Martin Breaks Track Record

Hammer set a new track record and earned a Bonus from C&B Mushrooms. Martin cut a fat lap around the 4/10-mile clay oval in 15.684 seconds for an average speed of 91.813 miles per hour.

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The Hammer Tops Young Guns

Danny "The Hammer" Martin of Sarasota, FL leads the O'Reilly United Sprint Car Series SpeedMart Young Gun point standings after the first 34 events of the 2005 season. The SpeedMart Young Guns are O'Reilly USCS drivers under the age of 25.

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A Racing Family

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The Cochran Motor Speedway will see folks pile in for the Winged Outlaw Sprint Car racing on Saturday night. A 19-year-old out of Florida won the event last year, and he's back. Eyewitness Sports shows you why his style of racing is a complete family affair.

Danny Martin, Jr., is pretty good at racing, holding quite a few top five and top ten finishes. The kid travels with two cars because this is bang em up kind of racing.

Danny Martin, Jr., Racer:
'We go to a lot of two day shows... you drive all the way to Tennessee you destroy your car the first night, which is pretty likely, in a sprint car you want to have another car so you can race the following night.'

The folks that keep him racing sit pretty close to his heart. His crew chief is his best friend, Dewey. His dad drives the rig. And Tucker, the dog, provides security.

Karen Martin, Mom:
'When you tell him we're going racing he just perks right up.'

Mom takes care of Tucker. Danny had to learn all the nuts and bolts of life in the fast lane. Other teams have mechanics... Martin didn't have that advantage.

Danny Martin, Jr., Racer:
'We have to try and figure the car out then drive it. That's why it took us a year and a half to run good and now that we finally learned it was better that way."

One day, Danny wants to drive NASCAR. He'll get a mechanic then. But you can bet he'll find a place for this crew that got him started.