With three wins, a lead in the points standings, and a NASCAR championship push ahead, the good times are rolling again for
The 43-year-old Truex, who is 0-for-19 in the Daytona 500, is publicly pondering retirement for a second straight season. The JGR driver quieted season-long speculation last June that he could retire at the end of 2022 with a succinct statement: ” I’m back. “
He struggled in the first season of NASCAR’s new Next Gen stock car. He failed to win a race or make the playoffs for the first time since 2014. This season, however, he has won three of the past 10 Cup races and has four other top-10s over that span.
And now he’s conflicted about what lies ahead.
“I’m bad at making big decisions,” said Truex, who has won 34 races (19 with JGR) as well as the 2017 championship and has three season runner-up finishes. “I wish I had more time to figure out what I want to do next year, but I don’t. So I’ll know soon and you’ll know soon.”
One person close to Truex, however, thinks he knows how the Cup driver is leaning for 2024.
“The way they’re running, I would be surprised if he retired,” his father, Martin Truex Sr., told The Associated Press on Tuesday. “But that’s up to him.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
