Mark Martin Advance
Chicagoland Speedway, Jul. 7 - Jul. 9
NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series: USG Sheetrock 400

Mark Martin
Team: No. 6 AAA Ford Fusion
Crew Chief: Pat Tryson
Chassis: RK-315 Last ran at Michigan; finished 27th
Finished ninth earlier this year at Dover, eighth at Darlington, ninth at Fontana and sixth at Las Vegas.
Martin used the car in his win at Kansas last season.

Martin on racing at Chicagoland Speedway:
"It will be good to get back to a 1.5 again, especially after last week at Daytona. Chicagoland is a good track fur us and we are sure ready to get back up there. The racing there gets better every years, and as the different grooves start to develop the racing only continues to get better and better. This weekend we should see a lot of passing and some good solid racing. Hopefully we'll have a competitive car and we'll be able to go there and contend for the race.

"We actually had a good run going last weekend at Daytona. The car was good and the team had one of there best night in the pits this season. It's a shame that we had to get caught up in someone else's mess again, but that just seems to be what happens to us at those tracks. We might not have had a car to win that race, but we sure had a top-10 and the team sure gave a great effort. That's all you can really ask for, we'll just have to go back to work this weekend in Chicago and go after it."

Crew Chief Pat Tryson on racing at Chicagoland Speedway:
"Chicagoland is a good track for us. We've had really good runs there the last couple of years and we think that we should be able to go back this year and run competitively and hopefully compete for a win. The team did a great job last week on pit road as well. We still have room for improvement, but they are getting better and better each week. We know that this is Mark's type of track, so maybe this will be the weekend that it all comes together for the AAA Team."

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