| Martin Truex Jr. was born in Mayetta, New Jersey on | | | | his uncle. One of Martin Jr's fondest gift as a child |
| June 29, 1980. He is a second generation racer in his | | | | was a fourteen shotgun for Christmas when he was |
| family. His father, Martin Truex Sr. was a winner in | | | | 6. The Truex family have always been huntsmen |
| the Busch North Series and was heralded as a | | | | with the tradition spanning beyond his grandfather. |
| successful modified driver. Martin Sr. was already a | | | | Martin Jr's dream kill would be an elk with a bow |
| successful racer in the Northeast by the time Truex | | | | after he was bitten by the bow hunting bug when he |
| Jr. was ready to take up racing. As young as he was, | | | | was in his later teens. |
| Martin Jr. always knew that the race tracks were | | | | Martin Truex Jr. and Martin Truex Sr. have proven to |
| made for him. He was already racing go-karts at the | | | | be a tight knit group with formidable strengths. In |
| tender age of 11. By the time Martin Jr. was 14, he | | | | 2003, the both of them had to deal with the task of |
| had won the Junior Championship and the New | | | | fielding a financially challenged single-car team in the |
| Jersey Championship Series at the New Egypt | | | | Busch Series. It was a difficult time but the sweat |
| Speedway. He then proved this to be the starting | | | | and blood paid off when Truex Jr. was made an |
| point for what would turn out to be a very lucrative | | | | offer by Dale Earnhardt Jr. to drive for Chance 2 |
| stock car racing career. | | | | Motorsports. Chance 2 Motorsports is the team that |
| When Truex Jr. reached 18, he entered and won his | | | | is operated under the Dale Earnhardt Inc family and |
| first feature Modified event. Martin Jr. then followed | | | | with his debut in that car at the Richmond |
| closely in his father footsteps when he began racing | | | | International Raceway for the Hardees 250, Truex Jr. |
| in the Busch North Series in 2000. With 3 winning | | | | would have been in the lead eleven laps before he |
| races under his belt in fewer than 3 years with his | | | | had to give way to a transmission malfunction which |
| family owned team, it's clear that Truex Jr. is headed | | | | lead to his car being brought into the garage earlier. |
| to glory as well. In his first season on the Busch | | | | Although he finished 31st in that race, he did get the |
| North Series ride, he won the event at the New | | | | attention of many people. |
| Hampshire International Speedway in Loudon, New | | | | The next couple of years following that incident |
| Hampshire | | | | brought along various winnings for Truex Jr. and with |
| Martin Truex Jr. enjoys hunting with his sponsors and | | | | that, sponsorships. Martin Jr's dominance in the Busch |
| team mates during his time off from the tracks. As a | | | | Series propelled him and his team the ticket to |
| child, he used to join his father and his uncle on | | | | compete at NASCAR's highest level of competition |
| hunting trips which was made into a family tradition. | | | | with Dale Earnhardt Inc. It was interesting to note |
| They would go on a trip out West for a week or so | | | | how the same group that Martin Jr. had defeated for |
| as a family. A regular woodsman, Martin Jr. grew up | | | | his previous wins in the Busch Series championships |
| around a lot of land and even when he wasn't old | | | | would be the same group he was against for the |
| enough to hunt, he would sit in the deer stand with | | | | Raybestos' Rookie of the Year. |