Ryan Truex Lee USA Race Report

Ryan Truex, No. 00 NAPA Auto Parts Toyota Camry - finished second – leads in points.


LEE, N.H. - No. 00 NAPA Auto Parts Toyota driver Ryan Truex raced through the field to finish second Friday night in the K&N Pro Series East race at Lee USA Speedway in New Hampshire. The 18-year-old started 16th and moved into the top five in the first 50 laps then battled for the lead on lap 90 of the 125-lap race. A late-race caution bunched the field with three laps remaining. Truex led on the restart before he and Darrell Wallace Jr. made contact racing for the victory. Wallace crossed the start/finish line a few feet ahead of Truex who finished second. The Michael Waltrip Racing driver continues to lead the East championship by 33 points. The series returns to action Aug. 28 at Gresham Motorsports Park in Georgia.



RYAN TRUEX, NAPA Auto Parts Toyota

• Truex led laps 100-102 and 115-122 of the 125 lap race.

• He earned the Coca-Cola Move of the Race Award.

• The margin of victory between Truex and the No. 6 of Darrell Wallace Jr. was only .175 seconds.

• Darrell Wallace Jr. won the NASCAR K&N Pro Series 125, his 2nd victory of the season.

• The fastest qualifier was Kevin Swindell at 15.562 seconds.

• This is Truex’s sixth top-five finish this season.

• The race was slowed by seven yellow flag periods totaling 38 laps.

• Truex is the third member of his family to win in the K&N Pro Series East. His father, Martin Truex Sr. won at New Hampshire in 1994 and his brother Martin Truex Jr. won five times.

• The 18-year-old is the first driver to earn a championship for Michael Waltrip Racing when he won the K&N Pro Series East Championship in 2009.

• •There are only three races left in the 2010 East Series Championship.

• Truex will resume his NASCAR Nationwide schedule August 14 in Michigan.

CREW CHIEF MIKE GRECI QUOTES:

“We didn’t qualify where we needed to be. We were 16th, but we stayed positive. We were third fastest in the final practice and we just needed our driver to stay confident for the race. We started in the back and worked our way through the field. Around lap-50 we were already in the top-five and Ryan was battling for the lead at lap 90. They battled hard back and forth for the next 25-30 laps. Then at the final restart with three to go the No. 6 went low and they were three wide. It was just hard racing; unfortunately that’s who we are battling for the lead. We finished second and it was a good battle for the team.”