Mark Martin
Mark Martin
Mark Anthony Martinis a former American stock car racing driver. He last drove the No. 14 Chevrolet SS for Stewart-Haas Racing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series on an interim basis until car owner Tony Stewart was cleared following a sprint car-related injury from August 2013. As of 2014, he had the second most wins in the Nationwide Series with 49. He finished second in the Sprint Cup Series standings five times, and has been described by ESPN as "The...
ProfessionRace Car Driver
Date of Birth9 January 1959
CityBatesville, AR
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We ran him down, but he got a handful of steering wheel and found some more speed. He got up on the wheel and got it done.
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We hope to learn enough to help us all year. We will be testing everything from springs, shocks, and a variety of different set-ups.
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Atlanta is definitely one of my favorite tracks. From top to bottom it's one of my favorite places that we race. It's a fast track and over time the pavement has settled and you have a lot of grooves for racing, which really makes for good racing and a good show for the fans.
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This is the time of my life. I really never dreamed that it would be. But I'm sure that in a couple of years down the road, I'll be able to look back at 2006 and say that was the good old days.
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Our goal was to clinch our spot in the Chase and we've done that. We can kind of go for it all at Richmond and then it's on to the next goal: the Nextel Cup Championship.
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Kind of made it easy on me here at the end without me having to fight for it.
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Just to be able to put an exclamation point on Richmond was the biggest goal, but in hindsight, knowing that when you have a chance to win the last regular-season race, it just propels you right into the Chase.
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It brings sometimes higher prices, sometimes lower prices. It takes away that egalitarian, lowest common denominator for prices.
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He's been so incredible and respectful of me being the old-timer. I'm a huge Kurt Busch fan and always will be.
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There is no driver in the sport who carries the size of stick that Dale Earnhardt carried. Every sport needs its heroes and we have our heroes here, but there are heroes who are very much different than Dale Earnhardt. There just won't be another one.
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NASCAR touts itself as a family sport, and I believe it is,
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I had my hands full (with Bodine and Musgrave) but I hadn't conceded anything.
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Kids pick up and absorb a lot more than you think they do. I try to do what I think is right, and I try to lead by example.
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I'm far from perfect but I have managed to earn a good deal of respect by trying to implement the kinds of things you learn about.