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
racer tony ultimate
Tony is today's ultimate racer. He's the ultimate racer of this era.
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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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People earn their respect. Tony has earned my respect. He has earned every ounce of the respect he has on and off the race track.
running race heritage
Hopefully, the drivers will be able to race without running over one another. Anything with a heritage like this racetrack, I would not have messed with it. I would have saved my money.
thinking years race
My fans freak out and think I'm never going to race again. And I don't want them to do that because I want them to be there to pull for me in the truck series next year.
fifth jump looking math points
To be able to get a jump and jump into fifth place in points ... we were looking at different math going into this race,
car caught five lap laps lose realistic traffic
When you get caught in lap traffic and you lose 20 car lengths and there are five laps to go, it's not realistic after you've already reeled him in once.
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When you consider there were 991 teams from throughout the state, coming anywhere in the top five or ten is a great honor and we came in third. It says something about the quality of our kids.
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,
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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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It brings sometimes higher prices, sometimes lower prices. It takes away that egalitarian, lowest common denominator for prices.