CONCORD, N.C. _ Martin Truex Jr. is originally from New Jersey, but he's making Charlotte Motor Speedway something of a second home.
He won the Coca-Cola 600 last season at the track and came third at this year's iteration, building something of a reputation here. That he won Sunday's Bank of America 500, his sixth win this year, only adds to that.
Truex was mostly a non-factor in the first two stages of the race, but in the last hundred laps or so, he burst through the pack and stormed to the front.
By the time the race was almost over, his lead was fairly cemented. A few late cautions sent the race into overtime, but by that point, only an absolute catastrophe could have kept him out of Victory Lane.
