NASCAR did not award segment points in 2016, but if they had there would have been a clear cut winner: Martin Truex Jr. would have earned 355 points and taken home 12 segment wins.
There were several races in which Truex was dominant. This new points’ structure would reward that. He would have swept both segments at Kansas Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway in May, as well as New Hampshire Motor Speedway in the fall. Truex would have earned points in 51 segments, but he lost some of his momentum near the end.
Truex Jr. had the 10th-best average finish in 2016 with a 13.89.
WINNER AT DOVER
Truex's victory at Dover International Speedway last fall was only his second top-five there, but he has been consistent enough to make this his best track in terms of three-year averages with a 6.7.
44 IN THE T10 COLUMN
Truex Jr. has recorded 44 top-10s in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series in the past three years, which puts him 12th on the leaderboard, (behind the inactive Jeff Gordon in 11th). In this same period, he has 17 top-fives and five victories.
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