Martin Truex Jr. says he didn’t feel nervous. Not really. He didn’t spend lap after lap wondering just what might go wrong this time.
But there must have been some concern, right? Truex has been in position to win NASCAR Sprint Cup races several times this year. Sunday night, he was running away with one of the biggest of the year — the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
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So far this season, every time he’s been in that position, something has sidetracked him at the last moment.