Mark Martin - Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site

Testing at Martinsville:

Testing at Martinsville: A few teams will be testing at Martinsville Speedway in the new few weeks: March 20-21 #1-Steve Park, #24-Jeff Gordon, #6-Mark Martin, #97-Kurt Busch, #21-Elliott Sadler. and on March 27-28 #12-Jeremy Mayfield, #44-Buckshot Jones, #96-Andy...

Trouble in the #6 Camp? UPDATE:

Trouble in the #6 Camp? UPDATE: Tensions are in overdrive on the Roush Racing No. 6 crew of Mark Martin. Last season was difficult enough, when the team had problems and lost a significant number of crew members. Now rumors coming from that camp are that both crew ...

The Winston Stays the Same:

The Winston Stays the Same: No changes are planned for this season's running of The Winston all-star race, May 19 at Lowe's Motor Speedway. The race will continue to be run in three segments, of 30 laps, 30 laps and 10 laps. As was done last season, the winner of both...

Why No IROC for Martin?

Why No IROC for Martin? been asked, here is why: The official entry list for the 2001 IROC series does not include four-time champ Mark Martin. The field of 12 announced by IROC includes Gil de Ferran and Kenny Brack from CART, Buddy Lazier, Eddie Cheever, Scott Goodyear...

Newman Tests at Darlington:

NASCAR Busch Series rookie Ryan Newman spent Tuesday and Wednesday testing at Darlington, his first visit to the track. During his test session, Newman got some pointers from Buddy Baker, a two-time winner at Darlington. According to Baker, Newman has proven capable...

Fuller News:

Fuller News: Jeff Fuller, formerly the driver for the #27-Viagra car(now unsponsored with Kenny Wallace as the driver), did a Viagra commercial last week and apparently Fuller is becoming a Screen Actors Guild member. He got his card due to doing a bunch of high-speed...

IROC Drivers? UPDATE 3:

IROC Drivers? UPDATE 3: hearing the following will be the 2001 lineup of IROC drivers: From NASCAR Winston Cup: already announced Dale Earnhardt, Ricky Rudd, Jeff Burton along with Dale Jarrett and Bobby Labonte. From the IRL: already announced Eddie Cheever Jr, Scott...

Points Money:

Points Money: here is the list of Points Money earned by the Top 10 Winston Cup drivers announced at the banquet: 1) Bobby Labonte - $3,386,640 2) Dale Earnhardt - $1,103,995 + $1,000,000 No Bull Five win 3) Jeff Burton - $770,685 + $1,000,000 No Bull Five win 4) Dale...

Most Popular….Elliott, again UPDATE:

Most Popular....Elliott, again UPDATE: By a 2-to-1 margin, Bill Elliott is this year's Most Popular Driver over Dale Earnhardt. It's Elliott's 10th consecutive award and 15th in the past 17 years. Darrell Waltrip interrupted the run in 1989 and 1990(Daily Press)(11...

Driver of the Year:

Bobby Labonte, who parlayed consistency and four victories into the Winston Cup Championship, added another honor today as he was selected DRIVER OF THE YEAR for all American motorsports. Labonte, 36, driver of the Joe Gibbs/Interstate Batteries Pontiac on the NASCAR...

4th Quarter Driver:

Tony Stewart, driver of the #20 Home Depot Pontiac, easily cruised to fourth quarter DRIVER OF THE YEAR Honors today. For Stewart, 29, winner of three races during the quarter, it was de ja vu, since he repeated the honor he won last year with a like number of wins...

BBBSA and Martin:

The two-year total of money raised through Valvoline's NASCAR effort for Big Brothers Big Sisters of America's "Caring Hands" program, including Monday's final race at Atlanta, is $540,577. Since 1999, Valvoline has donated $5,000 for each Mark Martin Winston Cup victory...

Wallace and Lambert team up with Rensi:

Wallace and Lambert team up with Rensi: Crew Chief Tony Lambert wrapped up a phenomenal 2000 season with Mark Martin and Roush Racing's #60 Winn-Dixie Busch Series team achieving 4 poles, 5 wins, 12 top-5's and 13 top-10's in only 13 BGN starts. Looking ahead to 2001...

Martin #400:

Mark Martin will make his 400th consecutive Winston Cup start at Homestead. Martin is fifth in active consective starts streaks in Cup, behind Dale Earnhardt with 645, Ricky Rudd with 606, Rusty Wallace at 515 and Ken Schrader with 485(11-9-2000)...

BBBSA/Martin Update:

Mark Martin's on-track performance in the Valvoline Ford, combined with contributions from Valvoline and NASCAR fans, has brought the current total raised for Big Brothers Big Sisters since 1999 to $536,278. Valvoline is donating $5,000 for every Winston Cup race Martin...

Phoenix Stats:

None of the 12 Phoenix races have been won by the pole winner. Average starting position of Phoenix race winners: 13.0. Lowest start of a Phoenix winner: 29th by Ricky Rudd, 1995. Most Phoenix poles: 2 - Geoffrey Bodine, Rusty Wallace, Bill Elliott, Ken Schrader. Most...

Pfizer Men’s Health Tune-up for Life:

Mark Martin's J-Mar Express and Pfizer Inc are partnering to bring the Pfizer Men's Health Tune-up for Life program to Searcy, Arkansas. The Pfizer Men's Health Tune-up for Life program's 50-foot state-of-the-art mobile screening unit is staffed with healthcare professionals...

Hanging with Martin for a good cause:

A couple from Wisconsin who donated $25,000 to Big Brothers and Big Sisters of America are accompanying Mark Martin on a weeklong fantasy vacation. Mike and Liz Lewens of Shawano, Wis., came to Lowe's Motor Speedway on Tuesday, with Liz Lewens driving some laps on ...

Rockingham not Martin’s final BGN race:

Rockingham not Martin's final BGN race: getting asked by many readers about a report on That's Racin' that Rockingham being Mark Martin's final BGN (Busch Series) race. The Homestead-Miami site is reporting (and as far as I know) that the BGN race at Homestead-Miami...

Rockingham not Martin’s final BGN race:

getting asked by many readers about a report on That's Racin' that Rockingham being Mark Martin's final BGN (Busch Series) race. The Homestead-Miami site is reporting (and as far as I know) that the BGN race at Homestead-Miami Speedway WILL be Martin's final BGN race...