Mark Martin Advance
Atlanta Motor Speedway; Oct. 27 – Oct. 29
NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series: Bass Pro Shops 500, Oct. 29
Fast Facts
Mark Martin has tallied 21 top 10's and 13 top fives at Atlanta, with top-five runs in the last four of five races there.
Martin has won twice at Atlanta. Both wins came in the fall in ('91 & '94).
Martin has started in the top 10 in 24 of his 41 races at Atlanta. He has started inside the top five 17 times. He has earned one pole (3/92) and has started on the front row six times.
Martin scored his first top 10 at Atlanta in only this second start there, on November 7, 1982.
Martin has led 924 laps at Atlanta, with 272 of them coming in the last four races.
Martin has three wins and two poles in the Busch car at Atlanta.
Mark Martin
Team: No. 6 AAA Ford Fusion
Crew Chief: Pat Tryson
Chassis: RK-392 New car, tested at Homestead last week.
It will make its first official run this weekend.
Martin on racing at Atlanta Motor Speedway:
"Atlanta is a really cool race track. It’s a big, fast race track. The pavement has gotten a little older and it has finally given up and made it a really fun place to race. From top-to-bottom, it’s one of the best places that we go to race. It usually makes for a great show and a great race. We've been really strong there over the years and we've had some good runs the last few times that we've went there. We've been close to a couple of wins there in the past few races and we finished second in the spring, so hopefully we can break out of our string of bad luck and get a solid finish this weekend.
"We've had really good cars the last couple of weeks and pretty bad luck. My car last week was as good as any car I've had at Martinsville and we got ourselves caught up in someone else's wreck again and were lucky to stay on the lead lap and finish the race. This weekend we need to get the best finish we can, so we can stay within striking distance in the points. There is still a lot of racing left and we haven't given up yet."
Crew Chief Pat Tryson on racing at Atlanta Motor Speedway:
"Atlanta has been a great track for us over the past couple of years. Mark really likes racing there and we've been close to a couple of wins there. Hopefully this weekend we can avoid the wrecks and if we run the way we should I know that Mark can take this car to victory lane."
