Somebody Sold A Bunch Of Former NASCAR Champion Martin Truex Jr.’s Racing Trophies Without His Knowledge

Yeah, he’s probably going to want those back.

Earlier this week, NASCAR fans were puzzled when a bunch of 2017 Cup Series champion Martin Truex Jr.’s racing trophies and memorabilia were posted for sale.

The items were listed for sale by a company called Race Day Authentics, which is a pretty reputable company that sells a ton of cool NASCAR memorabilia, everything from pieces of sheet metal off the cars to team-worn gear and trophies.

And the items from Truex’s collection weren’t just and old pieces of memorabilia: They were some pretty special pieces from throughout his career, including the lobster trophy from his final NASCAR Cup Series win at New Hampshire in 2023, his 2023 trophy for winning the regular season championship during his final year with Joe Gibbs Racing, the shirt and watch he was presented for being named one of NASCAR’s 75 greatest drivers, and a diecast presented to him by Toyota with all of the car numbers that he ran throughout his career.

Obviously this had people wondering what was going on. Truex retired from NASCAR after the 2023 season, and hasn’t really been around the sport much the past couple years, but it still seemed odd that he would get rid of all of these items that would have so much personal meaning to him.

A lot of people were speculating that it was a sign that Truex was done with the sport, or that he was somehow frustrated with NASCAR. And others feared that there was an even worse reason that Truex was cleaning house…

But as it turns out, it wasn’t Truex that got rid of them – and he didn’t know about it.

In an Instagram story, Truex confirmed that the memorabilia was sold without his knowledge:

“It’s been brought to my attention some of my trophies were for sale online. These items were sold without my knowledge. Every one of these items holds a special significance to me.”

And in a follow-up post, Race Day Authentics owner Bradley St. Clair confirmed that he had been in contact with Truex’s team, and was working on getting the items (which he had bought himself) back to their rightful owner:

“Earlier this morning we received a phone call from Martin Truex’s team regarding the trophies and stuff we purchased late Tuesday evening from an individual.

The person we purchased them from worked alongside Martin for over 10 years and sold the trophies to us under the assumption he had been gifted them as he was clearing out his house. We have been in contact with Martin all day and we have a plan in place to get the trophies back to their rightful owner.

As all of our customers and teams we deal with know, we are not the type of people to go out and damage our reputation over something like this. We were lied to by the person we bought them from and we appreciate everybody being understanding with this matter. Thank you to all of our customers who continue to support us through everything and we hope to continue to bring you some more exciting stuff soon!”

It sounds like it was one big miscommunication, where somebody who had possession of the items assumed that Truex had gifted them to him, so he decided to sell them off as he was doing some cleaning. At least I hope that’s the case, and that a member of Truex’s team didn’t steal them from him themselves.

Either way, it’s good to know that Truex wasn’t trying to get rid of so many meaningful pieces from his NASCAR career, and that they’ll be returned to the retired champion soon enough.The post Somebody Sold A Bunch Of Former NASCAR Champion Martin Truex Jr.’s Racing Trophies Without His Knowledge first appeared on Whiskey Riff.