So no doubt by now you know that our favorite NASCAR driver Martin Truex Jr is now the NASCAR champion for the 2017 season. He won the last race of the year at Homestead FL to secure the top spot. Here he is on the final lap holding off the second place driver and last year's champion Kyle Bush.
From the car cam there is happiness and fireworks. This was his 8th victory of the year, the most by any driver.
Here is the customary burn out. On the scroll at the bottom there is the placing of Dale Earnhardt Jr finishing 25th in his final race ever.
That's Martin on the right hoisting the trophy with his crew chief Cole Pearn, who is from Ontario. Canada, not California. So how unusual for a one-car team based in Colorado with a driver from New Jersey and a crew chief from Canada to win the championship of a sport deeply rooted in the Southeast, more specifically North Carolina.
And you should know why Martin is our favorite driver, who has been the subject of a number of blogs over the past couple years. Well team owner Barney Visser, who is the owner of Furniture Row stores, is also a very large farmer in the Denver area who uses AgroLiquid on many thousands of acres of dryland crops. Unfortunately he suffered a heart attack and surgery earlier this month and had to miss the final couple of races, including this one. But he came through all of it and was released from hospital and no doubt enjoyed the finale at home. So congratulations to Martin and Furniture Row Racing.
