Hal Martin
| Hal Martin | |||||||
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| Nationality | Mark Gibson Racing, Venturini Motorsports | ||||||
| Starts | 12 | ||||||
| Wins | 0 | ||||||
| Poles | 0 | ||||||
| Best finish | 48th in 2011 | ||||||
| Finished last season | 48th (2011) | ||||||
2014 position | 60th | ||||||
| Best finish | 35th (2013) | ||||||
| First race | 2012 Kansas Lottery 300 (Kansas) | ||||||
| Last race | 2014 U.S. Cellular 250 (Iowa) | ||||||
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| NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
| 1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
| Best finish | 94th (2009) | ||||||
| First race | 2009 MemphisTravel.com 200 (Memphis) | ||||||
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| Last updated on: June 15, 2020. | |||||||
Hal Martin (born December 29, 1985) is an American professional
ARCA Racing Series
.
He earned the nickname The Ragin' Cajun due to being from Louisiana.[1]
Racing career
Early career
Martin began his racing career when he was 15 years old, racing 80cc and 125cc
Buck Baker Racing School and Andy Hillenburg's Fast Track High Performance Driving School in Rockingham, North Carolina.[1]
In 2007, Martin won the Mobile International Speedway Track Championship in the Pro Late Model Division and was crowned the 2007 Louisiana State Champion by Late Model Digest. He would follow that up with two more wins the following season while competing on various
short tracks around the Gulf of Mexico, followed by running some ASA Late Model Series races in 2009 and 2010.[1]
In 2009, Martin graduated from the University of New Orleans with a degree in mechanical engineering.[2]
ARCA and NASCAR
Following his completion of Hillenburg's driving school, Martin was approved to compete in the
Mansfield Motorsports Park, finishing in 11th place. He would follow that up in his next race two months later with a 3rd-place finish at Chicagoland Speedway, his best finish to date. While he was competing on various short tracks around the Gulf Coast, Martin was gaining valuable experience on some of the biggest tracks in the country while competing in ARCA, including Daytona, Talladega, and Pocono. In 11 career ARCA starts between 2009 and 2011, Martin has a best starting and finishing position of 3rd place, while also tallying 3 top ten finishes.[3]
Martin made his lone
Fast Track Racing Enterprises
team, Martin finished 26th in the 36-truck field, competing in just over half the laps of the 200-lap race before retiring from the event due to overheating.
Martin made his
Homestead
, finishing in 30th place on both occasions.
After running three races towards the end of 2012, Martin drove full-time for TriStar Motorsports in 2013 competing for Nationwide
Team owner career
On July 28, 2015, Martin and his former teammate at TriStar,
K&N Pro Series East team which fielded the No. 39 car[5][6] for three years. In the team's final season, 2017, they also bought the No. 13 team of Hunter Baize from HScott Motorsports
after that team shut down, and it became a second car for MMR.
Motorsports career results
NASCAR
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Nationwide Series
NASCAR Nationwide Series results
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | NNSC | Pts | Ref |
| 2012 | TriStar Motorsports | 44 | Toyota | DAY
|
PHO
|
LVS
|
BRI
|
CAL
|
TEX
|
RCH | TAL
|
DAR
|
IOW
|
CLT
|
DOV
|
MCH
|
ROA
|
KEN
|
DAY
|
NHA
|
CHI
|
IND
|
IOW | GLN
|
CGV | BRI
|
ATL
|
RCH
|
CHI
|
KEN
|
DOV
|
CLT
|
KAN 25 |
65th | 47 | [7] | |||
| 19 | TEX 30 |
PHO
|
HOM 30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | 44 | DAY 28 |
PHO 23 |
LVS 24 |
BRI 31 |
CAL 24 |
TEX 38 |
RCH 24 |
TAL 34 |
DAR 29 |
CLT 23 |
DOV
|
IOW
|
MCH
|
ROA
|
KEN
|
DAY
|
NHA
|
CHI
|
IND
|
IOW | GLN
|
LEX
|
BRI
|
ATL
|
RCH 30 |
CHI
|
KEN
|
DOV
|
KAN 35 |
CLT
|
TEX
|
PHO
|
HOM
|
35th | 186 | [8] | ||
| 2014 | DAY
|
PHO
|
LVS
|
BRI
|
CAL
|
TEX
|
DAR
|
RCH | TAL
|
IOW 26 |
CLT
|
DOV
|
MCH
|
ROA
|
KEN
|
DAY
|
NHA
|
CHI
|
IND
|
IOW 28 |
GLN
|
MOH
|
BRI | ATL
|
RCH
|
CHI
|
KEN | DOV
|
KAN | CLT
|
TEX
|
PHO
|
HOM
|
60th | 34 | [9] | |||
Camping World Truck Series
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | NCWTC | Pts | Ref |
| 2009 | Fast Track Racing Enterprises
|
48 | Chevy | DAY
|
FON | ATL
|
MAR
|
KAN
|
CLT | DOV
|
TEX
|
MCH
|
MIL
|
MEM 26 |
KEN | IRP
|
NSH
|
BRI | CHI
|
IOW
|
GAT
|
LOU
|
LVS
|
MAR
|
TAL
|
TEX
|
PHO
|
HOM
|
94th | 85 | [10] |
ARCA Racing Series
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
ARCA Racing Series results
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | ARSC | Pts | Ref |
| 2009 | Cunningham Motorsports | 4 | Dodge | DAY
|
SLM
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CAR
|
TAL
|
KEN
|
TOL
|
POC
|
MCH
|
MFD 11 |
IOW
|
KEN
|
BLN
|
POC
|
ISF
|
CHI 3 |
TOL
|
DSF
|
NJE
|
SLM | KAN 9 |
CAR
|
53rd | 575 | [11] |
| 2010 | Mark Gibson Racing
|
17 | Dodge | DAY 35 |
56th | 410 | [12] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 59 | PBE 11 |
SLM
|
TEX | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Venturini Motorsports | 35 | Toyota | TAL 10 |
TOL
|
POC
|
MCH
|
IOW
|
MFD | POC
|
BLN
|
NJE | ISF
|
CHI 15 |
DSF
|
TOL
|
SLM
|
KAN
|
CAR | |||||||||
| 2011 | 55 | DAY 30 |
TAL 28 |
SLM
|
TOL
|
NJE | CHI 12 |
POC 30 |
MCH 30 |
WIN
|
BLN
|
IOW
|
IRP | POC | ISF
|
MAD | DSF
|
SLM
|
KAN
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TOL | 48th | 505 | [13] | ||||
References
- ^ a b c "Hal Martin". HalMartin.com. Archived from the original on 2015-02-13. Retrieved 2012-12-07.
- ^ "Hal Martin Takes Louisiana to NASCAR Country". Archived from the original on 2013-01-10. Retrieved 2012-12-30.
- ^ "Hal Martin's ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved 2012-12-07.
- ^ "Louisiana Native "Ragin' Cajun" Hal Martin Announces NASCAR Nationwide Series Commitment for 2012-2013". Catchfence. 2012-09-21. Retrieved 2012-12-07.
- ^ "MCCLURE, MARTIN FORM K&N PRO SERIES TEAM". NASCAR. July 28, 2015. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
- ^ "Austin Cindric Joins Martin-McClure Racing". Catchfence. April 26, 2016. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
- ^ "Hal Martin – 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- ^ "Hal Martin – 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- ^ "Hal Martin – 2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- ^ "Hal Martin – 2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- ^ "Hal Martin – 2009 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- ^ "Hal Martin – 2010 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- ^ "Hal Martin – 2011 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
External links
- Official website
- Hal Martin driver statistics at Racing-Reference