Mark Martin (born January 9, 1959) in Batesville, Arkansas is a stock car racing driver for the Roush Racing team in NASCAR's Nextel Cup series.

Career
Martin has universally been referred to as the "racer's racer". This in essence means that he is uncoerced to race any kinda vehicle in any rather conditions anywhere in the globe...& he ordinarily wins.

When racing in the short dirt tracks in the state of Arkansas for several years, Martin debuted in the American Speed Association (ASA) in 1977. He won a circuit's Greenhorn of the Month title within 1977 and so Deuce-ace sequentially championships from either 1978 to 1980.

Martin began his Winston Cup career in 1981. Fallowing bouncing about using different sponsors & teams from either 1981 to 1983, he returned to ASA inside 1984. Inside his simply to the full month around Ventral suction cup when you took this cycle, he ran his have team & potentially got Fivesome top 10s, however ran away from money. Inside 1986, he won however a second ASA championship.

Within 1987, he gave NASCAR racing a second shot by running off in the Busch Series. When the winside in Dover, Delaware, he was spotted by car owner Jack Roush. Within 1988, Martin began an extended relationship sustaining Roush that continues to this day.

Overall, he has 35 career NASCAR wins & is presently a driver of the Viagra-sponsored #6 Ford car. Martin has finished 2nd in the Winston Cup point standings four times (1990, 1994, 1998 & 2002), & has achieved the record Lx triumph in the Busch Series. His sponsors use at times involved Stroh Beer, Folgers coffee, Kraft and Valvoline motor oil. He could retire from either camping in a Nextel Ventral suction cup at the prevent of the 2005 year; he is calling this year "Salute to You", as a kind of "thank you" to his fans. Nonetheless, seeing when how else his likely replacement in a 6-car (Jamie McMurray) is under locate Chip Ganassi Racing until the prevent of 2006, Martin can prove my point in to the full instance in the Nextel Ventral suction cup circuit in the Roush car that he's manufactured renowned. A imaginable sponsor for next season's Total Hexad Roush Racing Ford has however to become announced, however a team may do a Ford Fusion inside 2006.

Martin has as well won Five IROC titles (1994, 1996, 1997 1998 and 2005) additionally to Long dozen races, two records for that series.

Personal Life
Martin is married to Arlene & has Cinque tikes: Amy, Rachel, Heather, Stacy, & Mat, world health organization is besides the race car driver.