Top-5 Finish in Southern 500 Truex Jr. finished fourth in the Cook Out Southern 500 NASCAR Cup Series race at Darlington Raceway Sunday night. Impact The Joe Gibbs Racing star had one of his best performances in a few weeks. With the start of the playoffs, the No. 19 Toyota team had their game faces on. Truex led 1 lap and raced among the Top 10 most of the night. He would push inside the Top 5 late and run among the leaders in the closing laps. At lap 367 Truex would collect the strong fourth-place finish. It was his ninth Top 5 of the season and snapped a three-race Top-5 drought.
SEPTEMBER 5, 2021 • ROTOWIRE