Mark Martin

Matt Kuchar leads Colonial golf after three rounds

2013-05-25 19:28:00

Matt Kuchar finished a long Saturday at Colonial exhausted and still a stroke in front. "This morning feels like a day ago," Kuchar said. "It's hard to believe it's the same day." After making a 12-foot birdie putt at the par-three 16th hole, the same...

Kyle Busch goes digital when snapped TV cable damages his car

2013-05-27 07:30:00

NASCAR driver Kyle Busch made the most of digital technology on Sunday when he used a smartphone to take photos of damage to his car caused by a Fox Sports camera cable above Charlotte Motor Speedway that snapped and fell across the track. Busch, who...

After wild Fontana race, NASCAR heads to Martinsville Speedway

2013-04-03 08:45:00

When we last saw NASCAR in action, at Fontana, there was a last-lap crash among the leaders, a post-race brawl between Joey Logano and Tony Stewart, and an ambulance was taking away an injured Denny Hamlin. Now, after a week off for Easter, the Sprint...

NASCAR's J.D. Gibbs doesn't see Denny Hamlin crash as payback

2013-03-28 18:11:00

J.D. Gibbs, president of Denny Hamlin's NASCAR team Joe Gibbs Racing, said Thursday he did not think Hamlin's crash with Joey Logano that left Hamlin with a back injury was a form of payback by Logano because the drivers have been feuding. "My...

Kyle Busch dominates in NASCAR Nationwide win in Phoenix

2013-03-02 16:50:00

AVONDALE, Ariz. -- Not even a speeding penalty could slow Kyle Busch on his way to a dominant win Saturday in the NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Phoenix International Raceway. Busch led 142 of the race's 200 laps in his No. 54 Toyota. Brad...

NASCAR's Mark Martin fastest in Phoenix; Danica Patrick struggles

2013-03-02 13:26:00

AVONDALE, Ariz. -- Mark Martin remained the fastest driver at Phoenix International Raceway ahead of Sunday's Sprint Cup Series race. One day after winning the pole position, Martin, 54, posted the fastest laps in both practice sessions Saturday in...

Matt Kenseth fastest in practice for NASCAR race in Phoenix

2013-03-01 13:34:00

AVONDALE, Ariz. -- Matt Kenseth posted the fastest lap Friday in the first practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Phoenix International Raceway. Kenseth, driving the No. 20 Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing, turned a lap of 137.023 mph during the...

Mark Martin wins pole for NASCAR race in Phoenix at age 54

2013-03-01 17:46:00

AVONDALE, Ariz. — At age 54, Mark Martin shows no sign of slowing down. Five days after finishing third in the Daytona 500, Martin won the pole position for the next NASCAR Sprint Cup series race Sunday, at Phoenix International Raceway. Martin,...

Should NASCAR reconsider restrictor-plate racing?

2013-02-25 13:54:00

In the aftermath of Saturday's crash at Daytona International Raceway, writers from around the Tribune Co. discuss whether NASCAR should reconsider restrictor-plate racing for safety reasons. Feel free to join the conversation with a comment of your own....

Jimmie Johnson wins his second Daytona 500; Danica Patrick is 8th

2013-02-24 13:55:00

Jimmie Johnson won NASCAR’s Daytona 500 for the second time by holding off Dale Earnhardt Jr., who finished second, on Sunday. Danica Patrick finished eighth, the highest finish in history for a woman in the Daytona 500, but she was poised to...

Watch nine-car crash at NASCAR's Sprint Unlimited race [Video]

2013-02-17 10:06:00

It took only 15 laps into the Sprint Unlimited race Saturday night for the first big crash of the NASCAR season.� The race, featuring the new Gen-6 cars, is more of an exhibition before the season-opening Daytona 500 next weekend, but it provided the...

NASCAR team owner Rick Hendrick, wife escape serious injury in plane crash

2011-10-31 21:33:44

Mark Martin, driver of the #55 Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota, stands in the garage during practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 23, 2013 in Concord, North Carolina.

2013-05-23 00:00:00

Mark Martin, driver of the #55 Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota, sits in his car, which is running a paint scheme paying tribute to victims of the attack on the Boston Marathon, in the garage area during practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series STP 400 at Kansas Speedway

2013-04-19 16:45:00

NASCAR driver Mark Martin climbs into his No. 55 Toyota to begin a practice session Saturday at Phoenix International Raceway.

2013-03-02 00:00:00