MARK MARTIN KANSAS PREVIEW

CORNELIUS, N.C. — If you are a fan of Mark Martin then now is your chance to meet the future Hall of Famer. In two of the next three weeks, the No. 55 Aaron’s Dream Machine Toyota driver will spend several hours signing autographs.

Martin will join Michael Waltrip and Clint Bowyer at the grand opening of Clint Bowyer’s Autoplex in Emporia, Kan. 4-6 p.m. Thursday.

Martin then holds his ninth annual fan appreciation event on May 4 at his Batesville, Ark. car dealership and museum.

Seven-time Sprint Cup Champion Richard Petty joins Martin this year. Martin will begin signing autographs at 9 a.m. with Petty joining at noon. Both will appear on stage for a question and answer session after the autographs. Fan Appreciation Day will also include a live Sirius broadcast, race cars and tours of the museum. For more information go to www.markmartinmuseum.com

JOINING BOWYER IN KANSAS: “I’ve never been to Emporia, Kansas so I’m looking forward to going out there to see what all Clint has going on I know he’s really proud to have a Toyota dealership. He used to work there so it is one of those cool stories of starting out at the bottom and working your way to the top. We have a lot of fun together and add in Michael Waltrip and who knows what will happen.”

MARTIN ON FAN APPRECIATION DAY: “This is our ninth year doing it and I’m really excited because we have The King (Richard Petty) coming to join us this year. That’s about as big as it gets. Like everyone else, Richard has always been one of my heroes. I would never imagine Richard would someday come to my fan event and museum. I think that fans will be as excited as I am having him join all of us.

“We’ll do autographs, question and answers, and just have a fun time. It seems like this deal gets better and better every year. I like giving back to the fans and this is our biggest event of the year to give back. We have a lot of stuff at the museum that I think both new and longtime NASCAR fans or fans of any racing would enjoy.”

KANSAS: “Kansas is a great place. It’s almost like a home track because I raced so much up in Springfield (Mo.) and I-70 Speedway and around there, so we should have a lot of charged-up fans. We were a step off in Texas, but we’ll get that back this weekend in Kansas.”

NOTES

·      KANSAS: In 14 Sprint Cup starts at Kansas, Martin owns one victory (2005) and five top-five finishes. He’s led 212 laps.

·      AARON’S DISPLAY AT KANSAS: Martin will appear at the Aaron’s display at 8:55 a.m. Sunday

·      CHASSIS: 765 Backup 720

·         WINS: Martin owns 40 Sprint Cup, 49 Nationwide and seven Camping World Truck Series victories. He’s led 12,856 laps in Sprint Cup competition. Martin has started 860 Sprint Cup races, 236 Nationwide races and 25 truck events. He also owns 13 IROC wins in 47 starts.

·      POLES: Martin owns five poles in 29 races with MWR. He is seventh on the all-time pole list with 56 poles including one in 2013 at Phoenix.

·      INSIDER PROGRAM: Michael Waltrip Racing launched its Insider Program in 2013 that offers all race fans sponsor discounts, specials on merchandise, exclusive pictures and video content plus fan giveaways throughout the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup season. Fans can access the MWR Insider Program through the CardStar application available on most smartphones. MWR will work on behalf of the fans to expand the offerings beyond just its current sponsor line-up, aggregating industry-wide deals and discounts. Fans can text MWR to 42828 to get the card for free. Offers include free headset with rental of a FanVision unit ($19.99 value) and 25% off Toyota Racing merchandise at ToyotaRacing.com.

·      WALTRIP ON TRACKSIDE: Michael Waltrip along with the MWR Girls will appear on Saturday’s edition of Trackside on SPEED-TV at 8 p.m. The show will air an MWR shop tour by Waltrip and a feature on crewmember Christmas Abbott.

·      No. 55 DRIVERS: Martin will drive the No. 55 in 24 races, Brian Vickers in nine races and Michael Waltrip in three races.

·         FOLLOW NO. 55 ON TWITTER

@55markmartin
@brianlvickers
@mw55
@rchilders55
@mwrteam
@mwrgirls
@aaronssports
@toyotaracing

·         PIT CREW

Crew Chief – Rodney Childers

Car Chief – Steve Channing

Front Changer – Ryan Langley

Rear Changer – Shannon Myers

Front Carrier – Chris Hall

Rear Carrier – Mark Kennerly

Jackman – Tony Cardamone

Gas man – Brian Dheel

2nd Gas Man- Josh Galloway

Spotter – Jeremy Brickhouse

Engineer – Billy Scott

2nd Engineer – Scott McDougall

Tires – Kevin White

Eng.Tuner- Denny Chandler (TRD)

Shocks – Mike (Nook) McCarville

Interior/7th man- Jacen Johns

Truck Driver – Glenn Shano

2nd Truck Driver – John Murphy

Pit Coach – Greg Miller

Dir. Race Engineering—Chad Walter

Ex. VP Engineering- Nick Hughes

Ex. VP Comp.—Scott Miller

·         DRIVER SCHEDULE

4/27     Richmond       Martin

5/5       Talladega        Waltrip

5/11     Darlington        Martin

5/18     All-Star            Martin

5/26     Charlotte         Martin

6/2       Dover              Martin

6/9       Pocono            Martin

6/16     Michigan         Martin

6/23     Sonoma          Vickers

6/29     Kentucky         Vickers

7/6       Daytona          Waltrip

7/14     Loudon            Vickers

7/28     Indy                 Martin

8/4       Pocono            Martin

8/11     The Glen         Vickers

8/18     Michigan         Martin

8/24     Bristol              Vickers

9/1       Atlanta             Martin

9/7       Richmond       Martin

9/15     Chicago           Martin

9/22     Loudon            Vickers

9/29     Dover              Martin

10/6     Kansas            Martin

10/12   Charlotte         Martin

10/20   Talladega        Waltrip

10/27   Martinsville      Vickers

11/3     Texas              Martin

11/10   Phoenix           Martin

11/17   Homestead     Martin

The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of SpeedwayMedia.com

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