A spot in DEI's Cup lineup...
A spot in DEI's Cup lineup is on the horizon for Truex Jr.
SCR: It sounds like he takes it to an extreme. Sounds like he gets to the reckless side a little too much.
SCR: Where do you see yourself five years from now?
Truex: Oooh, that's tough. I don't know. Hopefully Nextel Cup champion. That's where I want to be and that's what I'm working towards right now, I suppose. I'm not really too worried about it right now. I'm having fun doing what I'm doing, and I'm learning a lot and running good. We'll go after this Busch championship; that's my main goal right now.
SCR: Did you envision yourself being in this situation five years ago?
Truex: No. No way. No. You can't ever see something like this happening. There's another million people out there wanting to do what I'm doing. There's probably a good part of them that could do what I'm doing, maybe, and just never get the chance. So you never know where you're going to end up.
SCR: There's been speculation about you climbing into the No. 15 NAPA Chevy in the near future. Is there a timetable for that, and have you and Junior and/or Teresa discussed that move specifically?
Truex: (laughs, shakes his head) Well, no. I'm not going anywhere right now. Right now they've got drivers in their Cup cars and John Andretti is in the 1 car [formerly campaigned full time by Steve Park] and they're looking for a sponsor to run John in a few more races this year. We've talked about maybe running one or two races at the end of the year in the 1 car. But we're going to wait and see how everything is looking. If there's something we're both comfortable with at the end of the year, then we'll do it. But right now I'm just focused on the Busch car and not going anywhere.
SCR: No conversations about the 15 car, then?
SCR: And he looked me in the eye when he said that. I'll make note of that.
SCR: Your dad is here with you, and you've got Junior to turn to, so who do you lean on?
Truex: Nobody, really. I just kind of do my own thing. A lot of people help me. If I have problems or questions, there's a lot of people around that do a lot for me. I try not to take too much, try not to ask for too much. I just try to do my thing and let everybody know how much I appreciate what they're doing for me. That's about it.
SCR: Last question. Last lap of a race, Junior's leading and you're on his bumper with a faster car, but he won't give up the lead. He's blocking and doing all he can to keep you in Second. What do you do?
Truex: It depends on where we're racing. If we're at Bristol or somewhere, we might knock each other out of the way or something. But if we're at Talladega like we were, then we're there to help each other-not hurt each other. Like Talladega, if I had been behind him, I would have done the same thing, because if you get out of line, they're all going to pass you. If we were at a place like Bristol, then he probably would have knocked me out of the way on the last lap if he was faster. It just depends on where you're racing and how everything is going around you.