Mark Martin will NOT do Bristol !

**Sparky1329** · 19th March 2007, 02:10

Agreed, muggles. He's not stupid. The man is just doing what he wants to do. Mark is the best racer out there who never won a championship. He's also a true gentleman. I'm happy that he found the perfect situation for himself. We should all be so lucky.

**Alexamateo** · 19th March 2007, 15:08

I've was looking at last year, and saw this interesting bit.

Matt Kenseth led the points last year after Richmond averaging approx. 146 points per race.

Greg Biffle was 12th averaging approx. 117 points per race.

Mark right now is averaging 157 points per race.

There was a 746 point differential between the leader and 12th.

Technically, Matt could have missed 5 races and still been 12th in points and qualified for the chase using this years rules.

Using the same average finish, Matt could have missed 3 races last year, and still have finished 10th in the standings and qualified for the chase.

Just some food for thought.

**Daytona Demon** · 19th March 2007, 19:30

Dw did say last night that Mark could afford to miss a few races and still win the Cup,but his last comments during interview was he cannot wait until next weekend hmmmmmmm.