European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 8, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 36 stars and stripes june 2007 the other Junior Likely to be Deis top Driver in Truex earns first Sextel Victory at critical juncture by Dan Gelston the associated press whether hanging out in the garage or on his Bass Martin Truex buddies Are always fishing for the inside what team will free agent teammate Dale Earnhardt drive for next season its Truex in i have no leave me lets fish or but everyone you know you Truex swears he has no clue and if Hes not heres what Truex does know As much As he hates los ing his Friend to the compete the defection All but guarantees Truex will become Deis top the 1 will be More than the digit on his Chevrolet it will be his spot on the its going to change a Little bit its going to be a Little differ ent for Truex As far As what i do on the race its not going to change at that great news for Truex if he keeps find ing his Way Back to Victory Lane like he did Mon Day at Dover International the site of his first Victory in 58 career Sextel cup Points Truex has the Victory that Junior Hast brought Home in More than a year and solidified himself As a championship the Clos est Earnhardt has come to Victory Lane this sea son was when he popped in to congratulate Truex after he won the 400mile race on the con Crete Truex also is closing in on a spot in the Chase for the championship Hes eight Points behind Mark who 12th and running a Par time schedule this the Victory and Trues gains in the standings also showed the swirling speculation at Dei has not affected the Lidback Truex we do our own thing every Truex has been building to this Triumph All sea son and had some Moir centum entering Dover after a string of solid he has three other top and two weeks Truex won the nex Tei open at Charlotte to earn a spot in Nastars Allstar i think we Are at the Point now where we feel we can run in the top 10 every Crew chief Kevin Manion for the native who con siders Dover his Home the Victory in his second cup season was Long i count so Many times where things didst go our Way or went bad for us that we could really be up there in the he More Strong finishes Only will raise Trues one lesson he Learned from Long Nastars most popular is How to position himself As a popu Lar Truex the Driver wants to become Truex the Brand in some ways i think it will open some new doors for me As far As becoming More involved with sponsors and making my name he i kind of just want to come up with a marketing strategy for me and try to get More i but i put More Effort into being successful on the track before any of that the main thing right three Days before he Truex sat in his Hauler trying to put into words what it would mean to finally win a cup Truex had not seen his Busch series Success consecutive championships in 2004 and 2005 carry and he was anxious for his first once you know you can get Over that Wall and you know How to do then you dont worry about it As much because you know youve done he now Truex can worry a Little less about win Ning and a Little More about making that first the closest Earnhardt has come to Victory Lane this season was when he popped in to congratulate Truex after he won the 400mile race on the Concrete Russ Martin Truex celebrates winning the autism Speaks 400 in Victory Lane at Dover International Speedway on the Victory was Trues first in a Sextel cup Points race and provided a boost for his Dei Truex Likely will be the top Driver at Dei after this when Dale Earnhardt Sextel cur race 14 Pocono 500 at Pocono International raceway Long 8 sunday last race Martin Truex earned his first Ca reer Victory for Dale Earnhardt winning the a r Tim Speaks 400 at Dover International who won for the first time in 58 career Points led 216 of the 400 laps on the monster mile in Nastars car of pole Sitter Ryan who Jed most of the first half of the was denied his first Victory since 2005 and finished r last year Denny Hamlin Over came a blown tire Early and Solidi fied his spot As Nastars top Rook surging late for his first career cup Victory in the Pocono Driver to watch although he has yet to win this Hamlin has quietly crept to fourth in Sextel cup do ver standings after 13 of 36 Jeff Jinmie Matt Demy Hamen Jeff Carl Edwards Tony Kevin Kyle Kurt Mark Martin Merlin Jamie Date Earnhardt Ryan Bobby Greg Eholt Busch series two week Federated Auto parts 300 at 1 last race Carl Edwards won a wreck filled race at Dover International de who passed Matt Keri Seth with 13 laps left in the Dover extended his Over Al series Lead and won for the third time this last vean Carl Edwards beat Clint Bowyer to the finish by seconds to win the Feder ated Auto Paris 300 at Nashville next race Meijer june craftsman trucks tvs weak Sams town 400 at fort last race Ron Hornaday drove to an easy beating Stacy Compton by seconds at Dover International Speed it was his second Victory in the past three last year 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