Mark Martin - Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site

New Race Record

at Dover International Speedway, not for the fastest, but Sunday's win by Mark Martin in the MBNA 400: A Salute to Heroes, was the slowest race speed average for a Cup race at Dover, 97.042mph, the old record was in June 1975 by David Pearson with an average speed ...

Martin wins at Dover and ends 73 race drought:

#6-Mark Martin won his first race since May 2002 [Coca-Cola 600] in 73 races, winning the MBNA 400: A Salute to Heroes at Dover International Speedway, in a slow, ugly, wild race. It is Martin's 4th win at Dover and 34th of his career. Only 5 cars ended up on the lead...

StockCarFans.com – Rumblings – Dover:

For what was going to be an emotional weekend, Saturday's news increased it tenfold. The passing of President Ronald Reagan brought a thoughtful remorse to many. The world lost the greatest leader of the 20th Century, NASCAR lost a friend, and their fans lost a hero...

Kenseth wins Nextel All-Star Challenge and over $1 million:

#17-Matt Kenseth won the NASCAR Nextel All-Star Challenge Saturday night at Lowe's Motor Speedway. Kenseth slipped his #17 DeWalt Ford right to the rear bumper of #12-Ryan Newman's Dodge in Turn 4 on the 18th lap of the 20-lap final segment. The air of Kenseth's nose...

New Sam Bass Art:

Winning the Daytona 500 is arguably the most prestigious feat in all of motorsports. It is also perhaps the most difficult. It took icons Darrell Waltrip, Buddy Baker, David Pearson, Bobby Allison - and even Dale Earnhardt himself - the better part of two decades to...

“Humpy” Wheeler’s Pick the Winner Results

Year Selection (Finish) Dark Horse Winner 1989 Rusty Wallace (1) ÃÂ Rusty Wallace 1990 Dale Earnhardt (1) ÃÂ Dale Earnhardt 1991 Davey Allison (1) ÃÂ Davey Allison 1992 Davey Allison (1) Alan Kulwicki Davey Allison 1993 Dale Earnhardt (1) ÃÂ Dale...

Special Scheme for Martin at RIR:

Roush Racing says its #6 Ford for Mark Martin will have a special paint scheme promoting sponsor Viagra's "value card" for Saturday night's Chevy American Revolution 400 Nextel Cup race at Richmond International Raceway. It also says the car will have a ÃÂÃÂreverseÃ...

New NASCAR TV Series on Spike:

Spike TV hits the ignition Sunday, May 9 (10:00-10:30pm) with the greatest thrills and spills from the history of NASCAR with Stock Car Nation. This original, half-hour series, will delve into the network's rich collection of NASCAR highlights and will feature thrilling...

Richmond Testing Continues:

NASCAR NEXTEL Cup drivers are threatening to break the poll record of 21.194 seconds (approximately 127 mph) at Richmond International Raceway. After two full days of testing the new asphalt among more than 20 drivers, all agreed that the record would fall during Wawa...

Five lead Half:

Five drivers have led more than half of the 1,750 laps raced at California: Jeff Gordon (329), Mark Martin (194), Rusty Wallace (164), Kurt Busch (129) and Matt Kenseth (124).(NASCAR PR)(5-1-2004)...

Changes in the Nextel All-Star Challenge:

Some significant changes were announced today for the 20th annual NASCAR NEXTEL All-Star Challenge, set for Saturday evening, May 22, at LoweÃÂÃÂs Motor Speedway. NASCARÃÂÃÂs always-anticipated all-star event ÃÂÃÂ formerly known as The Winston ÃÂÃÂ ...

StockCarFans.Com – Rumblings – Talladega:

To say that we ended in controversy would be the understatement of the year.....Jeff Gordon was in front of Dale Earnhardt Jr (at least in the eyes of NASCAR) "at the moment of caution" today at Talladega Superspeedway and won the Aaron's 499 (where'd that mile go?). ...

StockCarFans.com – Ramblings – Talladega:

It's been a week of catchin up....First, Rusty Wallace wins his first race in three years last week, then...It had been 20 years since the Wood Brothers had won a pole, but Ricky Rudd grabbed the top-spot today at Talladega Superspeedway for Sunday's Aaron's 499 and...

Kentucky Testing this week UPDATE:

Kentucky Speedway's calendar shows 10 Nextel Cup drivers expected to test there this week. Those on the list for Tuesday are #88-Dale Jarrett, #97-Kurt Busch, #17-Matt Kenseth and #6-Mark Martin. Those scheduled Wednesday are #77-Brendan Gaughan, #10-Scott Riggs, #...

Driver helps Ward:

Truck driver Bill Waldron, 41, a Pittsylvania County resident who drives for TNC Transportation, was hauling a load of coiled steel down southbound U.S. 29 around 7:30am/et Monday, when he came upon a man on the side of the road, waving his arms. What Waldron didnÃ...

StockCarFans.com – Ramblings – Martinsville:

Usually Fridays belong to #12-Ryan Newman....but this is Martinsville and another driver owns this place. #24-Jeff Gordon grabbed the Bud Pole award today for Sunday's Advance Auto Parts 500 with a lap of 20.252 seconds (93.502 mph). It was his third pole in a row ...

New Mark Martin Book:

The much anticipated Mark Martin book will be released this May, Mark Martin: Mark of Excellence - click here is the fully authorized biography of Mark Martin written by Larry Woody. Look for it on shelves in May or you can reserve a copy today at www.sportspublishingllc...

Dale Jr. still leads Most Popular Driver Voting:

Dale Earnhardt, Jr. has picked up right where he left off-he leads the Grands!ÃÂÃÂ® Biscuits NMPA NASCAR Most Popular Driver Award voting after the first seven weeks of nationwide fan participation. Since its mid-February launch, the voting Web site, www.mostpopulardriver...

Driver Survey:

The Dallas Morning News asked questions to the Nextel Cup competitors who were asked to answer a set of 10 questions anonymously in order to get honest responses. Fifteen drivers didn't respond or refused to participate, but 23 agreed to answer some of the questions...

Bristol Notes:

David Green (No. 37 Timber Wolf Pontiac) holds the NASCAR Busch Series track qualifying record at Bristol, with a speed of 126.495 mph. He set the mark in March, 2003. ... Jason Keller (No. 22 ppc Racing Ford) has three Busch Poles at Bristol, tying him with Morgan...