Mark Martin Advance
Infineon Raceway, Jun. 23-25
NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series: Dodge/Save Mart 350
Mark Martin
Team: No. 6 AAA Ford Fusion
Crew Chief: Pat Tryson
Chassis: RK-204 Ran both road-course races last season at Sonoma and Watkins Glen.
Martin on racing at Infineon Raceway:
"I grew up learning how to drive on those old winding dirt roads of Arkansas and to me that's a lot like what road course racing is like, so I've always like the road courses. The good thing about it is that the cars are a lot faster now, but the competition is pretty steep as well. Sonoma ia a fun road course to race at and we always look forward to going out west and seeing the fans out there. We've had a lot of success out there over the years and we've been pretty good on the road courses in general, so we are looking forward to the challenge.
"We haven't been as good the last couple of races and the rain didn't help us out last week and we ended up with a finish that was worse than our performance, but we'll just have to bounce back and take our best effort to Sonoma this weekend.
Crew Chief Pat Tryson on racing at Infineon Raceway:
"We are ready to get out to Sonoma and see what we can do on the road course. Mark has always been one of the best drivers in NASCAR on the road courses, so it's always a lot of fun to work with him on those types of tracks. We've been a little off the last couple of races, so we'll be looking to rebound with a strong run this weekend."
Fast Facts
Mark Martin won at Infineon from the pole in 1997, a feat that has only been accomplished four other times.
Martin leads all drivers with 14 top-10 finishes at Sonoma.
Martin has finished in the top 10 in 10 of the last 12 at Sonoma.
Martin has competed in 37 career road-course races scoring four victories and 32 top-10 finishes.
Martin has finished either first or second in 30 percent of every Nextel Cup race at Sonoma.
Martin has finished inside the top 10 in 82 percent of the NC races at Sonoma and inside the top five in 47 percent of the races.
Martin's four wins at road courses tie for the ninth most in NASCAR history and his four poles tie for the eighth most.
Martin has competed in all 17 races at Sonoma, scoring four second-place finishes, in addition to one win.
