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Mark Anthony Martin (born January 9, 1959) is an American retired stock car racing driver. He has the second most wins all time in what is now the Xfinity Series with 49. He scored 40 Cup Series wins.
Feb 16, 2021 · For nearly 40 years, Mark Martin was known as one of the toughest opponents in NASCAR. No matter if your name was Gordon, Johnson, Earnhardt, Stewart or others, if you saw...
The OFFICIAL Facebook page of NASCAR Hall of Famer Mark Martin.
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Jan 9, 2023 · See photos of Mark Martin's iconic NASCAR career, from his first win in 1989 to his Hall of Fame induction in 2017. Martin won 96 races in three national series and finished second five times in the Cup Series.
- Dover 2012: "That's A Bad Man..."
- Daytona 2005: Iroc XXIX
- Rockingham 1989: So This Is (The First of) 40
- Michigan 2012: Send 'Em Scrambling on Pit Road
- Talladega 1997: Fastest to 500
- Sears Point 1989: "Because I Was ... Inverted."
- 1996 Coca-Cola 600: Wheelman
- 2002 Coca-Cola 600: Million Dollar Mark
- Talladega 1994: Checking Out The Talladega Infield
- Michigan 2009: fuel-mileage Miracle
During their tenure as teammates at Hendrick Motorsports from 2009-11, Jimmie Johnson and Mark Martin developed a mutual respect for one another that continues through today. Martin deemed Johnson “Superman” having won five-straight titles, and after Martin knocked him off the pole in 2012 at Dover, Johnson could only marvel at the fastest 53-year ...
Many lament the loss of the IROC series, which pitted 12 of the world’s best drivers in equally prepared race cars. Mark Martin won a record five titles – and would have won a sixth had Dave Marcis not padded a position for Dale Earnhardt at Indy in 1999. The series’ penultimate season of 2005 saw Martin win this squeaker at Daytona over Martin Tru...
Mike Joy once deemed Rockingham “Markingham” following Martin’s dominance in Busch Grand National Series competition at the grand old track. North Carolina Motor Speedway was the site of Martin’s and Roush Racing’s first NASCAR win. With Steve Hmiel as team manager and current Vice-President of Competition for NASCAR, Robin Pemberton, as crew chief...
Mark Martin’s career has had more than its fair share of low points, as well. In 2012, while leading at Michigan, he slowed to avoid running into Juan Pablo Montoya and Bobby Labonte as Kasey Kahne — in his former No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports ride — piled into the back of him. The No. 55 Aaron’s Dream Machine impaled itself into the end of the pit wa...
There are a few speed records in NASCAR that endure to this day: The fastest qualifying lap (212.809 mph by Bill Elliott at Talladega in 1987), the fastest Daytona 500 (177.602 mph by Buddy Baker in 1980), and the fastest 500 miles race, at 188.354 mph, which was won by Mark Martin at Talladega in 1997. Having to hold off Dale Earnhardt and Dale Ja...
It’s one thing when the pit crew leaves a lug nut off and quite another when the wheel itself is loose. However, it gets really bad when all of the lug nuts are loose andthe wheel comes off. In a turn. Going uphill. Martin, in his younger years, would give Brad Keselowski a run (mmpfff … get it?!!) for his money as he high-tails it back to the pits...
It’s not always the wins or the wrecks that make for a driver’s most memorable moment. In the 1996 Coca-Cola 600, Martin weaves through a perpetual wreck that starts just past the start-finish line on a restart and doesn’t end until the exit of Turn 2. Lots of steering, shifting and pedal work here; the in-car starts at 2:44 as he’s dodging cars fr...
In 2002, Martin snapped a 73-race winless streak dating back to 2000, after Roush Racing got off on a tangent by way of inaccurate aerodynamic data during the ’01 season. By 2002, it had things figured out and the organization was on a role. Martin had to hold off protégé Matt Kenseth at the end in the ’02 Coke 600, going three-wide through lap tra...
They say the craziest infield is the one at Talladega and, in 1994, the Martin’s No. 6 car looked to join the jubilee in the Winston Select 500. After losing brakes and steering, Martin was along for the ride, nearly breaching the fence that separated the fans from the track. Listen to the off-camera comments during the live ESPN feed from Benny, N...
The 2009 season was Martin’s comeback year with Hendrick Motorsports after pulling back for a couple of years to catch his breath, regroup and reconnect with those who took a backseat to his racing the previous 20 years. It was also the second-best season of his career from a stats perspective, with his first of five wins coming at Phoenix, where h...
Aug 26, 2021 · From his first win with Jack Roush to his final win with Rick Hendrick, relive all of Mark Martin's best moments in the NASCAR Cup Series in this NASCAR Legends compilation.
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Jan 20, 2017 · Mark Martin overcame alcoholism, financial struggles and multiple owners to become one of the most successful and respected drivers in NASCAR history. He won 40 Cup races, five Xfinity titles and will be inducted into the Hall of Fame on Friday.
