Mark Martin - Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site

Sponsor Exposure:

Valvoline topped NASCAR in network TV exposure for the seventh straight year in 1999, with Mark Martin's #6 Ford accumulating nearly $49 million in value. According to research by The Sponsors Report, which documents advertising exposure on national sports telecasts...

Wind Tunnel for the BGN UPDATE:

Wind Tunnel for the BGN UPDATE: NASCAR will take three cars from Saturday's Aaron's 312 BGN race to the wind tunnel in Marietta, Ga., for testing this week. The cars impounded belong to race winner #60-Mark Martin, #61-Hut Stricklin and #87-Joe Nemechek(That's Racin...

Martin Paint:

Mark Martin will again carry the colors of MaxLife in this Sunday's Goody's Body Pain 500 at Martinsville, VA on the #6 Valvoline Ford. MaxLife is a new motor oil from The Valvoline Co. intended for high-mileage vehicles(Valvoline Newsletter)(4-5-2000)...

Martin Wins Again:

Martin Wins Again: Mark Martin won the BGN Texas race, so far Cup drivers have won all the BGN events, that should change at Nashville next week(4-2-2000)...

Big Brothers Big Sisters of America/Martin Update:

Mark Martin's on-track performance in the #6 Valvoline Ford, combined with contributions from Valvoline and NASCAR fans, has brought the current total raised for Big Brothers Big Sisters since 1999 to $276,683. Valvoline is donating $5,000 for every Winston Cup race...

Foyt Comments:

A.J. Foyt would put Arlington's David Starr in his #14 Conseco Pontiac next weekend at Texas Motor Speedway if he could but Foyt hasn't decided who will drive for him at TMS, and he believes Winston Cup drivers should be handicapped when they compete in BGN races, ...

Paint Schemes UPDATE 2:

hearing that Mark Martin will run a "New Life" schemes and Terry Labonte a "Fruit Loops" schemes, have not heard where, but Labonte has run schemes before at Michigan Speedway, near the headquarters of Kelloggs. No idea what "New Life" represents. Also hearing that...

Wind Tunnel UPDATE:

According to Doug Duchardt, GM Racing NASCAR Group Manager, Chevrolet might have won Sunday's NASCAR Winston Cup race in Atlanta but didn't come out ahead of Ford in Monday's wind tunnel test. NASCAR took Mark Martin's Taurus, Mike Skinner's Monte Carlo and Bobby Labonte...

#17 Spotter:

After substituting as Matt Kenseth's Winston Cup spotter in Atlanta, Mike Calinoff (racecomm) has accepted the position as full-time spotter for the Roush/Mark Martin DeWalt team effective at Darlington. Calinoff amicably resigned from Midwest Transit Racing with driver...

Martin Auction:

Mark Martin and Valvoline have announced the Valvoline Online Racing Auction will be hosted by www.eBay.com for three weeks, from April 28-May 20. Combining resources from Martin, Valvoline, Roush Racing and others, fans will have the opportunity to bid on a large ...

Martin:

#6-Mark Martin is the only driver to lead all four CUP races in 2000, in fact Martin has led the last eight CUP races dating back to last year at Rockingham(3-12-2000)...

Wind Tunnel:

NASCAR will take some cars to the Wind Tunnel on Monday, so far #31-Mike Skinner Chevy has been set aside as one of those cars(PRN Radio) also taken were the #18=Bobby Labonte Pontiac and the #6-Mark Martin Ford(NOL)(3-12-2000)...

Tidbits:

CUP Points leader Bobby Labonte has won four of the last seven Cup races at Atlanta. ... Labonte, Jarrett and Mark Martin are the only drivers to record top-10 finishes in each of the season's first three races(Roanoke Times)(3-8-2000)...

Dynos:

Dynos: Grand National officials put seven cars on a chassis dyno after Saturday's race, won by Jeff Burton. The chassis dyno measures how many horsepower is transferred from the engine to the car's rear wheels. Cars tested: #9-Jeff Burton, #60-Mark Martin, #87-Joe ...

Caring Hands:

Following an extremely successful inaugural season for the "Caring Hands" program, which raised more than $200,000 for Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS), The Valvoline Company and NASCAR superstar Mark Martin announced today that they are once again teaming up with the...

Mark’s Son:

Mark Martins son, Matt, finished second in his first Junior Honda race in Florida on Friday night(Times-Dispatch)(3-6-2000)...

Double Win:

Jeff Burton became the first driver since Mark Martin in October 1995 at Charlotte to win both the BGN and CUP races at the same track(ESPN)(3-5-2000)...

Get Healthy:

The Pfizer "Tune-Up For Life" mobile health screening unit will be parked on the LVMS midway this weekend and will offer race fans a variety of health screenings. The 50-foot mobile unit is staffed by health-care professionals and will include screenings on a variety...

What are the Odds?

Johnnie Bowser is one of the No Bull 5 Contestants for next weeks race at Las Vegas. Guess what? This is his second shot at the No Bull 5 contest prize. He was a No Bull 5 contestant at last years Southern 500 at Darlington. He was then paired with Mark Martin. Jeff...

Some Daytona 500 Notes UPDATE:

#88-Jarrett led the most laps, #6-Mark Martin led at the halfway point, #20-Tony Stewarts right tire changer, Mike Lingerfelt, got hit by Stewart and has a possible broken leg, was alert and ok after the incident and was going for x-rays(2-20-2000) -- UPDATE: Lingerfelt...