Truex Wins NASCAR Race at Dover for 3rd Time on a Monday

Truex Wins NASCAR Race at Dover for 3rd Time on a Monday
Martin Truex Jr. hoists the trophy after winning the NASCAR 400 auto race at Dover Motor Speedway in Dover, Del., on May 1, 2023. Jason Minto/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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DOVER, Del.—Martin Truex Jr. grew up in New Jersey wanting to follow his dad into racing. Martin Truex, though, mostly raced on free weekends when he wasn’t running Sea Watch International, which harvests and processes clam products.

The Joe Gibbs Racing driver worked as a teenager on his dad’s clamming boat, often rising before dawn ahead of a day spent on choppy waters, knowing even then that life at sea wasn’t for him.