#55-Mark Martin says hes been contacted to drive Tony Stewarts car but calls any such move ‘complicated.” ‘Its more complicated than it looks at face value’ Martin said Friday about driving the #14 car while Stewart recovers from a broken leg suffered in a sprint car crash last week in Iowa. Martin is in his last season driving for Michael Waltrip Racing with his contract expiring. Brian Vickers, who has shared driving duties with Martin the past two seasons, will drive Martins car full-time starting next year. That could make Martin available to drive Stewarts car immediately, giving Vickers the chance to run the remaining races for MWR to prepare for next season. There are several roadblocks, though. A key challenge is that Martins ride is with Toyota and Stewarts car is a Chevrolet. Both Martins car and Stewarts car are battling to get into the Chase for the owners title. There also are sponsor considerations and other such contracts. If Vickers were to take over for Martin, then he would need approval from Joe Gribbs Racing since hes running the Nationwide schedule for that team. There are just as many questions about what Martin will do next season. ‘The reason I havent talked about 2014 is because I felt like the landscape was probably going to change, and its starting to change rapidly’ he said. Martin says other competitors have asked if hes going to share driving duties with Kyle Larson for Earnhardt Ganassi Racing next season after the team decided not to retain Juan Pablo Montoya after this year. EGR has not made any announcement on who will drive that car next season. Kyle Larson told Motor Racing Network on Friday that hes focused on his Nationwide campaign. ‘I promise no one has talked to anyone on my side from Ganassi’ Martin said. ‘I know that its really churning out there. There hasnt even been the first discussion about that. Im as interested as you guys are about what Chip Ganassi has up his sleeve.” One thing Martin can say for certain is that he wont drive full-time in Cup next year. ‘I wouldnt (run full-time) for the world’ he said. ‘I do love my schedule now.”( Motor Racing Network )
