Mark Martin Advance
Dover International Speedway, Jun. 2-4
NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series: Neighborhood Excellence 400
Mark Martin
Team: No. 6 AAA Ford Fusion
Crew Chief: Pat Tryson
Chassis: RK-315 Last ran at Darlington, finished eighth.
Finished ninth and sixth at its other two runs this season at California and Las Vegas .Martin used the car in his win at Kansas last season.
Martin on racing at Dover International Speedway:
"Dover has always been one of my favorite tracks. We've had great success there over the years, including the last few years when we've been up front and a serious contender. The very first time I went to Dover, I loved it from the start. It is definitely in my list of top tracks and there probably is no cooler track to go and race on. I'm looking really forward to getting back up there this weekend and hopefully putting together another strong run.
“The team was outstanding last weekend at Charlotte. They gave me a great car and we had our best stops in the pits all season. If we can build on that and keep working just as hard as we have been, then we can put this deal in the chase and go for the Championship. We really like the next few tracks coming up, so we are excited about moving into the early summer stretch. “
Crew Chief Pat Tryson on racing at Dover International Speedway:
"Dover might be our strongest track. It’s special to all of us, because that is where we got our first win with Mark a couple of year ago, and we’ve been really good there over the last four or five races. This is a good part of the schedule for us and we are excited about moving forward. Mark loves to race at Dover, so our job is to give him the type of cars that he is used to there. If we can do that and keep up in the pits, we should be a serious contender on Sunday.”
Fast Facts
Mark Martin has four wins at Dover, with the last coming in the spring of 2004.
Martin holds the track record at Dover, winning on 9/21/97 in 3:00:50 (132.717 mph avg.)
Martin's 19 top-five finishes are the most of any active driver at Dover.
Martin has 24 top-10 finishes at Dover, including four straight top-fours.
Martin finished fifth in his first Cup race at Dover on 5/16/82.
Martin has finished in the top 10 in almost 60 percent of his races at Dover.
Martin finished one-two in both Dover races in 2004 and three-four there in 2005.
Martin earned the first of his record 47 Busch Series wins, at Dover in 1987.
