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Mark Martin led the first 55 laps of the Subway Fresh Fit 500 before giving up the lead to Kurt Busch.

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Mark Martin led the first 55 laps of the Subway Fresh Fit 500 before giving up the lead to Kurt Busch.

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The 36th victory of Mark Martin’s career was perhaps his most fulfilling.

The 50-year-old pole-sitter streaked away from Tony Stewart after a restart with six laps remaining to win Saturday night’s Subway Fresh Fit 500 at Phoenix International Raceway. NASCAR



Martin, who has waffled on retirement several times in the last four years, started from the pole and led 157 of 312 laps. The 50-year-old was out front when teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr.‘s accident brought out a caution with 11 laps to go, erasing a 4-second lead over Tony Stewart.


Martin was visited by NASCAR president Mike Helton and several competitors in Victory Lane, including former boss Jack Roush and former teammates Kurt Busch, Jeff Burton, Greg Biffle and Matt Kenseth.


Stewart was second, followed by Kurt Busch, Jimmie Johnson and Greg Biffle. The Associated Press

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FIN	CAR	DRIVER	MAKE
1	5	Mark Martin 	Chevrolet
2	14	Tony Stewart 	Chevrolet
3	2	Kurt Busch 	Dodge
4	48	Jimmie Johnson 	Chevrolet
5	16	Greg Biffle 	Ford
6	11	Denny Hamlin 	Toyota
7	1	Martin Truex Jr. 	Chevrolet
8	0	David Reutimann 	Toyota
9	77	Sam Hornish Jr. 	Dodge
10	99	Carl Edwards 	Ford
11	26	Jamie McMurray 	Ford
12	43	Reed Sorenson 	Dodge
13	9	Kasey Kahne 	Dodge
14	47	Marcos Ambrose 	Toyota
15	31	Jeff Burton 	Chevrolet
16	39	Ryan Newman 	Chevrolet
17	18	Kyle Busch 	Toyota
18	12	David Stremme 	Dodge
19	83	Brian Vickers 	Toyota
20	7	Casey Mears 	Chevrolet
21	20	Joey Logano *	Toyota
22	6	David Ragan 	Ford
23	98	Paul Menard 	Ford
24	42	Juan Montoya 	Chevrolet
25	24	Jeff Gordon 	Chevrolet
26	33	Clint Bowyer 	Chevrolet
27	17	Matt Kenseth 	Ford
28	78	Regan Smith 	Chevrolet
29	96	Bobby Labonte 	Ford
30	29	Kevin Harvick 	Chevrolet
31	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr. 	Chevrolet
32	19	Elliott Sadler 	Dodge
33	171	David Gilliland 	Chevrolet
34	82	Scott Speed *	Toyota
35	44	A.J. Allmendinger 	Dodge
36	36	Scott Riggs 	Toyota
37	55	Michael Waltrip 	Toyota
38	34	John Andretti 	Chevrolet
39	7	Robby Gordon 	Toyota
40	9	Sterling Marlin 	Dodge
41	187	Joe Nemechek 	Toyota
42	66	Dave Blaney 	Toyota
43	73	Tony Raines 	Dodge

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