Mark Martin News

Mark Martin is second in Sprint Cup points and still hoping for a first championship.

Batesville's Mark Martin entered the Dickies 500 trailing Jimmie Johnson by 184 points.

Batesville's Mark Martin entered the Dickies 500 trailing Jimmie Johnson by 184 points.

FORT WORTH, Texas A week ago, Mark Martin said he was going into Talladega's Amp Energy 500 with a positive attitude.

Ryan Newman is still sore and frustrated from Talladega. Newman said Friday that he's met with NASCAR officials since his spectacular crash with five laps remaining last weekend, and the biggest issue is to keep the cars on the ground.

It's pretty much a foregone conslusion now. Jimmie Johnson's gonna win his fourth straight Sprint Cup crown.

POINTS BATTLE: Mark Martin and the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports team currently rank second in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship battle.

Sunday's AMP Energy 500 at Talladega raised several serious issues about a sport in transition, a transition that is upsetting many drivers, teams and fans.

Jamie McMurray was the unlikely winner of an uncharacteristically dull Nascar race on Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway, where a ban on bump-drafting forced most competitors to treat the event as a slow Sunday drive.

Hendrick Motorsports teammates Mark Martin and Jeff Gordon entered Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Amp Energy 500 at Talladega Superspeedway hoping to gain some ground on series-leading teammate Jimmie Johnson.

You wouldn't think that a 50-year-old NASCAR driver would be a big fan of rap music, but Mark Martin is not your average 50-year-old or your average driver.

Batesville native Mark Martin entered the Amp Energy 500 hoping to pop a tab into Jimmie Johnson's 118 point lead.

McMurray held the lead in the Amp Energy 500 when it ended under caution for a multi-car crash that featured Mark Martin's car sliding upside down on the track one lap away from the finish.

The small, wrinkled old man sat in a folding chair under a hat with a "Pop Tarts" logo.

Mark Martin puts his dislike of Talladega to one side as he looks to keep NASCAR Sprint Cup title hopes alive Mark Martin was talking to millions of race fans a couple of weeks ago during an interview at Lowe's Motor Speedway, but quite clearly, he was also talking to himself.

For 27 years, he has given unselfishly of himself to the sport, while enduring some of the most heartfelt moments during that time span.

Mark Martin puts his dislike of Talladega to one side as he looks to keep NASCAR Sprint Cup title hopes alive Mark Martin was talking to millions of race fans a couple of weeks ago during an interview at Lowe's Motor Speedway, but quite clearly, he was also talking to himself.

Mark Martin of Batesville senses that this is going to be a good week for him as he continues chasing Jimmie Johnson and the NASCAR season championship he so covets.

Todd Bodine is hoping no trick will interfere with his attempt at a fifth straight superspeedway victory.

Talladega is the Chase race which the title contenders fear the most, since the unpredictable can happen there, including the "big one," a major pileup involving numerous drivers.