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San Bernardino County, Calif. (Sept. 23, 2009) – For the first time ever, race fans will have the opportunity to choose what time the green flag for a NASCAR race will wave.
Auto Club Speedway is giving that option to race fans across the country to choose either a noon or a 4:30 p.m. (both times PT) start time for the Auto Club 500, the West Coast Premiere of NASCAR on Sunday, Feb. 21, 2010.
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By Amanda Vincent
In recent years, NASCAR teams (especially at the Sprint Cup level) and sponsors have seemed to turn their focus to younger talent when it comes to choosing a new driver. That trend has probably been mostly initiated by sponsors looking for younger, hipper spokesmen for their products.
Mark Martin is showing race teams that younger may not always be the way to go, especially if the focus is to remain on the on-track results side of things and not just on a sponsor’s desire to target the younger crowd.
Granted, the 2009 Chase for the Sprint Cup is only two races old, but Martin, the oldest guy in the Chase field at 50 years of age, looks poised to win his first Cup title. And that’s after he tied Kyle Busch for most wins during the 26-race “regular season” with four.
In the two races since this year’s Chase began, New Hampshire and Dover, the “old man” has a win and a second-place finish and has been the only driver to lead in points so far in the 2009 Chase. Not bad for a driver who is in his first full-time season since coming out of semi-retirement.
“I said in February before we got started that I was, you know, mentally the toughest I’d ever been,” Martin said.
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Martin isn’t the only 50 or older driver getting it done on the national level in NASCAR either. Ron Hornaday, at age 51, is on track to win his fourth Camping World Truck Series title, the most of any driver in the series. It would be his second in three years.
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Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup: Race 3, Kansas Speedway
THE RACE: Price Chopper 400
WHEN: Sunday, October 4
TV: ABC (1 p.m. ET)
RADIO: MRN, Sirius NASCAR Radio/Channel 128
THE CHASE STANDINGS: Mark Martin 5,400, Jimmie Johnson 5,390, Juan Pablo Montoya 5,335, Kurt Busch 5,325, Tony Stewart 5,294, Denny Hamlin 5,292, Ryan Newman 5,290, Jeff Gordon 5,278, Greg Biffle 5,262, Brian Vickers 5,249, Carl Edwards 5,247, Kasey Kahne 5,211.
DEFENDING NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES CHAMPION: Jimmie Johnson (No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet)
DEFENDING PRICE CHOPPER 400 RACE CHAMPION: Jimmie Johnson (No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet)
NSCS Recap: Johnson Makes Statement With Dover Win
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DOVER, Del. (Sept. 27, 2009) — Polesitter Jimmie Johnson threw down the gauntlet in Sunday’s AAA 400 at Dover International Speedway, but Mark Martin was up to the challenge.
With his fifth victory at Dover and second at the track this year, Johnson affirmed that his No. 48 Chevrolet team is a serious threat to win a fourth straight NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship.
Martin, however, retained the lead in the series standings with a runner-up finish to Johnson, who led 271 laps in claiming his fourth victory of the season. Martin leads his Hendrick Motorsports teammate by 10 points after two of 10 races in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.
RACE RECAP | DOVER | RACE #2 IN THE CHASE
10 Ryan Newman
9 Tony Stewart
8 Kasey Kahne
7 A.J. Allmendinger
6 Jeff Gordon
5 Kurt Busch
4 Juan Pablo Montoya
3 Matt Kenseth a much needed good run
2 Mark Martin continues to lead the points by 10
VICTORY LANE
1 Jimmie Johnson sat on the pole, led the most laps, and dominated this race for the win. It’s Jimmie’s 5th win at The Monster Mile leading 271 laps as he sweeps the wins at this track for 2009 and his 4th overall win this season.
OTHER STORIES ON THE DAY
Red flag at lap 32 after the 96 car of Bobby Labonte took the inside line in front of Joey Logano who checked up his 20 car and Tony Stewart sent his former car for a wild ride. Mangled race cars were Robby Gordon, Martin Truex Jr., Joey Logano, and Reed Sorenson.
Kyle Busch slapped the wall hard and the 18 spent some time in the garage before coming back out for some points and finished 31st.
Other Chase drivers finished like this: Carl Edwards 11th, Greg Biffle 13th, Brian Vickers 18th, Denny Hamlin 22nd
Up Next: Kansas
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