The qualifying session for the chicagoland LifeLock 400 was canceled, due to inclement weather. This would mean that the field would be lined up by their car owner points. And so Martin Truex Junior would start in the 19th position.

The night went pretty well for Truex, as he led 2 laps, and picked up crucial bonus points towards his chase for the cup. He finished in the 9th position! Not a bad day all things considered.

Truex moved one position in the points standings, and is now in seventeenth position.

Denny Hamlin who is currently in the top 12 in the point standings had a bad day at chicagoland, and moved down 5 spots in the standings and is currently the 12th place guy, with a total points of 2283.

Martin Truex Jr, is in 17th spot with 2050 points, truex is now 233 points behind 12th place.

There are only 6 races remaining until the chase starts.

The next race will be at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the Allstate 400 At the Brickyard. However, this won’t be until after next week. The race is scheduled to take place on the 27th of July. This will be Nascar’s final break for the season. So from the Indy race, until the end of the season, they are racing every week!

Martin still has a chance to make it into the chase, lets keep our fingers crossed that makes it in!