NASCAR News: Martin Truex Jr. Faces Inspection Issues as Another Driver Fails

Martin Truex Jr.’s start to the Brickyard 400 weekend at Indianapolis Motor Speedway was hampered by several technical inspection issues. Truex’s car initially passed inspection, but was later flagged for further inspection, requiring multiple inspections before it was finally cleared.

Truex, who is in his retirement season with Joe Gibbs Racing, has found the recent races particularly taxing. His performance has noticeably dropped off, with just two top-10 finishes in the past nine races. Things reached a boiling point at Pocono, where Truex made his frustration painfully clear, saying, as quoted by On3.com:

“This thing is so f**king slow on the straight. Rubbish. F**king rubbish.”

At the same time, Front Row Motorsports’ Todd Gilliland was dealing with his own technical issues at Indianapolis, failing technical inspection twice. These infractions resulted in heavy penalties, including the loss of his garage selection and the shift of his car chief, likely for the remainder of the weekend, further complicating his race strategy.

FOX Sports’ Bob Pockrass noted these inspection challenges and failures on social media platform X, drawing attention to the obstacles the driver faced:

“Truex car has a mechanical issue and is the only car not yet through Cup tech. Waiting for details. Gilliland car failed twice before passing and will likely lose a crew member and pit selection.

“Truex car initially passed tech but nascar didn’t seem to like something and they made a few more passes before passing. Still TBD/TBA but similar to other teams in recent weeks that were dropped to the back. Pass through after first lap, crew member ejected. Lost pit selection.”

Starting lineup Brickyard 400, Indianapolis Motor Speedway:

1. No. 45 Tyler Reddick
2. No. 11 Denny Hamlin
3. No. 9 Chase Elliott
4. No. 24 William Byron
5. No. 5 Kyle Larson
6. No. 54 Ty Gibbs
7. No. 12 Ryan Blaney
8. No. 34 Michael McDowell
9. No. 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
10. No. 42 John Hunter Nemechek
11. No. 3 Austin Dillon
12. No. 22 Joey Logano
13. No. 48 Alex Bowman
14. No. 19 Martin Truex Jr.
15. No. 16 AJ Allmendinger
16. No. 21 Harrison Burton
17. No. 23 Bubba Wallace
18. No. 20 Christopher Bell
19. No. 7 Corey LaJoie
20. No. 14 Chase Briscoe
21. No. 10 Noah Gragson
22. No. 33 Ty Dillon
23. No. 17 Chris Buescher
24. No. 38 Todd Gilliland
25. No. 99 Daniel Suarez
26. No. 6 Brad Keselowski
27. No. 71 Zane Smith
28. No. 1 Ross Chastain
29. No. 43 Erik Jones
30. No. 77 Carson Hocevar
31. No. 41 Ryan Preece
32. No. 31 Daniel Hemric
33. No. 84 Jimmie Johnson
34. No. 8 Kyle Busch
35. No. 51 Justin Haley
36. No. 15 Cody Ware
37. No. 4 Josh Berry
38. No. 2 Austin Cindric
39. No. 66 BJ McLeod