NASCAR » NASCAR Driver of the Year vote: 5th

22 December 2012
You voted Mark Martin into 5th place in Crash.net's NASCAR Driver of the Year poll!
NASCAR Driver of the Year vote: 5th
Top 10 NASCAR Driver of the Year 2012:
5. Mark Martin

Birthdate: January 9, 1959
Hometown: Batesville, AR
Team: Michael Waltrip Racing
Crew chief: Rodney Childers
2012 starts: 24
Poles: 4
Wins: 0
Top 5: 4
Top 10: 10
Annual earnings: $2,863,680
Championship points: 701
Championship position: 26th
Crash.net NASCAR Driver of 2011 position: 14th

Okay, we admit it: we here at Crash.net have been huge fans of Mark Martin's work this year and so we're thrilled to see voters reward him with fifth place in this year's Driver of the Year vote.

After seemingly coming to the end of an illustrious 3-season career in NASCAR Sprint Cup competition after his time at Hendrick came to an end, the 53-year-old racer has rejuvenated himself with a move to Michael Waltrip Racing and easing back to a two-thirds part-time season. The result has been that Martin has repeatedly shown the youngsters time and again how to do it, with four pole positions and ten top-tens from his limited number of outings. He also seems to have reinvigorated MWR at the same time, to the benefit of his full-time colleagues Clint Bowyer and Martin Truex Jr.

The only thing that could have made this season any better was to see Mark Martin head to victory lane as he so richly deserved. But he's back again in the same capacity in 2013, so maybe we won't have long to see exactly that!

Top 10 NASCAR Driver of the Year 2012 results so far:
5. Mark Martin
6. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
7. Marcos Ambrose
8. Martin Truex Jr.
9. Jeff Gordon
10. Greg Biffle

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Mark Martin, driver of the #55 Aaron`s Dream Machine Toyota, noses into the wall after being involved in an on track incident during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway on November 4, 2012 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo Credit: Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images for NASCAR)
Mark Martin, driver of the #55 Aaron`s Dream Machine Toyota, talks with Clint Bowyer, driver of the #15 5-Hour Energy Benefiting Avon Foundation for Women Toyota, after qualifying for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway on October 19, 2012 in Kansas City, Kansas. (Photo by Tyler Barrick/Getty Images)
Mark Martin and his #55 Michael Waltrip Racing car take their fourth Coors Light Pole of the 2012 season. (Photo Credit: Todd Warshaw/Getty Images for NASCAR)
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Mark Martin celebrates as he breaks his previous record as oldest Coors Light Pole winner at Richmond (53 years, 3 months, 19 days) on Friday at Richmond International Raceway. (Photo Credit: Tom Pennington/Getty Images for NASCAR)
Mark Martin, driver of the #55 Aaron`s Dream Machine Toyota, sits in his car during practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Capital City 400 at Richmond International Raceway on April 27, 2012 in Richmond, Va. (Photo Credit: Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images for NASCAR)
Michael Waltrip Racing`s Mark Martin (Photo Credit: Chris Graythen/Getty Images for NASCAR)
Ryan Newman, driver of the #39 Quicken Loans Chevrolet, talks with Mark Martin, driver of the #55 Aaron`s Dream Machine Toyota, in the garage during practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 20, 2013 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo Credit: Todd Warshaw/Getty Images)

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