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Martins Motorsports to run two full-time teams:

The Nationwide Series is welcoming an exciting team into the fold for the 2014 season. Martins Motorsports, based in Nashville, TN, will be a rare full-time participant in the entire 33-race Nationwide Series schedule. One of the drivers for Martins Motorsports will be a competitor lauded by his peers as one of the most underrated, talented drivers in the sport, Willie Allen. Allen, from Bon Aqua, Tennessee, burst onto the NASCAR scene in 2007 by driving the #13 ThorSport Racing truck to a 15th place position in the Camping World Truck Series standings and winning the Rookie of the Yea‚® award. Joining forces with Allen will be another rising talent in the sport of NASCAR, Tommy Joe Martins. Martins, like Allen, is a driver with experience in the top ranks of NASCAR, competing in the Camping World Truck Series in 2009 and 2011. The Martins Motorsports cars will be represented by car numbers #67 and #76. Allen will be the driver of the #76, while Tommy Joe Martins will be behind the wheel of the #67 car.(Standing Ovation/Martins Motorsports)(1-15-2014)