Joliet, Ill. • Martin Truex Jr. stretched his arms to his side and waited for a shower of green slime , the colored goop traditionally poured over the heads of game-show contestants and A-list celebrities.
“It’s a lot funner to watch people get slimed than it is to get slimed,” a smiling and sticky Truex said. “But it’s definitely worth it to get that after the race.”
Truex backed up his regular-season dominance with a victory Sunday in NASCAR’s playoff opener at Chicagoland Speedway that solidified himself as the driver to beat over the final nine races as he chases his first Cup championship.