Martin Truex Jr. became the second driver in NASCAR Nationwide Series history to win the championship in their first full season of competition. Truex joined his owner at the time, Dale Earnhardt Jr., as the only drivers to accomplish this feat.
Truex, who clinched his first of back-to-backs NNS titles at Darlington Raceway in 2004 with one race to go, collected six wins, seven poles and 17 top-fives in his first full-time season in the series.
The next season Truex led the series in miles led, laps led and money won en route to becoming the sixth driver in Busch Series history to win more than one title in their career and the fifth to do so in consecutive years. The last person to complete the feat was Earnhardt Jr. in 1998 and 1999.
Before making the step up to Cup racing full-time in 2006, Truex amassed 12 victories, 34 top fives and 51 top 10s in just 84 starts in the Nationwide Series.
In his rookie campaign in the Cup Series, Truex captured two top-five and five top-10 finishes and finished 19th in the standings.
The 2007 season was Truex's breakout year that saw him capture 14 top 10s along with his first career pole and win.
After finishing 15th in the Cup standings in 2008, Truex's 2007 final finish of 11th remains as his best-to-date.
In 2009, Truex remained in the No. 1 Chevrolet, but be under the Earnhardt-Ganassi racing banner. He had a career-low of only one top 5 finish, but started strong with a pole at the Daytona 500. At the end of the season he announced he was leaving Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing and signed with Michael Waltrip Racing.
