Martin Truex Jr. Daytona Media Bullpen | 8/23/24

the air so should be it should work out why that one why so excited about that uh I don't know just uh guess the biggest race of the year we've never wanted and it' been fun to have another shot so yeah can that 231 I couldn't say come on I mean coach is supposed coach is trying to figure it out so I'll leave it up to him um where were you when you you heard the penalty this week first thing um I inial thought it's crazy you know I mean obviously was a big oops but um yeah you got to feel for them you know them guys him and his team just because it's literally had nothing to do with with them so uh it's a tough one in that situation like you said this didn't do anything wrong is there any way that NASCAR could issue a penalty like Toyota or the OEM itself and not hit the 11 team who you know didn't really do something yeah I don't I don't really know somebody else was asking me you know how do why did they penalize him I'm like because they didn't know what else to do like it's it was the 11s engine so I guess that's what kind of put him in that spot I don't know that's a really tough one I mean it was obviously an honest mistake because they came for with it but um I I don't know really what's right it doesn't feel right but somebody's got to take the fall so I don't I don't know how else you do it and it's tough because you can't trash Toyota CU you understand and plus Toyota is your manufacturer so a guy can't even get frustrated yeah I mean I think if if you ask like it doesn't matter who it is probably everybody feels feels for them other teams you know sometimes guys get caught with stuff and you're like yeah well you know they they deserved it and you didn't you don't feel bad for it but in this case I'm sure across the board everyone's like well this is it really sucks you know um they have a great season going they have a lot of points and a lot of those points just went out the window for something they didn't do as a team so it's a tough one for sure if they had to be penalized would you have preferred disqualification given who second I honestly never even thought of that but um maybe that would have been better yeah I don't know but yeah I don't know it's a tough situation for everyone so hate to ha to