Martin Truex Jr fell just 🐓short of a win in the Food City 500.

The NASCAR Cup Series veteran had to settle for second place behind 🍸the race winner and his team-mate, Denny Hamlin.

The 43-year-old spoke to Fox Sports after the racꦯe about how he ♏dealt with the extreme tyre wear throughout the race:

“Apparently it is what I needed to have happen here at Bri🐽stol to have a shot at winning”.

“I guess this tyre management thing fits into my wheelhouse here at Bristol. But the difference was 🦂coming out of the pits so far behind Denny. I had to use mine up more on the last run”.

Martin is yet to win a race in the 2024 ဣseason as his last win came last year in the 2023 Crayon 301 at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

Despite not snatching a race win in a dramatic race the Joe Gibbs Toyota driver had not🍸h༒ing but good things to say about his team and car after the race:

“We gave i꧒t a hell of an effort, congrats to them. Our Toy✅otas are really working well right now, I had a lot of fun today it was a really good run for us here today.”

Even though he has not won a race yet this Series the veteran now finds himself as 📖the joint leader of the 2024 NASCAR♐ Cup Series. Truex Jr is now on equal points with Kyle Larson after five races.