As we had predicted last week, Martin Truex Jr. will leave Earnhardt Ganassi Racing at the end of the year to join Michael Waltrip Racing in 2010.
Truex is set to drive the No. 56 Napa Toyota in the NASCAR Sprint Cup as he will be replacing team owner and driver Michael Waltrip, who will now focus mainly on the management duties of his squad.
Waltrip will retire from full-time Sprint Cup competition at the end of the season while running a very limited schedule next year, starting with the Daytona 500 although Truex will inherit Waltrip's owner points from this season into 2010.
photo:MWR
Truex is set to drive the No. 56 Napa Toyota in the NASCAR Sprint Cup as he will be replacing team owner and driver Michael Waltrip, who will now focus mainly on the management duties of his squad.
Waltrip will retire from full-time Sprint Cup competition at the end of the season while running a very limited schedule next year, starting with the Daytona 500 although Truex will inherit Waltrip's owner points from this season into 2010.
photo:MWR