Defending NASCAR Cup series champion Martin Truex Jr says he is "fortunate" to still be in the 2018 playoffs. The Furniture Row Racing driver sealed his passage into the round of eight with a fifth-place finish at Kansas last weekend, having entered the race on the cusp of the cut-off. A crash at Dover and a 23rd-place finish at Talladega in his "evil to drive" Toyota, which suffered with rear-end handling, had initially hurt his round of eight pursuit.
