Jul
04
2008
Found at: Yahoo! Sports
Mark Martin will make one final effort to win the NASCAR championship that's eluded him the past 26 years by driving for storied Hendrick Motorsports next season.
Regan Smith sat next to Mark Martin at a drivers meeting like a wide-eyed kid hoping to get an autograph from his idol. He smiled and leaned close to listen to what Martin had to say.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. posted consecutive top-five finishes once last season. Mark Martin accomplished that feat when he finished fifth and third in the past two races -- as a part-time, 49-year-old driver.
Just a few laps from victory and comfortably out front, Kyle Busch had no thoughts of taking his foot off the accelerator. The team that fired him was back there somewhere, lurking in the rearview mirror, as was the guy who replaced him.