Mark Martin has been racing in NASCAR for 30 years, he spent 18 of those years (1988-2006) with Roush (Fenway) Racing. In 2007 he raced for Bobby Ginn Racing, which became Dale Earnhardt Inc in 2008 and is now today known as Earnhardt Ganassi Racing. Martin made the switch to Hendrick in 2009 where he [...]
If you think Mark Martin has been driving in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series forever, you may be right. The 53-year-old Martin will be making his 850th career start in the series on Saturday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway. What may be more impressive is that Martin is still a consistent threat to win on [...]
In yesterday’s Pure Michigan 400, Mark Martin, driver of the No.55 Aaron’s Toyota for Michael Waltrip Racing ended up in a horrible crash that landed him impaled by the end of the pit road wall at Michigan International Speedway. (MIS) Martin had started on the pole for the race. Questions came up about the safety [...]
Michael Waltrip Racing has made a deal with Frank Stoddard’s FAS Lane team which will guarantee that all three MWR cars make the Daytona 500 later this month. Prior to the deal in which the team obtained the owner points of the #32 car, it was not guaranteed that Mark Martin would be racing in [...]
Multiple reports have surfaced saying that David Reutimann the driver of the #00 Aarons Toyota for Michael Waltrip Racing will not be returning for the 2012 season and that Mark Martin will be taking his place. An official announcement is set to come on Friday at Texas Motor Speedway. But does the singing of Martin [...]
Two drivers who were Chase contenders last year who are little more then pretenders this year are Jeff Burton and Mark Martin. Considering they finished 12th and 13th in the final standings last year perhaps more people should have seen disappointment,ent coming. Combined last year they won 0 races. Combined they notched 13 top-5′s… less [...]
With many of the headlines of driver movement and sponsorship starting to wrap up it’s time to think about is left to talk about. 1. Danica Patrick 2012 plans Word is that Danica Patrick is finishing up a deal that will have her in the #7 car for JR Motorsports full time in the Nationwide [...]
The first road course event of 2011 is set to take place this weekend out in Sonoma, California. Road course events are unlike those run on ovals for two reasons. First and most obvious is that cars turn left and right. Second, the drivers who are successful on these tracks are different as well. It’s [...]
With the post race fireworks between Kevin Harvick and Kyle Busch still fresh in everyones mind from “The Lady in Black” we head to a track whose nickname is “The Monster Mile”. This weeks race figures to be less about bumping and more about concrete. As always Jimmie Johnson is the man to beat. In [...]
Back in 1997 Texas Motor Speedway opened for NASCAR racing but not til this Saturday night will we have a true night race at the Sprint Cup level. The phrase “Cooler temperatures, Hotter tempers” have been thrown around a lot this week but don’t expect anything even close to the hand slapping Jeff Gordon and [...]
