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Driver Name: Martin Truex Jr
Car #: 78
Make: Toyota
Season Debut: 2006 (First-Full Season)
Number of Championships: 1
# of Career Starts: 441
# of Career Poles: 15
# of Career Wins: 15
# of Career Top 5s: 67
# of Career Top 10s: 160
# of Career DNFs: 52
# of Career laps led: 6,519
Career Average Finish: 16.6
Career Average Start: 14.9
# of 2017 Wins: 8
# of 2017 Top 5s: 19
# of 2017 Top 10s: 26
# of 2017 Poles: 3
# of 2017 DNFs: 3
# of 2017 laps led: 2,253
2017 Average Finish: 9.4
2017 Average Start: 6.8
2017 Fantasy Recap - Truex Jr winning the championship finally came full circle after years of struggling. In early days of his career, his trademark was bad luck. He would more than not have some sort of bad luck, when he would get close to accomplishing something. In the most recent years, we saw that same trademark reoccur once again. Like 2016 as we all saw, he was the best driver all year long. He just couldn't put it altogether. But over the previous two seasons (prior to 2017), you could get the feeling it would be only time before he win a championship. 2017 was just fate, in my opinion. He was so dominance throughout the season, you could have rewarded him the championship halfway through the year. He posted 8 wins, 19 Top 5 finishes, 26 Top 10 finishes with 9.4 average finish. Truly it was an impressive year for the driver of the 78 car. I was really blown away by him from the start. And it obviously just wasn't on the intermediate track like your ''average'' fan like to think. Even in 2016, you could tell that he was strong on several type of tracks. Sure his numbers on the intermediate clearly stand out, but he's really good everywhere really.
Strong Tracks - Charlotte, Texas, Chicago, Dover and Las Vegas
Weak Tracks - Bristol and Daytona
2018 Fantasy Outlook - After winning the championship in 2017, what's next for Martin Truex Jr and the single car team out of Colorado? I think a lot of great things are still ahead for this team. They have been so impressive since joining forces with JGR and Toyota, I find it really hard to believe that they will take a major back in 2018. While I do believe that Truex Jr won't repeat his 2017 season, because that's just using logic. 8 wins, 19 Top 5 finishes and 26 Top 10 finishes just in my opinion will be way too hard to repeat. This goes for any great driver coming off a really impressive year. I said with Kenseth after his monster 2014 season, Keselowski and Harvick after the 2015 season. In the day and age we live in, you cannot expect to retain a level of dominance year in and year out. At some point, you will get knock off top of the mountain by the guy under you. In my opinion, it is unavoidable. But if you are a Martin Truex Jr fan, don't get down or think I am hating on him though. I love Martin and think he is in for another great season with bunch of wins and top 5 finishes. But I personally just don't see him doing what he did to the field last year.
*All stats are from DriverAverages.com
Twitter - @JeffNathans18
Driver Name: Martin Truex Jr
Car #: 78
Make: Toyota
Season Debut: 2006 (First-Full Season)
Number of Championships: 1
# of Career Starts: 441
# of Career Poles: 15
# of Career Wins: 15
# of Career Top 5s: 67
# of Career Top 10s: 160
# of Career DNFs: 52
# of Career laps led: 6,519
Career Average Finish: 16.6
Career Average Start: 14.9
# of 2017 Wins: 8
# of 2017 Top 5s: 19
# of 2017 Top 10s: 26
# of 2017 Poles: 3
# of 2017 DNFs: 3
# of 2017 laps led: 2,253
2017 Average Finish: 9.4
2017 Average Start: 6.8
2017 Fantasy Recap - Truex Jr winning the championship finally came full circle after years of struggling. In early days of his career, his trademark was bad luck. He would more than not have some sort of bad luck, when he would get close to accomplishing something. In the most recent years, we saw that same trademark reoccur once again. Like 2016 as we all saw, he was the best driver all year long. He just couldn't put it altogether. But over the previous two seasons (prior to 2017), you could get the feeling it would be only time before he win a championship. 2017 was just fate, in my opinion. He was so dominance throughout the season, you could have rewarded him the championship halfway through the year. He posted 8 wins, 19 Top 5 finishes, 26 Top 10 finishes with 9.4 average finish. Truly it was an impressive year for the driver of the 78 car. I was really blown away by him from the start. And it obviously just wasn't on the intermediate track like your ''average'' fan like to think. Even in 2016, you could tell that he was strong on several type of tracks. Sure his numbers on the intermediate clearly stand out, but he's really good everywhere really.
Strong Tracks - Charlotte, Texas, Chicago, Dover and Las Vegas
Weak Tracks - Bristol and Daytona
2018 Fantasy Outlook - After winning the championship in 2017, what's next for Martin Truex Jr and the single car team out of Colorado? I think a lot of great things are still ahead for this team. They have been so impressive since joining forces with JGR and Toyota, I find it really hard to believe that they will take a major back in 2018. While I do believe that Truex Jr won't repeat his 2017 season, because that's just using logic. 8 wins, 19 Top 5 finishes and 26 Top 10 finishes just in my opinion will be way too hard to repeat. This goes for any great driver coming off a really impressive year. I said with Kenseth after his monster 2014 season, Keselowski and Harvick after the 2015 season. In the day and age we live in, you cannot expect to retain a level of dominance year in and year out. At some point, you will get knock off top of the mountain by the guy under you. In my opinion, it is unavoidable. But if you are a Martin Truex Jr fan, don't get down or think I am hating on him though. I love Martin and think he is in for another great season with bunch of wins and top 5 finishes. But I personally just don't see him doing what he did to the field last year.
*All stats are from DriverAverages.com
Twitter - @JeffNathans18
