Mark Martin won the Banquet 400 Kansas Speedway, scoring his 35th NASCAR NEXTEL Cup victory in his 632nd career start.
Martin scored his first victory in 2005 ending a 52-race winless streak. His last victory came at Dover in June 2004.
Martin remained 17th on NASCARs all-time winners list.
Martin became the 15th different race winner in 2005.
Martin has scored 15 top-10 finishes in 30 races in 2005.
Martin climbed from ninth to seventh in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup point standings.
This is Martins first win and second top-10 at Kansas Speedway.
This is the first win by a Ford at Kansas Speedway.
This was Martins 24th career superspeedway victory in 449 career superspeedway races.
The 12 leaders in the Banquet 400 tied the record for the most leaders in a race at Kansas for the third time (2001 and 2004)
Martin led three times for 139 laps including the final 48 laps.
Martin led the most laps for the first time in a race this season. This is the second time in the last two seasons that he has led more than 100 laps in a race. Prior to today, the last five races that Martin had led the most laps, he lost.
Martin scored the first victory for car owner Jack Roush at Kansas Speedway. This was Roushs 86th victory as a car owner and 12th in 30 races this season.(NASCAR Statistical Services)(10-9-2005)
