Truex’s car impounded
Martin Truex Jr., vying to get into NASCAR’s Chase for the championship, started the weekend with a significant setback.
Truex’s Chevrolet failed inspection before practice at Daytona Beach, prompting NASCAR officials to impound the car and sending Truex’s crew scrambling to get the backup ready.
“Somebody made a big mistake,” said Truex, who drives the No. 1 for Dale Earnhardt Inc. “Shouldn’t happen in this level of auto racing, but people make mistakes. We’ll go on.”
Elsewhere, David Coulthard will retire from Formula One after the season, ending a career in which he won 13 races but repeatedly fell short of the world championship. The 37-year-old Scotsman, who has driven for Williams, McLaren and Red Bull since 1994, has not won since the 2003 Australian Grand Prix.
From News and wire service reports.
