Enjoy a look back at Mark Martin's Southern 500 Darlington win from Saturday night from the angle of Sprint Cup Numbers:1.531 - Martin's margin of victory, in seconds, over teammate Jimmie Johnson
2 - Wins for Martin at Darlington in 43 career starts
3 - Career 'Did Not Finish' results for Martin at Darlington, each of which was for engine problems
5 - Age of Martin's crew chief Alan Gustafson when Martin had his first Sprint Cup start in 1981
6 - Career victories for Gustafson as a Sprint Cup crew chief
7.523 - Martin's average running position, 5th-best in the field
9 - Number of races Martin has finished on the lead lap at Darlington in the past 10 he's raced
11 - Martin's new ranking in the Sprint Cup driver standings, up four spots from before the race and up from 34th after crashing at Atlanta in March
37 - Martin's new career win total
46 - Number of laps Martin led Saturday night
50 - Martin's age, and possibly the new '20' in Sprint Cup racing
96.6 - Percentage of laps Martin has completed at Darlington of 14,620 attempted
285 - Points Martin is behind Sprint Cup point leader Jeff Gordon
360 - Laps of 367 Martin completed inside the Top-15, second only to Ryan Newman's 367















Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
5-14-2009 @ 11:06AM
mbsenlick said...
The curse is over for te number 5 car
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5-15-2009 @ 3:00PM
hafttwo said...
viagra works
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6-07-2009 @ 10:30PM
tokeitwo said...
Any idiot knows that viagra doesn't make a difference when you're driving a racecar. You just have to be damned good...which Mark Martin obviously is. He's my hero..no matter how old he is.
5-15-2009 @ 3:04PM
pj said...
Mark Martin is one of the last of a tradition. History will be kind to him and his fellow 'real stock car racers'. I saw that earnhardt Jr. is wanting the race cars to be slowed down. Where are the REAL race car drivers? What does a seasoned, fearless driver like Martin think of his younger counterparts wringing their hands and whimpering? Dale Sr. is probably cringing, and the fans are all going home in disgust.
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