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Biography
Mark Martin is quite certainly the greatest active NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver without a championship. He has 32 wins in 15 full seasons on the circuit.

But Martin struggled compared to his own standards in 2001, finishing 12th in the standings and failing to win a race. Before 2001, Martin had finished in the top-10 in points 12 straight years. And he had won at least one race in 11 of the previous 12 years.

Martin started running in NASCAR Winston Cup Series races in 1981, entering five races and winning two poles. He finished second to Geoffrey Bodine for the 1982 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Rookie of the Year.

His first full season on the circuit came in 1988. In the 1989 ACDelco 500 at North Carolina Speedway at Rockingham, N.C., he won his first race, after 112 starts and six second-place finishes.

In 1990 he was second to Dale Earnhardt in the championship chase by a mere 26 points. He has won $1 million or more now for 11 consecutive years.

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Awards

• 1977 American Speed Association (ASA) Rookie of the Year
• 1978 American Speed Association (ASA) Champion
• 1979 American Speed Association (ASA) Champion
• 1980 American Speed Association (ASA) Champion
• 1986 American Speed Association (ASA) Champion
• 1994 IROC Champion
• 1996 IROC Champion
• 1997 IROC Champion
• 1998 IROC Champion
• 1998 Named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers
• 2005 IROC Champion

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