Mark Martin Advance
Lowe’s Motor Speedway, May 19-20
NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series: NEXTEL All-Star Challenge

Mark Martin
Team: No. 6 AAA Ford Fusion
Crew Chief: Pat Tryson
Chassis: RK-231 Once the top car in Martin's fleet, 231 made its last start at Michigan last summer; running to a third-place finish. Nicknamed the "Batmobile," after running two different Batman themed schemes, the car has finished in the top-seven in all three of its outings last year.

Martin on racing in the All-Star Challenge:
"I'm looking forward to the All-Star race. It's always great to take a week off of point racing and just go out there and shoot for the win. Second means nothing in a race like this so you can just go for it all. Last year we were able to do just that and we got one of the coolest wins of my career. It was a really special night for this team and hopefully we'll have a chance to go out and do that again. I love racing at Lowe's Motor Speedway and I've always enjoyed the All-Star race so, that combined with the truck race on Friday, should make for a great weekend of racing.

"We've been able to run well at a lot of the tracks this year where we struggle, so if we can run that well at the tracks that we really like that are coming up, we should be pretty strong going into the summer. The team has done a great job with the cars this year and it's really been fun driving cars like this each week that have a chance to run up front and compete for wins."

Crew Chief Pat Tryson on racing in the All-Star Challenge:
"We had a great run in the All-Star last year and we are looking forward to going back this year and trying to repeat as the winner. The All-Star is a good event for the teams, as we don't have all the pressure of point racing, and they kind of make the night about the teams. We think we have a good car for the race and we are excited about getting back to Lowe's."

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