Part-Timer? Nascar Keeps Pulling Martin Back In
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After stepping back from the grueling race schedule and taking a part-time role as a driver, Mark Martin is off to the best start of his 20-year career.
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Kevin Harvick nosed out Mark Martin in a frantic, wreck-filled finish to win Sunday's Daytona 500. Veteran Martin, making his 23rd attempt at a 500 win, seemed to have victory in hand when a hard-charging Harvick barreled along the outside of Martin to earn his second victory in two nights.
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The only thing Mark Martin disliked about finishing second was his inability to challenge teammate Greg Biffle. &quot;I&#39;m disappointed that I didn&#39;t get to make him work for it,&quot; Martin said Sunday after overcoming a pit mistake to regain the second spot.
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Rusty Wallace is the leader among active drivers at Martinsville Speedway with seven career victories, and even he's unsure how the track's new surface will respond to racing on Sunday. The surface has been commended by drivers this week for being smooth and fast, but questions remain about whether it will feature two grooves for racing when the Subway 500 in the Nextel Cup Series is run.
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DOVER, Del. -- Jeff Burton is tired of the tire controversy. Kevin Harvick would like to stay focused on his winning instead of others' whining.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - He's never been one to wax nostalgic about anything. So don't expect Mark Martin to waste any time reflecting on the past. Although he is in the twilight of his racing career, the 49-year-old NASCAR Sprint Cup veteran has remained singularly focused on the future. So don't ask him about the finish of last year's Daytona ...
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MARTINSVILLE, Va. - Jeff Gordon may be the favorite in the Nextel Cup points race, and heâs won five times at Martinsville Speedway, but Ryan Newmanâs Dodge is blowing away Gordonâs Chevy on qualifying day.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr's free-agent price tag just might be rising as fast as his qualifying speeds. With his crew chief suspended and contract negotiations for next season still ongoing, nothing seemingly has served as a distraction of late on the track for the surging Earnhardt.
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MARTINSVILLE - The owners are new. The track resurfaced. The railroad is relocating. The souvenir haulers have moved. And that&#39;s since April, the last time 63,000 fans watched NASCAR Nextel Cup racing at Martinsville Speedway.
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Mark Martin has finished second in the points race in Nascar&#39;s premier series four times, so he knows the excruciating gut turn of coming close but not close enough.
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Q: Given the pressure on drivers to become eligible for the NASCAR postseason, will the racing at short tracks Bristol and Richmond International Raceway be even rougher than usual?
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With three straight wins, Jimmie Johnson has NASCAR points leader Kurt Busch looking in his rearview mirror. The consecutive victories at Charlotte, Martinsville and Atlanta have brought Johnson charging back
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NASCAR officials spent several days last December going through different scenarios when they met to come up with their &quot;Chase for the Nextel Cup&quot; plan.
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NASCAR will use a shortened weekend schedule for the Nextel Cup series at most of its events next season in an effort to save money for teams.
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Nascar wants the drivers in its premier Sprint Cup series to show more emotion this season as a way to lure back fans who may have soured on the sport.
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It was what every NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series driver competing in the Chase for the Championship feared - a DNF (Did Not Finish). A poor finish with the accompanying
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MARTINSVILLE - Halfway into the Chase for the NASCAR Nextel Cup, the competition comes to a half-mile track where intensity â-nd history â - inherent.