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Auto racing roundup: Martin Truex Jr. a Cup Series winner at Sonoma for fourth time

AP photo by Darren Yamashita / Martin Truex Jr. holds his trophy in victory lane at Sonoma Raceway after winning Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race in Northern California. Truex won at Sonoma for the fourth time in his Cup Series career.
AP photo by Darren Yamashita / Martin Truex Jr. holds his trophy in victory lane at Sonoma Raceway after winning Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race in Northern California. Truex won at Sonoma for the fourth time in his Cup Series career. AP photo by Darren Yamashita / Martin Truex Jr. holds his trophy in victory lane at Sonoma Raceway after winning Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race in Northern California. Truex won at Sonoma for the fourth time in his Cup Series career.

By The Associated Press 6 min read

SONOMA, Calif. — Martin Truex Jr. shows up at Sonoma Raceway each year brimming with the confidence only acquired by repeated success on a track.

Team owner Joe Gibbs admitted that in 2022, he was unable to give Truex a car capable of demonstrating his mastery of this hilly road course.

One year and innumerable Toyota improvements later, Truex roared right back to victory lane in wine country.

Truex won at Sonoma for the fourth time in his NASCAR Cup Series career Sunday, passing Chase Elliott for the lead after a final-stage restart and holding off Kyle Busch.

The 42-year-old Truex drove his Joe Gibbs Racing No. 19 Toyota to another victory at the track where he also won in 2013, 2018 and 2019. Only NASCAR Hall of Fame driver Jeff Gordon has more victories (five) at Sonoma than Truex, who earned the 33rd points win of his Cup Series career and his second this season. He opened May with a victory at Delaware’s Dover Motor Speedway.