CONCORD, N.C. – Martin Truex Jr. gave team owner Joe Gibbs another reason to celebrate at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Truex overcame an early flat tire after hitting the wall, then broke to the front on a wild final restart Sunday night and won the Coca-Cola 600 for the second time in four seasons.
It was the perfect cap to a landmark stretch for Joe Gibbs Racing. The three-time Super Bowl champion coach was voted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame this past Wednesday, along with two of his race team’s former championship-winning drivers, Bobby Labonte and Tony Stewart.
Gibbs, though, said it was Truex who delivered JGR’s biggest moment in his first season with the team.
“What was Wednesday?” Gibbs responded when asked if the race victory was bigger than the Hall of Fame.