Martin Truex Jr - 2017 NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series Champion!

[SlicedBread22]

Congrats.. well deserved!

 

[slash14]

truex and the 78 team were the best all year....well deserved

 

[HoneyBadger]

Far and away the best car and team all year. Most of the year was boring as hell because of how good they were.

The 78 team deserved it.

 

[Blaze]

Hell yeah!!! I'm happy as hell for this.

 

[SlicedBread22]

I wanted Brad to win.. but I can't help but be very happy with this outcome.. so happy for him!

 

[Ford Racing]

I don't like it when Toyotas win, but he certainly deserved it. Congrats!

 

[jws926]

Hell yeah, congrats to the 78 team and MTJ, you were the best team for 2017, and earned the championship

 

[ToyYoda]

Couldn't be happier for those guys. Congrats to everyone on the 78 team!

 

[Charlie Spencer]

I don't like to use the word 'deserved' in regards to sports, but the #78 team definitely had the best overall record and performance this year. They figured out early on how to capitalize in the new world of stage racing.

 

[Whizzer]

Congratulations to Martin Truex, Jr. 2017 NASCAR Monster Energy Champion.
You earned the titled fair and square and did it is grand style.

Never thought I would see the day when a guy from New Jersey became NASCAR Champion.

 

[Get That 88 Up There !!]

Worth every penny being since a Truex fan since 06

 

[kkfan91]

Congrats so happy for everyone involved

 

[ReturnTrip]

Loved watching Busch get beat all year by equal equipment. Hopefully that humbles the Kyle contingent for a few days.

 

[ToyYoda]

Congratulations to Martin Truex, Jr. 2017 NASCAR Monster Energy Champion.
You earned the titled fair and square and did it is grand style.

Never thought I would see the day when a guy from New Jersey became NASCAR Champion.

You mean you never thought a driver from New Jersey racing for a team from Colorado would win a championship?

 

[Flyer22]

The 18 didn't win so I'm happy. Congrats to the 78.

 

[dpkimmel2001]

I’m just happy to see that the best team won this year.

 

[Towmater]

Glad for MTJ. I was shocked to learn that Martin owes it all to Joey.

 

[nickp]

If you would have told me 10 years ago that Martin Truex Jr. was going to be the NASCAR Cup champion driving a Furniture Row Racing car

 

[ChexOrWrex]

Glad to see this jokey format didnt stop the #78 team from going down.

Helluva job.

 

[zevious]

Yay! Well done, Martin! You deserved it.

 

[CodeMan125]

Helluva job by the 78 team !

 

[Whizzer]

You mean you never thought a driver from New Jersey racing for a team from Colorado would win a championship?

Yes, that too!!

 

[carolinabuff]

Love seeing a Denver-based team win the championship and they represent Colorado by flying the state flag on their pit box at every race.

 

[TexasRaceLady]

I hope Barney Visser was able to keep calm. Get well, BV.

 

[Tumbleweed]

So great to see Martin and the 78 team win it all. It would have been a real bummer if they hadn't won it after the way they've run all year.

 

[dpkimmel2001]

 

[dpkimmel2001]

 

[kymartin6]

Martin is the man and deserved this Championship in every way...........

 

[DaBiff1618]

Bummed KB didn’t win but like all the Toyota’s so oh well lol. Erik Jones won ROY as well, huge day for Furniture Row. EJ is the first driver to win ROY in all 3 major series, and has done it in 3 years. Also, time for certain blowhards on here to eat crow regarding the 78 driver..

 

[Invisible Guest]

Well deserved Championship for Martin ... he was the best driver most of this year, so it's fitting that he was the best of the bunch again today.

 

[Matthew2470]

They got it done with raw speed and excellent work on pit road. MTJ stepped up when needed and brought it home. To not win the Cup with a team and car like that would have been a shame.

 

[StewartHaas-Gibbs Racing]

Loved it, he deserved it and it was great seeing a local guy from my area win. Plus he deserved the title no matter what the format was. Awesome!

 

[Team Penske]

A nice guy wins it all and the best team are the Champions.

Not surprised that KDB had to end the season whining that someone raced him to hard.
What a douche bag.

 

[Truex_rox]

Huge congratulations to Martin Truex, Jr. I am glad that I got to watch that race from the drop of the green flag to the award ceremony.

The defining moments of MTJ's race for me had to be when he threw that huge block on Harvick in Turns 1&2 when Harv was running the middle line, and when he held off the ever-persistent KDB for the win.

 

[spindoc]

Loved watching Busch get beat all year by equal equipment. Hopefully that humbles the Kyle contingent for a few days.

It was a stressful last 20 laps watching Truex hold off the 18. Logano did a good job of holding him up for several laps, and then Larson made the best move of the race by getting the 18 loose with 6 laps to go. I was really hoping that Larson would try to pass the 18, but he seemed to be hesitant. At least he got the 18 loose enough to come in 2nd. That sealed Truex's win. Today, the best driver over the course of the season actually became the champion.

 

[Spotter22]

If you ever saw a driver "drive" his ass off ,you saw it tonight. That was an incredible performance by MTJ and his crew, but mostly it was Martin. Stellar, exceptionable, fantastic! Well done!

 

[dpkimmel2001]

 

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[BobbyFord]

Not a single thing on the local news about the race.
So glad it wasn’t Brad.

 

[Team Penske]

So glad it wasn’t Brad.

Brian took care of that early in the year.