Martin Truex Jr. is the clear favorite for the title heading into Sunday’s Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead.  He’s won a series-high 7 races this season, and has led a series-high 2,175 laps.  Martin Truex Jr. has not had an easy road to this point in his career.  He lost a lot of races that looked to be for-sure wins earlier in his career, and hasn’t had top equipment.  His longtime girlfriend Sherry Pollex has stage 3 ovarian cancer, and has had it since 2014.  It has been an emotional journey for Sherry and Martin.  They started the Martin Truex Jr. foundation to help with pediatric cancer, and Pollex created sherrystrong.org to share her struggles as well as symptoms of cancer.  Truex has had a legitimate shot of winning every race, and has 11 years of experience.  Truex Jr. is the big-time favorite to finally win a championship.

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