Mark Martin Advance
Pocono Raceway, Jul. 23
NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series: Pennsylvania 500

Mark Martin
Team: No. 6 AAA Ford Fusion
Crew Chief: Pat Tryson
Chassis: RK-231 Last ran at the All-Star race where it posted a strong showing before getting caught up in an accident while leading. Nicknamed "Batmobile," after running special Batman paint schemes at Michigan in '04 and '05.

Martin on racing at Pocono Raceway:
"I really love racing at Pocono. It's one of my favorite tracks on the circuit. We've actually had a lot of success there over the years, despite the fact that we have never been able to get a win there. We've finished second five or six times there over the years, but we just haven't been able to finish the deal. Still, it's one of my favorite places. It's kind of funny, because I hate Martinsville with a passion and yet we've won there a couple of times, so I guess what you like really doesn't matter that much. We were off last month at Pocono, so it will be up to us to make sure we get back on track and get back to what worked so well there last year. We'll be looking forward to going back and seeing what we can do.

"The team pulled together a great run last week in Loudon. That was just what we have been needing. We didn't have the fastest car, but it handled great and we had a really good pit strategy and it all payed off in the end with a good solid finish after a good run. Hopefully we can put a couple of more runs like that together and get ourselves in better position as we move towards that cutoff point. It would be good to get started on that with another strong run this weekend at Pocono."

Crew Chief Pat Tryson on racing at Pocono Raceway:
"We had a good run last week at New Hampshire and we are excited about going back to Pocono. We had a tough race there last time, with some things not falling not falling our way at the end and we lost a lot of position, but it's one of Mark's best tracks and we've actually been really good there the last few years. It's a place that we know Mark is very capable of running well, and we'd like nothing more than to help him get his first win there this weekend."

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