Furniture Row Racing is expected to announce Friday that Martin Truex Jr. will be the team's driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series next season, filling the vacancy left by former series champion Kurt Busch. Friday's announcement comes on the heels of a report last weekend by the Denver Post, which quoted Furniture Row team owner Barney Visser as saying the deal with Truex had been completed. Truex is in his eighth full season in NASCAR's top division, with the most recent of his two career victories coming earlier this year at Sonoma Raceway. He became available when Michael Waltrip Racing freed him to negotiate with other teams after longtime sponsor NAPA Auto Parts departed in the wake of severe penalties against the Toyota team for manipulating the results of the regular-season finale at Richmond International Raceway. More...