Martin Truex Jr In The News

Posted by Jeremy Dunn Jan 24, 2007

Martin Truex Jr was in the news this week, albeit not the publicity that he would have preferred. After chilling with his friends at a restaurant in Daytona, the NASCAR driver urinated on the front tire of his Chevrolet Suburban. Okay, we have all done something like that before. Unfortunately for Truex Jr, there was an officer nearby who witnessed the entire ordeal.

Rich Gardner, the officer that busted Truex, alleged that the driver resisted arrest seven times before he cooperated, and that Truex held out a $100 dollar bill.

"I hope that's worth 100 bucks," Garnder hollered. Truex replied, "It is worth 100 bucks."

On Monday, Truex Jr took responsibility for his actions by saying, "I had to take a leak in the corner of a parking garage where no one could see. It was a stupid mistake and I'll never do it again...The incident that recently occurred in Daytona Beach, Fla. was in poor judgment and shouldn't have happened. I want to apologize to Bass Pro Shops, the NASCAR community and my fellow employees of Dale Earnhardt, Inc."

At least he was honest. Truex also noted that he had not planned on getting behind the wheel and that he was not heavily intoxicated. "We had a few drinks, I was not intoxicated and we had a designated driver."

This is the second time in a year and a half that a NASCAR driver has had a brush with the law. Remember the Kurt Busch versus Maricopa County debacle in November of 2005?

Hey, at least Truex Jr learned from Busch's mistakes and did not call the officer a Jeff Gordon fan.

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