Mark Martin Advance
New Hampshire International Speedway, Jul. 14 - Jul. 16
NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series: Lenox Industrial Tools 300
Mark Martin
Team: No. 6 AAA Ford Fusion
Crew Chief: Pat Tryson
Chassis: RK-221 Last ran at Richmond, May ’06; finished 11th
Same car that Martin led 111 laps with at Phoenix earlier this year.
It is also the car that Martin used in his 2005 win in the All-Star race.
Martin on racing at New Hampshire International Speedway:
"Loudon can be a really tough race track. It can be really hard to pass there and if you don't handle well, then you are in for a long day, but we are optimistic about this weekend. We are taking the same car and set up that we used at Phoenix, where we had what was probably the fastest car in the field and what was one of the fastest cars I've had in a long time.
"We have been able to solve our issues on pit road, now we just have to work on getting the cars to run better during the races. I know that we have a good, solid team here it's just time for us to put it all together and see what we have down the stretch. I think that we can get back on track and hopefully that will start this weekend at Loudon. “
Martin on 600 consecutive starts in NEXTEL Cup:
“I think it really says a lot about the people that have been around me all of these years and how they worked to make it all happen. I’ve had the chance to work with a lot of great people and I’ve been really lucky to have never haven to take a sick day. We’ve had some tough times, but I’ve always been able to go do my job on Sunday. We’ve had a lot of success and I’m really thankful to Jack Roush and for everything that we have been able to do.”
Crew Chief Pat Tryson on racing at New Hampshire International Speedway:
“I think it really says a lot about the people that have been around me all of these years and how they worked to make it all happen. I’ve had the chance to work with a lot of great people and I’ve been really lucky to have never haven to take a sick day. We’ve had some tough times, but I’ve always been able to go do my job on Sunday. We’ve had a lot of success and I’m really thankful to Jack Roush and for everything that we have been able to do.”
Fast Facts
Mark Martin won the first Cup pole at New Hampshire in July of 1993.
Martin has never won at Loudon, but he has finished second on three occasions.
Martin finished inside the top 10 in 10 of his first 12 and 11 of his first 13 at Loudon.
Martin has only one top 10 at Loudon since November of 2001.
Martin has led 364 laps at New Hampshire.
Martin will make his 600 consecutive Cup start this weekend at Loudon.
Martin’s streak is the longest current running streak in NASCAR, and the fifth longest of all-time.
MARK MARTIN CAREER MILESTONES
First Cup Race - April 5, 1981, North Wilkesboro Speedway - Started 5, Finished 27 First Pole - Sept. 13, 1981, Wrangler 400, Richmond - Started 1, Finished 7 100th Cup Start - June, 25, 1989, Miller High Life 400, Michigan - Started 4, Finished 12 First Win - Oct. 22, 1989, AC-Delco 500, Rockingham, Started 7, Finished 1 200th Cup Start - Oct, 25, 1992 - AC Delco 500, Rockingham - Started 2, Finished 30 300th Cup Start - March 31, 1996 - Food City 500, Bristol - Started 1, Finished 3 400th Cup Start - May 2, 1999 - California 500, Fontana - Started 3, Finished 38 41st Cup Pole – May 5, 2001, Pontiac Excitement 400, Richmond, Started 1, Finished 13 500th Cup Start - March 24, 2002 - Food City 500, Bristol - Started 37, Finished 11 500th Consecutive Cup Start - Sylvania 300, New Hampshire - Started 33, Finished 28 600th Cup Start – Checker Auto Parts 500, Phoenix Int’l Speedway – Started 22, Finished 15 35th Cup Win – Oct. 9, 2005, Banquet 400, Kansas, Started 19, Finished 1 650th Cup Start – Coca-Cola 600, Lowe’s Motor Speedway – Started 21, Finished 4 600th Consecutive Cup Start – Set for this weekend at New Hampshire
