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Watch: Martin Truex Jr. Earns Emotional Playoff Win At Kansas, Honors Late Team Member Jim Watson

KANSAS CITY, KS - OCTOBER 22: Martin Truex Jr., driver of the #78 Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Toyota, celebrates with a burnout after winning the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway on October 22, 2017 in Kansas City, Kansas. (Photo by Chris Trotman/Getty Images)

Martin Truex Jr. earned his seventh Monster Energy Cup Series victory of the season at Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway on Sunday.

NASCAR Playoffs Round of 12 results, Martin Truex Jr.

Truex, 37 — who drives the No. 78 Toyota Camry for Furniture Row Racing — has now increased his NASCAR playoff point total to 69, and advances to the Round of 8.

Furniture Row Racing dedicated the win to former crew member Jim Watson, who died Saturday at age 55.

Crashes on Sunday led to the elimination of drivers Matt Kenseth, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Jamie McMurray. Meanwhile, Kyle Larson’s engine exploded early on in Stage 1.

During a restart in Stage 1, Truex went under the white line on the track and was forced to serve a pass-through penalty. Though the No. 78 was ahead at the time of the restart violation, Busch took over once Truex came down the pit road. Harvick was also below the line, but NASCAR explained that since the No. 4. followed leader Truex, he was not penalized.

Pollex expressed her discontent with the result on Twitter: “That makes ZERO sense,” she wrote.

The Round of 8 — the First Data 500 — will be held next Sunday at Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia.

Martin Truex Jr.
Kurt Busch
Ryan Blaney
Chase Elliott
Denny Hamlin
Chris Buescher
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Kevin Harvick
Aric Almirola
Kyle Busch
Jimmie Johnson
Paul Menard
Brad Keselowski
Austin Dillon
Kasey Kahne
Ty Dillon
David Ragan
Michael McDowell
Clint Bowyer
Trevor Bayne
Joey Logano
Matt DiBenedetto
Landon Cassill
Cole Whitt
Reed Sorenson
Jeffrey Earnhardt
Corey LaJoie
Gray Gaulding
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (eliminated)
BJ McLeod
Brett Moffitt
AJ Allmendinger
Ryan Newman
Jamie McMurray (eliminated)
Erik Jones
Daniel Suarez
Matt Kenseth (eliminated)
Danica Patrick
Kyle Larson (eliminated)
Derrike Cope

KANSAS CITY, KS – OCTOBER 22: Martin Truex Jr., driver of the #78 Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Toyota, celebrates with a burnout after winning the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway on October 22, 2017 in Kansas City, Kansas. (Photo by Chris Trotman/Getty Images)

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