During a time of year when many in the NASCAR garage aren’t likely to discuss what they will be doing the following season, @Ryan_Truex is bucking tradition.

Truex was all smiles this past weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway as he revealed he would have some good news soon.

“I’ll be able to talk more soon, I wish I could tell you. There’s stuff going on for sure,” Truex said following the XFINITY Series Drive for the Cure 300. “It’s all focused … obviously I want to go full-time, and I want to compete for an XFINITY championship. I feel like I have the talent to do it, and I feel like I’m at the point in my career where I have the experience to know what I need in a car.”

What Truex has found tough is getting back in the car after being away for almost a full year and going fast. Last season, Truex was in nearing the end of his rookie season in the Sprint Cup Series driving the No. 83 for BK Racing. But when the series arrived at New Hampshire in September, Truex had parted ways with the team.

Still a development driver for Richard Petty Motorsports, it wasn’t too farfetched when Truex returned to NASCAR competition last month at Richmond International Raceway for Biagi DenBeste Racing, who has an affiliation with RPM. He also ran the September 26 event at Kentucky Speedway with the team.

“It’s just tough when you go a year without racing a car and then get back in one it’s hard to just go out on these mile-and-a-halfs and just drive them wide open through the corner,” Truex said. “So I learned a little bit of that at Kentucky and came (to Charlotte) and just barely missed the top-12 in qualifying, so I was happy with that

“Just kind of getting my feet back under me here. Finally, we got a little bit of momentum built, so it gives me confidence; it gives them confidence, we know we can work together, we know we can make these fast. Hopefully, we get to do it more this year and next year.”

If Biagi DenBeste were involved in what the future holds for Truex, it wouldn’t come as a surprise.

The 23-year-old regards the organization with very high praise. The Biagi DenBeste team is a partnership between brothers Fred and George Biagi as well as Bill and Lori DenBeste. A single car operation, it reminds the younger Truex of brother Martin’s Sprint Cup team, Furniture Row Racing. They too are a single car team who recognized they would be stronger if aligned with another organization.

“So it kind of reminds me of Martin’s team a little bit. They all like working together, and me and Jon (Hanson, crew chief) from the get-go have just gelled really well together,” Truex said. “He’s been able to give me what I need. We started both these past races, Richmond and Kentucky, not where we needed to be, and he’s been able to take my feedback, adjust on it and get us better.

“I think we’re a good combo. I like all the guys on the team. I like running Fords. I’d love to be in it every weekend. Hopefully, we can work on that and make it happen next year. But glad to get a finish here and not wreck one for once and hopefully go into another race this year.”

Charlotte was a breakthrough for Truex and the team, as they not only finished but finished where they were capable of running. When looking at his three starts, the numbers might seem deceiving but Truex was running just as well before crashing out. The culprit in Richmond was a blown right front tire while he was spun on a late restart in Kentucky.

At Charlotte, Truex started 16th and picked up some early damage on a pit stop in what looked like the start of another disappointing night. Fortunately, it was the only anxious part of the night as Truex quietly went on to finish 17th.

“The first two (races) went the way I wanted until about Lap 180. We just haven’t had luck. We’ve had top-10, top-12 racecars and just had things out of our control happen,” Truex said. “It was a tough night for sure. We got a little damage early on a pit stop and had to fight through that, but Jon (Hanson, crew chief) and these guys worked hard on it and got it better.

“We were just fighting track position at the end. It’s hard to pass, and we got trapped a lap down on that long green flag run, so I think we made the best of a rough situation. I’m hoping to run some more with these guys before the year is out, so hopefully that built some momentum for us.”

Whether it’s this year or next, it would appear Truex is back in the racing conversation.

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