MIAMI — Far from the Nascar hotbed of Charlotte, N.C., sits a nondescript auto shop with no sign out front, smack in the middle of the Colorado Rockies. It is the last place a race fan would expect to find Martin Truex Jr., one of four drivers competing Sunday for the 2015 Sprint Cup Championship at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Fla.
Behind garage doors in Denver, the Furniture Row Racing team has turned its wrenches and done everything in its power to prepare Truex and his No. 78 Chevrolet for this opportunity. It is a lone-car operation going up against the giants of the sport: Hendrick Motorsports, Stewart-Haas Racing and Joe Gibbs Racing, which have a combined 10 Sprint Cup champions since 2002 headed into the season-ending Ford EcoBoost 400.