At the green flag, Truex Jr. jumped the start an was penalized to the rear of the field. 400 laps later, he redeemed himself by being the first to the checkered flag.
“That was frustrating! I’m not going to lie, but I knew we had a good enough car to overcome it,” Truex said about jumping the start and facing an early penalty.
“Just one of those things. You’ve got to put it out of your mind and you’ve got to go race and we knew there was a lot on the line tonight. Very happy to get to do this and to go to Bristol without any worries next week is always fun.”
“It’s a big day. It’s an important day in our history,” Truex said about winning on the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. “I think all of us here.......yeah, we’re proud to win, and this car is amazing and there’s so many people to thank.
“But what a day to win on. It reminds you of the honor and the privilege it is to get to come out here and do this. All these great fans that come out here, we couldn’t do any of these kind of things without the men and women that take care of us and all the first responders, police officers, firefighters, the military, you name it.”
Final Results:
Martin Truex, Jr.
Denny Hamlin
Christopher Bell
Chase Elliott
Joey Logano
Kyle Larson
Ross Chastain
Kevin Harvick
Kyle Busch
Ryan Blaney
Austin Dillon
Alex Bowman
Brad Keselowski
Aric Almirola
Tyler Reddick
Chase Briscoe
Daniel Suarez
Matt DiBenedetto
William Byron
Ryan Newman
Erik Jones
Cole Custer
Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.
Chris Buescher
Ryan Preece
Anthony Alfredo
Justin Haley
Michael McDowell
Corey LaJoie
B.J. McLeod
Garrett Smithley
Bubba Wallace
Joey Gase
J.J. Yeley
Quin Houff
Josh Bilicki
Kurt Busch
Check out the recap by Dustin Long:
Edward Sutelan provides the full time-lapse recap of the race:
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