Mark Martin comments on Kansas Race; “After Texas I’m really excited, but I was excited anyway. I love going to Kansas Speedway. There’s nothing else that I find quite as much fun as going to work with a great race team with a great attitude. So it’s fun for me to go to every race that I get to go to. But with the great run we had in Texas we’ll be able to roll this setup logic into next week’s car. We’re still trying to improve on our long haul — getting a little easier on the tires so the thing will stay faster. If we can make any more improvement maybe we can get right up there and make some sparks for those guys. It’s 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.”
NOTES:
CAREER: Martin owns a win and five top-10 finishes in 12 starts at Kansas Speedway. He’s led 152 laps. Click here for Martin’s career stats.
TELEVISION APPEARANCE: Martin will appear live on SPEED-TV’s RaceDay at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday from Kansas Speedway.
CHASSIS: Primary 720 – finished 18th at Las Vegas in 2012. Backup 708 – has not raced in 2012.
PINTEREST: MWR now has a home on the Pinterest social bulletin board where you can view the latest videos and photos. http://www.pinterest.com/michaelwaltrip.
TELEVISION SCHEDULE
Date: Friday April 20
Practice 1:30 p.m. SPEED
Practice 4:30 p.m. SPEED
Date: Saturday April 21
Qualify 12:00 p.m. SPEED
Date: Sunday April 22
Race 1:00 p.m. Fox
Kansas Speedway Data
Race #: 8 of 36 (04-22-12)
Track Size: 1.5 miles
Race Length: 400.5 miles
Banking/corners: 15 degrees
Banking/straights: 10.4 degrees
Frontstretch: 2,685 feet
Backstretch: 2,207 feet
Top 12 Driver Rating at Kansas
Jimmie Johnson…………………… 120.6
Greg Biffle………………………….. 118.0
Tony Stewart……………………….. 105.9
Jeff Gordon………………………… 105.4
Matt Kenseth……………………….. 101.5
Carl Edwards………………………… 97.3
Mark Martin…………………………… 92.9
Kurt Busch……………………………. 90.9
Brad Keselowski……………………. 90.8
Kevin Harvick………………………… 90.0
Clint Bowyer…………………………. 88.7
Denny Hamlin……………………….. 85.1
Note: Driver Rating compiled from 2005-2011 races (eight total) at Kansas.
No. 55 DRIVER SCHEDULE:
Apr. 28 Richmond – Martin
May 6 Talladega – Michael Waltrip
May 12 Darlington – Martin
May 19 All Star Race- Martin
May 27 Charlotte – Martin
June 3 Dover – Martin
June 10 Pocono – Martin
June 17 Michigan – Martin
June 24 Infineon – Brian Vickers
June 30 Kentucky – Waltrip
July 7 Daytona – Waltrip
July 15 New Hampshire – Vickers
July 29 Indianapolis – Martin
Aug. 5 Pocono – Martin
Aug. 12 Watkins Glen – Vickers
Aug. 19 Michigan – Martin
Aug. 25 Bristol – Vickers
Sept. 2 Atlanta – Martin
Sept. 8 Richmond – Martin
Sept. 16 Chicago – Martin
Sept. 23 New Hampshire – Vickers
Sept. 30 Dover – Martin
Oct. 7 Talladega – Waltrip
Oct. 13 Charlotte – Martin
Oct. 21 Kansas – Martin
Oct. 28 Martinsville- Vickers
Nov. 4 Texas – Martin
Nov. 11 Phoenix – Martin
Nov. 18 Homestead – Martin
