Ryan Truex Makes First Cup Series Start Since 2014
After Denny Hamlin withdrew from Sunday's race at Mexico City after the birth of his son on Thursday, Ryan Truex was tapped to drive Hamlin's No. 11 car. After previously winning three NASCAR Xfinity Series races for Joe Gibbs Racing in 2023 and 2024, this marks his first start in the Cup Series since his partial 2014 rookie season and his first race in the Cup Series in competitive equipment. Unfortunately, he has never raced a Next Gen car before, and since it takes drivers longer to learn this chassis and Truex is not a particularly noted road racer, he qualified 36th for Sunday's event, only beating Katherine Legge. Truex only earned a single top-five finish on a road course in the Xfinity Series, finishing fifth at Mid-Ohio nearly seven years ago, so fantasy managers shouldn't expect much.
Source: Racing Reference
Source: Racing Reference
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