.

He led several laps in the race before giving up the lead to eventual race winner Martin Truex Jr ..

He found controversy at the fall race in Talladega when he bumped future teammate Kurt Busch going into the tri-oval causing a 15-car melee, that included Busch, Jeff Gordon, and Mark Martin who went upside down after being clipped by Martin Truex Jr.

Its primary driver lineup consisted of Logano, Hamlin, Truex, and JGR development driver Darrell Wallace, Jr. Michael Waltrip Racing driver Clint Bowyer also drove the # 20 at Daytona when Hamlin was sidelined from the race by back problems.

Truex had run several races for Chance 2 the year before in the # 81 and had made fourteen previous starts in the Busch Series prior to 2004, driving one race for Phoenix Racing in the # 1 Yellow Transportation Chevrolet, driving several for his father, Marty Truex, and one race for Stanton Barrett's race team.

Truex won his fifth and sixth races of the season in the second half of the season, winning at Dover and Memphis, and clinched the series points championship with one race to spare.

Mark Martin would join Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Martin Truex, Jr., and Paul Menard as a driver for DEI starting at the 2007 Allstate 400 at the Brickyard.

Truex raced full time for Chance 2 in 2004.

Truex stayed in the Nationwide Series to defend his championship in 2005, winning the title for the second season in a row.

Truex began the year by winning the pole for the Daytona 500.

At the conclusion of the 2009 season, Truex left Earnhardt Ganassi Racing to drive the # 56 NAPA Auto Parts Toyota Camry for Michael Waltrip Racing, receiving owner points from the # 55 car formerly driven by Waltrip.

Truex won the All Star Showdown at Charlotte thereby earning the 1st transfer spot for the All Star Race which he finished 2nd in from a 19th ( out of 21 ) starting spot.

At Martinsville the following year in 2011 Truex accidentally made slight contact with Kasey Kahne resulting in a large wreck ; Truex hit the wall hard head on and his car flew on fire for a few seconds as Kasey Kahne hit the wall in his car's rear.

At the end of 2009, Truex left the team for Michael Waltrip Racing to drive the # 56 NAPA Auto Parts Toyota Camry.

Ryan Truex stepped into the 20 late in the season for six races.

Brands Chevrolet for Martin Truex, Jr. and the # 81 under various sponsorships and for various drivers including Earnhardt, Jr. and Tony Stewart.