Mark Martin News

Racing Resources Says…

Racing Resources Says…

May 11, 2009
* Matt Kenseth won the Diamond Hill Plywood 200 at Darlington Raceway. It was his 25th victory in his 235th series start. * Kenseth took over sole possession of fifth on the series all-time win list. He became just the fifth driver to score 25 Nationwide victories,

Mark Martin wins at Darlington:

Mark Martin wins at Darlington:

May 9, 2009
#5-Mark Martin won the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway for his 2nd win of 2009 and the 37th of his career. Martin wins his 2nd race after turning 50 years old, only the 2nd driver ever to have more then one win after turning 50 years of age. Harry Gant won 8 times

UNOFFICIAL Driver Points Standings [after Darlington, race 11 of 36]:

UNOFFICIAL Driver Points Standings [after Darlington, race 11 of 36]:

May 9, 2009
1) #24-Jeff Gordon 1601 [1 win] 2) #14-Tony Stewart 1572, -29 3) #2-Kurt Busch 1546, -55 [1 win] 4) #48-Jimmie Johnson 1465, -136 [1 win] 5) #11-Denny Hamlin 1445, -156 6) #31-Jeff Burton 1384, -217 7) #18-Kyle Busch 1380, -221 [3 wins] 8) #39-Ryan Newman 1363, -238

Race Fast Facts – Darlington Raceway

Race Fast Facts – Darlington Raceway

May 9, 2009
Mark Martin won the Southern 500, his 37th victory in 733 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races. This is his second victory and sixth top-10 finish in 2009. This is his second victory and 26th top-10 finish in 43 races at Darlington Raceway. Jimmie Johnson (second) posted

Goodyear tests at Daytona:

Goodyear tests at Daytona:

May 9, 2009
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company continued its summer testing program with a visit to Daytona International Speedway this past week. The tire manufacturer was at the famed speedway with 10 NASCAR Sprint Cup teams on Monday and Tuesday, testing several tire combinations

Some Chase Notes:

Some Chase Notes:

May 7, 2009
Driver Tony Stewart 's strong second place at Richmond moved him up to third in the standings, comfortably for now at +246 over 13th place. Owner Stewart saw his second car piloted by #39-Ryan Newman come in fourth and crack the Top 12 for the first time this season

Martin to run full Sprint Cup season in 2010:

Martin to run full Sprint Cup season in 2010:

May 6, 2009
Mark Martin will return to drive the #5 Chevy of Hendrick Motorsports for the entire 36-race NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season in 2010. It will be the 22nd full-time Cup campaign of Martin's career and his second with car owner Rick Hendrick. Last July, Martin signed

Tire testing at Daytona UPDATE:

Tire testing at Daytona UPDATE:

May 5, 2009
Goodyear has scheduled a tire test at Daytona International Speedway for Monday, May 4 and Tuesday, May 5, 9am/et. Drivwers scheduled to test: #5-Mark Martin, #47-Marcos Ambrose, #77-Sam Hornish Jr., #82-Scott Speed, #98-Paul Menard, #33-Clint Bowyer, #?-Aric Almirola

Racing Resources Says…

Racing Resources Says…

May 4, 2009
Kyle Busch won the Lipton Tea 250 at Richmond International Raceway. It was Busch's 24th Nationwide Series victory in his 147th start. It was his 49th NASCAR victory. He ranks 14th in all-time NASCAR wins across all series. Busch tied Tommy Houston and Matt Kenseth

UNOFFICAL Driver Points Standings [after Richmond, race 10 of 36]:

UNOFFICAL Driver Points Standings [after Richmond, race 10 of 36]:

May 2, 2009
1) #24-Jeff Gordon 1441 [1 win] 2) #2-Kurt Busch 1431 -10 [1 win] 3) #14-Tony Stewart 1402 -39 4) #11-Denny Hamlin 1321 -120 5) #18-Kyle Busch 1314 -127 [3 wins] 6) #48-Jimmie Johnson 1290 -151 [1 win] 7) #31-Jeff Burton 1257 -184 8) #33-Clint Bowyer 1212 -229 9) #

Keselowski negotiating with Hendrick:

Keselowski negotiating with Hendrick:

May 2, 2009
Brad Keselowski is exclusively negotiating with Hendrick Motorsports on a long-term contract. NASCAR's newest Sprint Cup Series winner has no ride lined up for next season. Rick Hendrick has considered him as an eventual replacement for #5-Mark Martin, but it's not

Tire testing at Daytona:

Tire testing at Daytona:

May 1, 2009
Goodyear has scheduled a tire test at Daytona International Speedway for Monday, May 4 and Tuesday, May 5, 9am/et. Drivwers scheduled to test: #5-Mark Martin, #47-Marcos Ambrose, #77-Sam Hornish Jr., #82-Scott Speed, #98-Paul Menard, #33-Clint Bowyer, #?-Aric Almirola

Keselowski negotiating with Hendrick:

Keselowski negotiating with Hendrick:

May 1, 2009
Brad Keselowski is exclusively negotiating with Hendrick Motorsports on a long-term contract. NASCARs newest Sprint Cup Series winner has no ride lined up for next season. Rick Hendrick has considered him as an eventual replacement for #5-Mark Martin, but its not clear

Cheez-It scheme returns for Martin:

Cheez-It scheme returns for Martin:

May 1, 2009
Cheez-It again will adorn the hood of the #5 Chevy of Mark Martin this weekend. Cheez-It was also on the hood at Texas Motor Speedway in April where the the #5 Chevy finished sixth. Cheez-It has two more races with the #5 team this year: Darlington in May and Pocono

Martin in the #5 at Richmond:

Martin in the #5 at Richmond:

April 29, 2009
This weekend is Mark Martin's first and only race of the season driving the #5 Lipton Chevy for JR Motorsports in the Nationwide Series. In 2008, Martin had five starts in the #5 and earned one win (Las Vegas). In three of those races he finished inside the top five