Veteran Mark Martin will step behind the wheel of the No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevy in the NASCAR Sprint Cup series starting this weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway.
The team confirmed the news via a press release sent via email Monday afternoon adding that Tony Stewart is out for the remainder of the 2013 season after suffering a broken right tibia and fibula in a sprint car crash Aug. 5 at Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa, Iowa. They added that Stewart is expected to return to the seat of the No. 14 Chevy in time for pre-season testing in January 2014.
Martin will race at Bristol and in 11 other races. Austin Dillon, the 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion who filled in for Stewart this past weekend at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn will be in the seat for the Oct.-20 at Sprint Cup race at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway. MORE>>>
Greg is the author of "The Nuts and Bolts of NASCAR: The Definitive Viewers' Guide to Big-Time Stock Car Auto Racing" and has been published in major publications across the country including the Los Angeles Times, the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He was also a contributor to Chicken Soup for the NASCAR Soul, published in 2010, and the Christmas edition in 2016. He wrote as the NASCAR, Formula 1, Auto Reviews and National Veterans Affairs Examiner for Examiner.com and has appeared on Fox News. He holds a BS degree in communications, a Masters degree in psychology and is currently a PhD candidate majoring in psychology. He is currently the weekend Motorsports Editor for Autoweek.
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