There was a time when Mark Martin wondered whether he could still do this.
Those doubts all seem silly now.
Despite late concerns about having enough fuel, Martin, 50, won his second race of the year Saturday night at Darlington Raceway. It was also Martin’s second win at the track. The win came a few days after Martin extended his contract with Hendrick Motorsports to race the full season in 2010. Los Angeles Times
“Once we got out front, man, it was just easy. The car was awesome,” Martin said.
“We don’t need to say we’re going to win a whole bunch of races,” Martin said. “Don’t take those kind of answers from me as pessimistic, or a lack of confidence. All I want to do is be happy and have fun doing this.”
Martin’s only other Darlington win was in the 1993 Southern 500, a 16-year stretch. The Associated Press
FIN ST CAR DRIVER 1 12 5 Mark Martin 2 42 48 Jimmie Johnson 3 18 14 Tony Stewart 4 3 39 Ryan Newman 5 2 24 Jeff Gordon 6 16 1 Martin Truex Jr. 7 31 25 Brad Keselowski 8 11 16 Greg Biffle 9 5 20 Joey Logano * 10 1 17 Matt Kenseth 11 24 29 Kevin Harvick 12 6 31 Jeff Burton 13 23 11 Denny Hamlin 14 19 19 Elliott Sadler 15 40 98 Paul Menard 16 8 2 Kurt Busch 17 38 44 A.J. Allmendinger 18 27 96 Bobby Labonte 19 41 43 Reed Sorenson 20 25 42 Juan Montoya 21 29 78 Regan Smith 22 20 26 Jamie McMurray 23 7 9 Kasey Kahne 24 34 12 David Stremme 25 39 34 Tony Raines 26 32 187 Scott Speed * 27 26 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 28 28 7 Robby Gordon 29 21 0 David Reutimann 30 4 77 Sam Hornish Jr. 31 35 83 Brian Vickers 32 9 99 Carl Edwards 33 10 47 Marcos Ambrose 34 14 18 Kyle Busch 35 22 113 Max Papis * 36 13 7 Casey Mears 37 17 33 Clint Bowyer 38 15 6 David Ragan 39 37 36 Scott Riggs 40 36 55 Michael Waltrip 41 33 66 Dave Blaney 42 43 9 Sterling Marlin 43 30 171 David Gilliland
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