Martin Truex Jr. left Richmond Raceway a winner in his last visit to the Virginia short track, a playofff victory last September that helped him get into NASCAR’s championship round and showed the veteran has plenty left in his tank.

He returns to Richmond six months later with his NASCAR future unclear. The 41-year-old Truex is in the final year of his contract with Joe Gibbs Racing and hasn’t decided how long he wants to continue his career.

There is no wait-and-see going on with Truex, who in his 17th full Cup Series season is grappling with NASCAR’s new Next Gen car. Truex just simply isn’t a planner – an annoying trait for his friends and family – and is simply delaying thinking about his future in racing.

He heads into Sunday’s race at Richmond winless – all four of the Gibbs drivers are winless through the first six Cup races, as is the Toyota camp – and seventh in the standings. His slow start sparked curiosity about how long he wants to race.

“I try not to look too far ahead; I’m not a big planner,” Truex told The Associated Press. “As long as I am having fun and competitive, I’ll keep going.”

That ties Truex to his ability to learn the Next Gen, which in its debut season has featured six different winners through six races. The oldest driver to win a Cup race so far this season is reigning series champion Kyle Larson, who turns 30 in July.

Truex’s seventh-place finish on the road course at Circuit of the Americas in Texas last Sunday was his best so far of the season. At Richmond, he has won three of the last five Cup races.