NASCAR.COM - Mark Martin http://nascar.com?eref=/drivers/dps/mmartin NASCAR.COM is the official league site for the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing. This is where fans find up-to-the-minute NASCAR news, expert opinions, point standings, schedules, driver and team information as well as real-time race telemetry and live team communications. en-us © 2009 NASCAR, Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. All rights reserved. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:34:07 EST 10 Johnson, Martin are more alike than they appear http://nascar.com/2009/news/opinion/11/19/inside.line.dcaraviello.mmartin.jjohnson/index.html?eref=/drivers/dps/mmartin http://nascar.com/2009/news/opinion/11/19/inside.line.dcaraviello.mmartin.jjohnson/index.html?eref=/drivers/dps/mmartin As Jimmie Johnson and Mark Martin sat on a stage for NASCAR's annual championship contenders press conference, the differences between them stood in stark relief. One is a 34-year-old native of Southern California, the other a 50-year-old from rural Arkansas. One is a three-time champion of the sport's premier division, the other a four-time runner-up. On the surface, they seem separated by so much more than just the 108 points that stand between them on the race track -- side-by-side, the fresh-faced Johnson and wizened Martin look less like competitors for the Sprint Cup title and more like father and son. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:33:12 EST Numbers favor Johnson, but anything can happen http://nascar.com/2009/news/features/11/19/numbers.cup.homestead.jjohnson.mmartin/index.html?eref=/drivers/dps/mmartin http://nascar.com/2009/news/features/11/19/numbers.cup.homestead.jjohnson.mmartin/index.html?eref=/drivers/dps/mmartin Twenty-fifth place. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:15:48 EST Superman will fly into Homestead a champion http://nascar.com/2009/news/opinion/11/16/one.mens.mmartin.jjohnson.phoenix/index.html?eref=/drivers/dps/mmartin http://nascar.com/2009/news/opinion/11/16/one.mens.mmartin.jjohnson.phoenix/index.html?eref=/drivers/dps/mmartin How could we be so foolish? Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:10:37 EST Running second should not be overlooked in NASCAR http://nascar.com/2009/news/opinion/11/16/cross.words.dcross.mmartin.cedwards.mcrafton/index.html?eref=/drivers/dps/mmartin http://nascar.com/2009/news/opinion/11/16/cross.words.dcross.mmartin.cedwards.mcrafton/index.html?eref=/drivers/dps/mmartin We've all heard it -- "Second place is the first loser" -- and while that may stand true when shooting the breeze with your buddies while bellied up to a bar (where everyone is an expert and opinions rule the roost), this year's national touring series' runners-up are far from losers. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:06:04 EST Martin, Gustafson come up short in Phoenix, 2009(?) http://nascar.com/2009/news/headlines/cup/11/15/mmartin.finishes.fourth.phoenix/index.html?eref=/drivers/dps/mmartin http://nascar.com/2009/news/headlines/cup/11/15/mmartin.finishes.fourth.phoenix/index.html?eref=/drivers/dps/mmartin Sunday at Phoenix International Raceway was the kind of day that'll make a young crew chief an old man before his time; and in the case of veteran driver Mark Martin, already 50, just make him shrug. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:26:06 EST