[autotag]Martin Truex Jr.[/autotag] returns for another season with Joe Gibbs Racing, hoping to repeat the regular season success from 2023. Truex won the regular season championship but failed to do much in the playoffs after struggling in the speed department. Over the last two years, Truex has toyed with the idea of retirement, and it is already a conversation for 2024.
During Daytona 500 media day, Truex was asked if this would be another year where he drags out a retirement decision. It was a short but notable answer that puts a timeline on a potential decision.
“Yeah, probably,” Truex said with laughter, “I have no idea what I’m doing next year.”
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In 2023, Kevin Harvick announced that he would retire at the conclusion of the year, which put him in a retirement tour-type season. It doesn’t appear that Truex wants such a situation, and the pressure isn’t on him to decide yet. According to Truex, Joe Gibbs hasn’t asked about his plans for the 2025 season. Obviously, the focus should be on the new campaign.
The question of whether Truex retires at the end of the year will be relevant all season long. If the driver of the No. 19 car struggles, it will only ramp up the speculation. It may take Truex until the summer to decide, but it’s clear that it will be a yearly situation at this point. For now, the Joe Gibbs Racing driver hopes to have a good start to the 2024 NASCAR season.
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