A Retiree No More?!

On Friday I (Heather) arrived to work and opened the sports section of the paper to look for news about this weekend's final race to the chase. I learned that Martin won the IROC race in Richmond on Thursday and after hearing weeks of rumors that he was going to race again next year, there was finally something in print; "Martin... said after the race that it appears he will be back in Jack Roush's No. 6 Ford next season after all."

Although Martin had clenched a spot in the chase before last night's race, it was still unnerving to see him cut a tire and fall all the way to the back of the pack - 43rd and 2 laps down! Quickly he found himself needing to play catch up all night long. That made for a very long race. He played his cards right narrowly avoiding a pile up and he ended up finishing 13th and is 6th going into the cup race. Four other Roush cars are in the top ten along with Martin. Only ten more races to go!