Martin Truex Jr. is off to the best start of his career in 2012. Since moving to the Sprint Cup Series in 2006, he has often flashed potential but has been a difficult driver to figure out, maddeningly inconsistent at times. Is Truex Jr. for real after his hot start to the season, or will his promising start vaporize and prove to be just a flash in the pan?
That’s the issue at stake in this episode of Bonus Points, a weekly feature in which Sports-at-Work writers Sam Salo and Luke Krmpotich debate a current issue in NASCAR, giving their takes on the way things ought to be. Sometimes, Sam and Luke will agree; other times, they may have slightly differing opinions; and on occasion, they'll be at each other's throats.
Each writer will also assign a "flag" value to his opinion on the question: checkered flag if it's a slam dunk, green flag if he's mostly convinced, yellow flag if it's a toss-up, red flag if he's pessimistic or black flag if he's d...
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April 28, 2012
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