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Kingsport mayor to give Martin key to the city:

Kingsport Mayor Dennis Phillips will present the key to the Model City to NASCAR driver Mark Martin today - officially proclaimed "Mark Martin Day" by the Kingsport Board of Mayor and Aldermen earlier this week. The key to the city presentation will come during a larger...

Martin signs #6 winning hood at Daytona:

Per tradition, following this year's GM FlexFuel 250 Truck Series race at Daytona International Speedway, the hood from the winning truck is inducted into DAYTONA USA for the year. Mark Martin's winning #6 Scotts Ford hood, with signatures from the entire team, will...

Rumblings – Atlanta:

a day late but Kasey Kahne certainly wasn't a dollar short today at Atlanta Motor Speedway as he captured the Golden Corral 500 by daylight. Kasey's win from the pole (he's the first driver to do that since Matt Kenseth accomplished that feat at Bristol last August...

Truck Series News & Notes:

Sometimes the calendar can stop momentum cold but not in 2006 and not for Todd Bodine (# 30 Lumber Liquidators Toyota). Bodine closed out 2005 with three consecutive victories and hated to see the Truck Series season end at Homestead-Miami Speedway. His Germain Racing...

Bodine Wins John Deere 200

(Top Five) 1) #-30-Todd Bodine,Lumber Liquidators Toyota 2 )#6-Mark Martin,Scotts Ford 3) #23-Johnny Benson, Exide Toyota 4) #9-Ted Musgrave, Team ASE/Germain Motors Toyota 5)#17-David Reutimann, Team Tundra Toyota 1st Chevy, #16-Mike Bliss (7th) 1st Dodge, #77-Brendan...

Atlanta Race Notes:

Kasey Kahne won the Golden Corral 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, scoring his second career NASCAR NEXTEL Cup victory in his 76th career start. Kahne won from the Bud Pole. Kahnes last victory came at Richmond, 29 races ago. He also won that race from the Bud Pole...

Kahne wins at Atlanta:

#9-Kasey Kahne won the Golden Corral 500 at Atlanta Las Vegas Motor Speedway, dominating the final 80 laps for his 2nd win of his career [other was Richmond last May] and 1st of the year. It is the first Dodge to win at Atlanta since Richard Petty won there in March...

Friday Final Practice:

for the John Deere 200 is over. (Top five ) #4-Mike Skinner 180.910 #6-Mark Martin 180.551 #99-Erik Darnell 180.522 #21-Jon Wood 179.965 #60-Jack Sprague 179.907 1st Chevy(7th) #06-Chad McCumbee 179.697 1st Dodge(8th) #01-Robert Richardson 179.633 slowest: #28-Carl...

Ragan to run 3rd Roush truck at Atlanta:

Roush Racing announced that it will field a third Truck Series team at Atlanta on March 17 for driver David Ragan. A Georgia native, Ragan will drive the #50 Ford in the John Deere 200. "Fielding a third truck in Atlanta will enable David to run in front of his hometown...

Truck Series News & Notes:

John Deere 200 marks series' 100th race with at least one female starter. Terry Cook to become second series driver to log 200 consecutive starts Veteran Kelly Sutton (# 02 Team Copaxone Chevrolet) and Raybestos Rookie of the Year contender Erin Crocker (# 98 Cheerios...

Ragan to debut at Martinsville:

Ragan will get his chance to drive the #6 Scotts Ford beginning with the April 1 event at Martinsville Speedway. It will be his first start at the half-mile track, although he does have some experience there, when he competed in Roush Racing: Driver X. While Mark Martin...

6th Roush Team…for a bit UPDATE 2:

Later this season, Roush Racing will add a sixth Nextel Cup team, for seven races, to get Todd Kluever [Busch Series #06] warmed up for his role as #6-Mark Martin's [retiring from Cup] replacement next season.(Winston Salem Journal)(2-26-2006) UPDATE: Roush Racing'...

Driver Standings

after California [race 2 of 25] 1) #6-Mark Martin, 380 2) #30-Todd Bodine, 350, -30 3) #9-Ted Musgrave, 335, -45 4) #60-Jack Sprague, 320, -60 5) #17-David Reutimann, 303, -77 see full standings at: Truckseries.com motorsportsone.com NASCAR.com - official(2-28-2006...

Truck Series News and Notes:

Joey Miller (#12 Curb Records Toyota) has a couple of goals in mind for the 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season. One will follow the other. Miller hopes to join Darrell Waltrip Motorsports teammate David Reutimann (#17 Team Tundra Toyota) as the Raybestos Rookie...

Martin Wins RaceTickets.com

(Top Five) 1) #-6-Mark Martin, Scott's Ford 2 )#30-Todd Bodine, Germain Motors Toyota 3) #9-Ted Musgrave ASE/Germain Motors Toyota 4) #17-David Reutimann, Team Tundra Racing Toyota 5) #60-Jack Sprague, Con-Way Toyota 1st Chevy - #85-Dennis Setzer, Flex Fuel E85 Chevy...

California Notes:

Matt Kenseth won the 2006 Auto Club 500 at California Speedway, scoring his 11th NASCAR NEXTEL Cup victory in his 222nd career start. Kenseth won from 31st, the deepest a race winner has started at California Speedway. Kenseth scored his 100th career NASCAR NEXTEL...

Martins’s Museum/Dealershop scheduled to open:

Roush Racings Mark Martin will open his all new Ford dealership, Mark Martin Ford-Mercury, and museum on Monday, Feb. 27th in Batesville, Arkansas. Martin started construction on the state of the art facility over a year ago and is pleased with the fruition of his...

Ramblings – California Speedway:

Kurt Busch grabbed the Bud Pole today at California Speedway for Sunday's Auto Club 500 with a lap of 38.485 (187.086 mph).....and it's just the 4th top-spot of his career. His last start from the pole was at Homestead in November of 2004, and you know that's a day...

Robby’s finish ave improves with DEI power:

#7-Robby Gordons average finish since switching to DEI engines at Phoenix International Raceway last fall is 11.7. The proof is in the numbers: an eighth-place performance at Phoenix, a 14th-place finish in the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway and skirting...

Final Thursday Practice:

for the RaceTickets.com 200; Top five were: #22-Bill Lester 177.331 #20-Jon Wood 177.091 #60-Jack Sprague 176.965 #6-Mark Martin 176.298 #47-Kraig Kinser (1st Rookie) #1st Dodge, #18 Bobby Hamilton(19th) Slowest; #07-Eric Norris 168.784 Chad Chaffin brushed the wall...