USG Durock 300 - Mark Martin Notes

MARK MARTIN FAST FACTS – USG DUROCK 300, JULY 9, 2005
CHICAGOLAND SPEEDWAY
1.5 MILE), 200 LAPS

MARTIN TO MAKE CHICAGOLAND BUSCH DEBUT
Mark Martin and the Pennzoil Platinum No. 9 Racing Team will be looking for their third win of the season this weekend at Chicagoland, when Martin makes his Busch Series debut at Chicagoland.

THE CAR
The team will run RK-292 at Chicagoland. RK-292 is the only car the team has run this year, collecting wins at Fontana and Las Vegas.

BATTING 500 IN '05
Martin is .500 in Busch starts this season, winning two of his four starts. Martin boasts wins at Fontana and Las Vegas this season and will look for his third win of the season this Saturday in the USG Durock 300 when he makes his Busch debut at Chicagoland Speedway.

SHORT HISTORY AT CHICAGOLAND
While this will be Martin's debut in the Busch Series at Chicagoland, he has started four Cup races there, running to top-10 finishes in two of the four, including a sixth-place finish in the inaugural event in 2001.

IN THE BUSCH SERIES
Martin made a name for himself in the Busch Series, taking a series record 45 checkered-flags from 1987 until he 'retired' from the series in 2000. Martin has posted an additional two wins this year, boosting his record total to 47. All in all Martin has run 208 Busch races, collecting 133 top 10's and 96 top-fives. Martin has won 22 percent of all the Busch races he's entered and finished inside the top 10 sixty-four percent of the time. Martin has led 5,185 laps in the series.

RECORD 47 CAREER VICTORIES... AND COUNTING
Martin will be going for his record-extending 48th win in the Busch Series. Martin's first win in the Busch Series came on May 30, 1987 at Dover. His last win in a Busch car came in March at Las Vegas. It was Martin's second Busch win of the season. Despite running a limited schedule of 15 races or less, Martin won at least two Busch races each year from 1993-2000, including six-win seasons in '92, '96, '97 and '99.

PENNZOIL AND ROUSH
Pennzoil first sponsored Jack Roush in the 1960’s, when the former Ford Motor Company engineer was a driver himself. This season Pennzoil is proud to once again team up with Jack Roush as sponsor of all five 2005 Roush Racing Nextel Cup teams as well as the NASCAR Busch Series Pennzoil No. 9 Team. Martin will run seven races this season in the No. 9 Pennzoil Platinum Ultimate Protection Ford, with Matt Kenseth running two (Charlotte 2, Texas 2).

BUSCH IN 2005
This will be the fifth of eight scheduled Busch starts for Martin in 2005. In addition to Chicagoland this weekend, Martin will make starts at Richmond in September, Kansas City in October and Homestead in November.

QUOTING MARK ON THE BUSCH RACE AT CHICAGOLAND
"Chicagoland is a great track for racing and we are looking forward to going there this weekend and hopefully we will be in position to pick up another win. We tested there a couple of weeks ago and were pretty fast, so we'll just have to go there and see what happens."

Mark Martin Fast Facts – CHICAGOLAND BUSCH RACE