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- Updated: October 23, 2016
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Martin Truex Jr. saw his Sprint Cup Series championship hopes go up in smoke with a blown engine in Sunday’s Hellmann’s 500.
The Furniture Row Racing driver won two races in the opening round of the Chase to advance to the Round of 12. But after winning the pole for Sunday’s race at Talladega Superspeedway and starting the race 13 points to the good in the standings, his title aspirations ended when he was forced to the garage on lap 41. “It’s a tough way to go out,” Truex said. “Sometimes you have a failure, and it’s unfortunate when everything is on the line. It’s definitely disappointing, but what else can you say. We had a team capable of …
