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
lighten promise
I made a promise to myself that I would lighten up this year, and have some fun.
found handful ran wheel
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.
help hope learn testing variety
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.
beat line might
I thought I might be able to beat him to the line off of (turn) four, but he had more momentum.
believe family itself nascar
NASCAR touts itself as a family sport, and I believe it is,
chase cup goal next richmond spot
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.
chiefs crew drivers fantastic great
We have a great organization with really fantastic drivers and crew chiefs at Roush Racing.
accident aggressive approach device drivers huge impact taken
Dale's accident had a huge impact on the drivers for so many reasons. It made them take a more aggressive approach to safety. It made many drivers taken the HANS device more seriously.
huge paying property
The oceanfront property owners, once we know how much it's going to cost, they will be paying a huge assessment.
racer tony ultimate
Tony is today's ultimate racer. He's the ultimate racer of this era.
question
There's no question that it has become more reckless.
atlanta bottom definitely fast favorite good pavement places racing settled time top track
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.
bit exciting fun gamble means pays race second
It's a fun race and an exciting race for fans, because second place means nothing. Sometimes you gamble a little bit and see if it pays off.
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It really looks like I'm going to be in the 6 car next year. It's looking more and more like that all the time.