Mark Martin Advance
Watkins Glen International, Aug. 11-13
NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series: AMD at The Glen, Aug. 13
Mark Martin
Team: No. 6 AAA Ford Fusion
Crew Chief: Pat Tryson
Chassis: RK-204 Last ran Sonoma June '06; finished 13th.
Finished seventh at The Glen in 2005 and third there in 2004.
Martin on racing at Watkins Glen International:
"I really like road course racing. It can be a great challenge and a lot of fun. It reminds me a lot of learning to drive on those winding dirt roads of Batesville, Ark., where I grew up. Over the years we have had a lot of success at the road courses and we've been pretty good at Watkins Glen the last few years. We had a stretch in the '90's where we just tore the place up, but it has always been a really good track for us and hopefully we'll be able to continue that tradition this weekend.
"We had a great run this past weekend at Indy and hopefully we can do that again this weekend at a track where he have been really good. We really need to put a few more good runs together to put some distance between ourselves and 10th place in this Chase and if we can do that , then we can start concentrating on making a run for this championship. We have all the pieces in place to do just that, we just have to figure out how to put it all together down the stretch."
Crew Chief Pat Tryson on racing at Watkins Glen International:
"We love going to Watkins Glen. It's a great track for Mark and a great track for this team. Mark's record speaks for itself on road courses and especially at Watkins Glen. Our goal is to go there and get the car just right for him and then we know what he is capable of doing once the race starts. We had a good run there last year and we were really good there two years ago, so we are looking to go there and get another solid finish and hopefully get ourselves in even better position for the chase, which is the big picture right now."
Fast Facts
Mark Martin has finished in the top 10 in 16 of his 18 races at The Glen, the most of any driver.
Martin has finished in the top five or better in 12 of 18 races at The Glen, the most of any driver.
Martin has finished top 15 in 17 of his 18 races at Watkins Glen.
Martin's three poles are the most of any driver, he is one of only three drivers with multiple poles there.
Martin won from the pole in three straight races at the Glen from '93 to '95.
Martin's 204 laps led at Watkins Glen are the most of any driver.
Martin set a track record in '95 at the Glen, running 220.5 miles on the 2.4-mile track in 2 hours, 11 minutes and 54 seconds (100.303 mph).
Martin has a 6.22 average finish in 18 career races at The Glen, leading all active drivers.
Martin's 32 modern era top-10 finishes in road course races are the most in NASCAR history. Martin has finished inside the top 10 in 80 percent of his 40 Cup road course 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.
