For much of Sunday’s race, Truex and his No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota team seemed to have settled on a pit strategy that would put them in position to contend for the win.
It started in Stage 2, when Truex was the first called to pit road for new tires on a green-flag stop and his team elected to break the 160-lap stage in two, hoping the advantage of new tires late in the stage could translate into victory.
