Mark Martin
Mark Martin
Mark Anthony Martinis a former American stock car racing driver. He last drove the No. 14 Chevrolet SS for Stewart-Haas Racing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series on an interim basis until car owner Tony Stewart was cleared following a sprint car-related injury from August 2013. As of 2014, he had the second most wins in the Nationwide Series with 49. He finished second in the Sprint Cup Series standings five times, and has been described by ESPN as "The...
ProfessionRace Car Driver
Date of Birth9 January 1959
CityBatesville, AR
best miracle miracles racing season win
It would take a miracle for us to win the championship now. But we're digging. We're going down with a fight. ... Miracles do happen, and I've had the best racing season of my life.
earn earned ounce people race respect tony
People earn their respect. Tony has earned my respect. He has earned every ounce of the respect he has on and off the race track.
couple dreamed good sure time
This is the time of my life. I really never dreamed that it would be. But I'm sure that in a couple of years down the road, I'll be able to look back at 2006 and say that was the good old days.
found handful ran wheel
We ran him down, but he got a handful of steering wheel and found some more speed. He got up on the wheel and got it done.
help hope learn testing variety
We hope to learn enough to help us all year. We will be testing everything from springs, shocks, and a variety of different set-ups.
full hands
I had my hands full (with Bodine and Musgrave) but I hadn't conceded anything.
lighten promise
I made a promise to myself that I would lighten up this year, and have some fun.
kids thinking trying
Kids pick up and absorb a lot more than you think they do. I try to do what I think is right, and I try to lead by example.
perfect trying kind
I'm far from perfect but I have managed to earn a good deal of respect by trying to implement the kinds of things you learn about.
believe thinking way
I think what you study and what you believe in has an influence in the way you live.
thinking talking people
I don't think that I'm the smartest guy around, so I'm better off to keep my mouth shut as much as I can rather than opening my mouth and proving to people that I don't know what I'm talking about. I'm more of a leader by example than I am a preacher.
sports people trying
Obviously you can look at things however you choose to and I'm not proud of some people in sports, but I don't really look at it as my calling to be out there setting an example. I just try to treat people the way the I want to be treated - with respect and some dignity.
kids thinking should
I'm not comfortable telling my kids how they should be or how they should think or how they should act or anything else.
giving expectations tears
I try not to have expectations because they can tend to tear you apart. I expect to work as hard as I can possibly work and I expect to give every ounce of a hundred percent.