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Martin Truex Jr. holds up a tro-
phy after winning a NASCAR
Cup Series auto race at Kan-
sas Speedway, Sunday, Oct.
22, 2017, in Kansas City, Kan.
Associated Press
Truex wins

with heavy

heart in

Kansas

elimination

race

By DAVE SKRETTA
AP Sports Writer
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) —
Martin Truex Jr. didn’t feel
a sense of urgency to win
Sunday’s race at Kansas
Speedway because of its
playoff implications, not
with his spot in the next
round safe following a vic-
tory at Charlotte.
No, the sense of urgency
was much more personal.
Truex learned overnight
that one of the Furniture
Row Racing team’s crew
members, Jim Watson,
died of a heart attack
while in town for the race.
Truex climbed into his No. Goff leads Rams to shutout
So with a heavy heart,

78 Toyota and overcame
a wild playoff elimination over Cardinals
two early mistakes to win

race.
“We were racing for Jim Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Cooper Kupp (18) smiles after scoring a
today,” Truex said after touchdown during the second half of an NFL football game against Arizona
emerging from his car. “He Cardinals at Twickenham Stadium in London, Sunday Oct. 22, 2017.
was a heck of a guy.” Associated Press
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