Mark Martin - Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site

WOW! now that was a great race:

#32-Ricky Craven won the The Carolina Dodge Dealers 400 is on at Darlington Raceway by a few inches [2/1000th's of a second] with him and #97-Kurt Busch beating and banging the last lap, both slapping the wall a few times. Busch had no power steering the last 10 laps...

Roush Grand Marshal:

Multi-team owner and motorsports icon Jack Roush will serve as grand marshal for the darlingtonraceway.com 200 NASCAR Busch Series race at Darlington Raceway on Saturday, March 12. Roush is certainly no stranger to Victory Lane for Darlington's NASCAR Busch Series ...

Kentucky Testing this week:

#6-Mark Martin, Evernham drivers #9-Bill Elliott and #19-Jeremy Mayfield are expected to join MB2's #01-Jerry Nadeaufor tests at Kentucky Speedway this week. Martin is scheduled to drive Tuesday, March 11, while Elliot, Mayfield and Nadeau are scheduled to take to ...

Martin/Marlin on “Beyond the Glory”:

Sterling Marlin and Mark Martin will be the subject of Fox Sports Net's " Beyond the Glory ", Marlin on Mar 16th and Martin on March 30. The program looks at the lives of athletes "beyond the playing area." Previous episodes of the hour-long documentary-style program...

Ford 100th Celebration:

In 100 days, Ford Motor Company will celebrate its 100th year with THE ROAD IS OURS 100th Anniversary Celebration. The Thursday through Monday, June 12-16 event, on the grounds of the company's world headquarters in Dearborn, is expected to draw thousands of people...

Top Tens:

Dale Jarrett, Mark Martin, Kurt Busch and Jimmie Johnson WERE the only drivers to go two-for-two in top-10 finishes to open the season. All four failed to finish in the Top-10, three [Jarrett, Busch and Martin all failed to finish the race], Johnson was close before...

Winter Storm Hampers Haulers:

A severe late-winter ice and snowstorm throughout the central United States has all but paralyzed some transportation hubs -- and has delayed several NASCAR Winston Cup transporters trying to make it across country from the Carolinas to Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Teams...

Top Tens:

Dale Jarrett, Mark Martin, Kurt Busch and Jimmie Johnson are the only drivers to go two-for-two in top-10 finishes to open the season.( ThatsRacin.com ) AND Kurt Busch is the only driver who has finished both races in the top five - with two 2nds.(2-24-2003)...

Some Book and Magazine News:

Brassey's, Inc. has just published Monte Dutton's (of the Gaston Gazette) new book: Postcards from Pit Road: Inside Nascar's 2002 Season , a week-by-week look at the 2002 season, with reports by Monte from each and every race out there.. It talks about all the plots...

Ramblings:

We went to Rockingham today....and racing broke out. We saw cars actually get side-by-side, and even some passing! Dale Jarrett and Kurt Busch staged a ding-dong battle to the finish, and when the dust settled (and there was a lot of that with all that wind) it was...

Martin named Grand Marshall of Rockingham Busch race:

Roush Racing's Mark Martin will serve as the Grand Marshal for Saturday's Rockingham 200 Busch Series race. Martin, who won 11 Busch races at Rockingham and captured six poles, will give the command to start engines. Martin holds virtually every record for the 200-...

To The Back:

Two drivers have had to go to back up cars for the Daytona 500. #6-Mark Martin after a cut right front tire caused him to hit the frontstretch wall after taking the checkered flag in the second Gatorade 125-mile qualifying race (was 28th) and #10-Johnny Benson hit ...

Ford Commercials:

A sneak preview of pair of Ford television commercials was granted to www.teamfordracing.com at Daytona Beach, today. If you are a Ford NASCAR fan that you are in for a treat! The commercials feature all of Ford Racings top drivers with a bit of an attitude in commercials...

Geoffrey Bodine draws the pole for the Budweiser Shootout:

In a special-event race sponsored by Budweiser, with the starting order determined by a glorified video game, Dale Earnhardt Jr. figured to have a good shot at success in Thursday's draw for the Budweiser Shootout starting lineup. So much for that. Earnhardt Jr. will...

Special Scheme for Martin in the Shootout:

#6-Mark Martin will be making a record 15th straight start in the Budweiser Shootout, when the green flags drops on this year's all-star event. This year's Shootout will be run on Saturday night (Feb. 8, 2003). Martin will be at the helm of the #6 Kraft Ford Taurus...

Brooke Gordon subpoenas Jeff’s competitors:

Lawyers for Jeff Gordon's wife have subpoenaed records from his competitors and NASCAR for use in their divorce case. Geoff Smith, general manager of Roush Racing, said the team planned to file an order Friday to block Brooke Gordon's request in Wayne County Circuit...

Fuller Hits the Track on Tuesday:

Jeff Fuller, along with other NASCAR drivers, will hit the Lowe's Motor Speedway Tuesday, January 21st to film a commercial for Pfizer promoting men's health. This will be the second commercial Fuller has done for Pfizer. The first one aired during the 2001 season ...

Pemberton back to Roush? UPDATE:

Where will Robin Pemberton, who recently split with Petty Enterprises , end up? Insiders are betting on his returning to the Jack Roush camp, where he once starred during Mark Martin's early days on the tour.( Winston Salem Journal )(1-9-2003) UPDATE: Robin Pemberton...

Richert to Roush? UPDATE:

hearing Cup championship crew chief, Doug Richert will be the crew chief for the Kyle Busch/Roush Racing #99 CTS team. Busch will run the truck full time once he turns 18 years of age in May. Cup driver Mark Martin may run a few races in the #99 Truck before hand.(...

Johnson makes it 3 for IROC UPDATE and…all driver named:

Jimmie Johnson, driver of the NASCAR Winston Cup #48 Lowe's Home Improvement Chevrolet, accepted an invitation to participate in the 2003 International Race of Champions (IROC). The IROC Racing Series has featured drivers from NASCAR's Winston Cup, Busch and Craftsman...