Martin ok after aircraft incident UPDATE: Mark Martin’s plane blew two tires as he was trying to leave Phoenix Goodyear Airport Sunday night, word is all are okay. Six were aboard the Citation – supposedly two pilots. Martin and three others.(11-11-2002) UPDATE: Winston Cup championship contender Mark Martin is OK after his jet blew a tire and skidded off a Phoenix runway last night, according to the Daytona Beach News-Journal’s Web site. The newspaper reports that the three men on the plane — Martin, pilot Jason Simpson and Benny Ertel, Martin’s business manager — were not injured in the aborted takeoff of the Cessna Citation CJ2, a twin-engine jet. Martin subsequently returned to Florida as a passenger on a NASCAR jet with NASCAR President Mike Helton.(Winston Cup Scene Newsletter)(11-11-2002)
