Mark Martin
California Speedway
Two-mile D-Shaped oval located in Fontana, Calif.
Sony HD 500
Fast Facts
Mark Martin has posted six top-10 and three top-five finishes in 12 races at California Speedway.
Martin has led a total of 268 laps at California Speedway.
Martin finished 10th in the inaugural California race, despite running out of gas late and posting a DNF. Martin rebounded the following year to win the race.
Martin won the Busch race at Fontana in 2005 in his only Busch run there.
Martin will pull double duty this weekend at California, running in Saturday's Busch race.
Martin is the only driver in California Speedway history to post wins in Cup, Busch, Truck and IROC at the two-mile track.
Martin enters the race in 10th place in the Nextel Cup point standings, 90 points ahead of 11th and just 48 points behind fourth.
Mark Martin
Team: No. 6 AAA Ford Fusion
Crew Chief: Pat Tryson
Chassis: RK-381 Same car used to run to top-five finishes at Indianapolis and Michigan in August.
Martin on racing at California Speedway:
"California has really turned into a nice place to race and we've had our share of success there over the years. We were always good there from the start, running out of gas the first year and still finishing 10th and going back the next year and getting the win. It's really a track that fits into our strong suit and we are hoping for a good finish this weekend.
"We had a really tough outing last weekend at Bristol, but that is not something that we can worry about now. Our task is to focus on the next race and that race is this weekend at Fontana, and we are going into the race needing a strong run and a good finish. The point race is really close right now, with only about 50 points separating 10th from fourth and we need to go there and beat all those guys around us and hopefully leave there one step closer to locking in our place in the Chase."
Crew Chief Pat Tryson on racing at California Speedway:
"Fontana is one of our best tracks and we've been pretty good there the last few times. We are taking the same car that we ran to a top-five finish at Michigan a couple of weeks ago, so we are expecting to be pretty strong and hopefully contend for the win and put ourselves in a better position in the points moving into Richmond. Mark is really strong at these types of tracks, so it's our job to give him what he needs with the car and in the pits and we know that he'll be able to do the rest."
