Mark Martin News

Chase Notes and Stats going into Richmond:

Chase Notes and Stats going into Richmond:

September 9, 2010
#39-Ryan Newman (-117), #1-Jamie McMurray (-128) and #5-Mark Martin (-147) are all looking to make Chase history at Richmond Saturday night, one becoming the driver to make up the biggest deficit in the last race before the Chase. Jeremy Mayfield's dramatic win in

Atlanta Notes and Facts:

Atlanta Notes and Facts:

September 6, 2010
'¢ Tony Stewart won the Emory Healthcare 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. '¢ 38th series victory in 417th start '¢ Last win came at Kansas in October, 2009, 31 races ago '¢ Won in all 12 seasons he has competed in the Cup series '¢ 38 wins ranks 18th all-time 'Â

Atlanta Notes and Facts:

Atlanta Notes and Facts:

September 6, 2010
'¢ Tony Stewart won the Emory Healthcare 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. '¢ 38th series victory in 417th start '¢ Last win came at Kansas in October, 2009, 31 races ago '¢ Won in all 12 seasons he has competed in the Cup series '¢ 38 wins ranks 18th all-time 'Â

2010 Sprint Cup Driver Championship Points Standings:

2010 Sprint Cup Driver Championship Points Standings:

September 5, 2010
[after Atlanta, race 25 of 36]: rank, car#, driver, points, behind 1) #29-Kevin Harvick [3 wins], 3585 2) #24-Jeff Gordon, 3366, -219 3) #18-Kyle Busch [3 wins], 3325, -260 4) #14-Tony Stewart [1 win], 3302, -283 5) #99-Carl Edwards, 3288, -297 6) #31-Jeff Burton,

Hendrick Announcement UPDATE2:

Hendrick Announcement UPDATE2:

September 5, 2010
Rick Hendrick, owner of Hendrick Motorsports and Mark Martin driver of HMS' #5 Chevy, are scheduled to make an announcement at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Saturday afternoon, September 4th.(9-3-2010) UPDATE: Quaker State and Hendrick Motorsports announced an expansion

Hendrick Announcement UPDATE:

Hendrick Announcement UPDATE:

September 4, 2010
Rick Hendrick, owner of Hendrick Motorsports and Mark Martin driver of HMS' #5 Chevy, are scheduled to make an announcement at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Saturday afternoon, September 4th.(9-3-2010) UPDATE: Quaker State will continue its technical alliance with Hendrick

Some Chassis selections for Atlanta:

Some Chassis selections for Atlanta:

September 3, 2010
#1-Jamie McMurray: Crew Chief Kevin 'Bono' Manion and the #1 McDonalds Chevy team has elected to bring a brand new chassis #1016 this weekend to the Atlanta Motor Speedway. #2-Kurt Busch and his Steve Addington-led 'Blue Deuce' team will be racing their 'PRS-704

Hendrick Announcement:

Hendrick Announcement:

September 3, 2010
Rick Hendrick, owner of Hendrick Motorsports and Mark Martin driver of HMS' #5 Chevy, are scheduled to make an announcement at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Saturday afternoon, September 4th.(9-3-2010)

Four straight wins for Kyle Busch, going for record:

Four straight wins for Kyle Busch, going for record:

September 2, 2010
The fourth consecutive NASCAR win at Chicagoland was the second time this season Busch has accomplished the feat, matching his sweep of the Nationwide and Sprint Cup races at Dover in May, followed by Truck Series and Nationwide wins at Charlotte. It put Busch alongside

Five drivers raced into the Chase with 2 races to go:

Five drivers raced into the Chase with 2 races to go:

August 25, 2010
Five drivers in the past six seasons who came from outside the top 10 or 12 in the final two races before the Chase for the Sprint Cup to make the title run: Year, Driver, Deficit 2004, Jeremy Mayfield, 35 pts. 2004, Mark Martin, 35 pts. 2005, Matt Kenseth, 11pts.

2010 Sprint Cup Driver Championship Points Standings:

2010 Sprint Cup Driver Championship Points Standings:

August 21, 2010
[after Bristol, race 24 of 36]: rank, car#, driver, points, behind 1) #29-Kevin Harvick [3 wins], 3521 [clinched spot in the Chase] 2) #24-Jeff Gordon, 3242, -279 [clinched] 3) #18-Kyle Busch [3 wins], 3170, -351 [needs to start next 2 races to clinch] 4) #99-Carl

List of Driver song selections for driver intros:

List of Driver song selections for driver intros:

August 20, 2010
Bristol Motor Speedway is continuing a popular new tradition on Saturday night: Each NASCAR driver will pick a song to be played when he walks out for pre-race introductions. Here is the list of songs for this year: * AJ Allmendinger: "Bad Company" / Five Finger Death

Some Chassis selections for Bristol:

Some Chassis selections for Bristol:

August 20, 2010
#1-Jamie McMurray: Crew Chief Kevin "Bono" Manion has elected to bring chassis #803 to Bristol this weekend. The chassis was last used in the 2009 season at both Pocono events and the second Auto Club Speedway event finishing 18th, 19th and 22nd. This chassis was also

Chase Notes and Stats going into Bristol:

Chase Notes and Stats going into Bristol:

August 19, 2010
The back and forth battle for 12th place went to #33-Clint Bowyer at Michigan, but it could have been much better. His 13th to #5-Mark Martin's 28th was good for a 45 point difference, and gave Bowyer a 35-point edge going to Bristol. #2-Kurt Busch has lost altitude

Budweiser to sponsor RCR / Harvick UPDATE 4 images posted:

Budweiser to sponsor RCR / Harvick UPDATE 4 images posted:

August 17, 2010
Sources tell [ESPN's Marty Smith] Kevin Harvick will have a split sponsorship on the #29 in 2011, and Budweiser will be on the car in the majority of points races, as well as the two exhibition events. There are still some hurdles to jump to get the Bud deal done.