Low Key NASCAR Retirement Reveal Is So On Brand For Martin Truex Jr.

To those who have been around the sport of NASCAR for any length of time, it should come as no surprise that Martin Truex Jr. has announced his departure from the sport with all the fanfare of a librarian returning a book.

The 43-year-old New Jersey native didn’t bother with a press conference before the season; there has been no grand farewell tour, no celebratory parade. Instead, he casually dropped the bombshell on a Friday before the 17th race of the season, during a run-of-the-mill media availability, that he would be stepping away at the end of this year. Classic Truex – as quiet and unassuming as ever since he joined NASCAR’s top tier series back in 2004