Martin Truex Jr. came out of the cheating fiasco at Richmond in the worse shape when he should have been the one smelling like a racing fuel rose. Why was just 50 points taken away from Clint Bowyer? Why wasn’t Bowyer pulled from the Chase instead of Truex Jr.? I don’t care what anyone says, Truex Jr. was treated wrongly and the wrong driver was pulled from the Chase.
I hope that a lot teams and owners are looking at Truex Jr. as their new driver. If NAPA had any sense they will hang around and follow Truex Jr. That is if he makes the wise decision and leaves Michael Waltrip Racing (MWR). Team owner, Michael Waltrip says that “he won’t hold Truex back”.
It was not Truex Jr. that tarnished the NAPA’s long standing and loyal sponsorship with MWR, whose loyalty followed Waltrip himself when he said he was forming MWR. Talk about blowing millions out the exhaust, you sure did it your way Waltrip. Or lets just say some individuals in your organization did.
I have read many comments about Waltrip in the past few weeks and it is sad that Waltrip has gone from a individual who has been well liked by most people since his career in racing began, to someone who has had his name tarnished, along with many others in the MWR organization.
I use to watch him race in his early years here in Nashville. I think back to those days and see how far he has come in this business. Who would ever thought MWR would have come as far as it has in such a very short time only to be shot down by cheating. Well it’s cost millions and it has blemished and hurt as I said at the beginning, a innocent and a extremely talented driver.
I hope someone makes Truex Jr. an offer that can’t be refused. MWR has done enough damage. If another team does, they will be on the winning end. To Waltrip’s credit, its great that he will not “hold you back” from leaving, even though you are just in your first year of a three year contract with MWR. One can only hope that NAPA follows you.
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