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Plenty Of Gas Left In Mark Martin’s Tank

Filed under Caught in the Catchfence™, Sprint Cup Series

You would think that a driver who has averaged a top-five finish nearly once every three races and comes home in the top 10 every other race throughout his career wouldn’t have any problems finding a seat for the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup season.

Mark Martin is hoping that will be the case.

Martin, who will leave Hendrick Motorsports after his contract runs out at the end of this season, proved again Sunday that there is plenty of gas left in the tank with a solid second-place finish at Dover. - Full Story by John Close at CloseFinishes.com


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NASCAR needs to come down hard on Kyle Busch and Kevin Harvick
no responses - Posted 05.09.11
When NASCAR loosened the reins and allowed drivers more latitude to settle their differences it sparked a buzz among fans and competitors alike. No longer did a heavy hand come down on a driver who retaliated against another; a slap on the wrist a good talking to became ...FULL STORY »
Furniture Row sets 2010 roster
no responses - Posted 01.04.10
Just as every other NASCAR race team is making preparations from the 2010 season that's just a little more than a month away, Furniture Row Racing is getting its crew in place for the upcoming season. The Colorado-based team, with Regan Smith as its driver, recently promoted team member Ryan Coniam ...FULL STORY »
Lowe’s Inc. confirms end of Speedway naming rights
no responses - Posted 08.06.09
The Lowe’s Companies, Inc confirmed late Thursday the company will not renew its naming rights sponsorship of Lowe’s Motor Speedway, owned by Speedway Motor Sports Incorporated, when its contract expires at the end of the year. “When Lowe’s entered into this marketing relationship in 1999, it was during the time of ...FULL STORY »
NASCAR has its own road course aces
no responses - Posted 08.05.09
When NASCAR heads to a road course, as both the Sprint Cup Series and Nationwide Series do this weekend by traveling to Watkins Glen, many teams, especially some of those with regular drivers who, at this point, have no shot of making the Chase, turn to road course ringers to ...FULL STORY »
Hamlin wins at Pocono
no responses - Posted 08.04.09
Tony Stewart started the latest Pocono race weekend much the way he started the one back in June -- wrecking his primary car in practice and starting the race in the back in a backup car. However, the ending this time around was quite different. Stewart visited victory lane at ...FULL STORY »
Truck drivers battle for guitar
no responses - Posted 07.31.09
Last weekend, Ron Hornaday made Camping World Truck Series history with his win at O’Reilly Raceway Park, becoming the first Truck Series driver ever to win four-consecutive races. He’ll try to extend that streak to five when the series visits Nashville Superspeedway on Saturday night for the Toyota Tundra 200. Also ...FULL STORY »
Mustang comes to NASCAR
no responses - Posted 07.29.09
Mustang may very well be the most successful nameplate in professional racing, but Ford’s pony car has never had a presence in NASCAR. That will all change in 2010. When NASCAR’s Nationwide Series rolls out a Car of Tomorrow for limited competition next year, the Ford model will be the 2010 ...FULL STORY »
Edwards wins at ORP
no responses - Posted 07.25.09
The Kroger 200 Nationwide Series race at O’Reilly Raceway Park on Saturday night started out as a crash fest with several cautions coming out in the early running. Even the pace car indirectly got in on the action. When a caution came out around lap 36, the pace car came out ...FULL STORY »
Hornaday makes history
no responses - Posted 07.24.09
Ron Hornaday made history Friday night by winning the AAA Insurance 200 Camping World Truck Series race at O’Reilly Raceway Park in Indianapolis. The win was the fourth-consecutive victory for the three-time champion. It marked the first time anyone had ever won four-straight Truck Series races. “I wanted that fourth one ...FULL STORY »
Mayfield back under suspension after Appeals court ruling
no responses - Posted 07.24.09
NDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Jeremy Mayfield is back under suspension for a failed random drug test after an appeals court ruled in NASCAR's favor Friday, issuing a stay on the injunction that gave the driver the right to return to the race track. The one-page decision by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court ...FULL STORY »
Busch on track to record
no responses - Posted 07.23.09
Heading into the Kroger 200 Nationwide Series race at O’Reilly Raceway Park on Saturday night, Kyle Busch is on pace to make Nationwide Series history. With his Series-leading six wins this season, he seems to be on target to possibly breaking the record for most wins in a season. Busch currently ...FULL STORY »
Tires will get real test Sunday
no responses - Posted 07.22.09
To say that there was a tire debacle during the 2008 Allstate 400 at the Brickyard would be a gross understatement. It was so bad that NASCAR felt the need to issue a public apology to fans for it. With the unknown factor of the car of tomorrow running at the ...FULL STORY »
NASCAR brass appeals ruling for Mayfield
no responses - Posted 07.07.09
NASCAR is seeking to stay the injunction granted to Jeremy Mayfield. NASCAR is asking a federal judge to stay the injunction granted Jeremy Mayfield and also has filed a notice of appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Richmond. NASCAR filed the paperwork Monday. Judge Graham Mullen granted ...FULL STORY »
Mayfield suspension lifted
no responses - Posted 07.01.09
NASCAR driver Jeremy Mayfield may have just won the war. A Federal judge has lifted Mayfield’s indefinite NASCAR suspension, allowing the driver to be at Daytona International Speedway for Saturday night’s Coke Zero 400. Mayfield has said that he would definitely be in Daytona this weekend, but he didn’t know whether ...FULL STORY »
Shana Mayfield in charge of No. 41 team
no responses - Posted 05.13.09
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Just because Shana Mayfield's name now is listed as the owner of the No. 41 Sprint Cup team doesn't mean her suspended husband won't be heavily involved. "It's still his deal," Shana said on Wednesday after ownership was transferred from Jeremy Mayfield to her. "He'll be at the ...FULL STORY »
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