| This page contains a chronological list of new articles, stories, features, etc. that I have added to this site in 2009. Click on the date to read more details of that particular article where necessary. |
| 06/28/2009 RAIN SHORTENS RACE AT LOUDON, MARK 14th |
| Rain-shortened the Lenox Industrial Tools 301 in New Hampshire with Mark in 14th but gaining on the leaders. Story and pictures now ready. |
| 06/21/2009 WRECKS PUT MARK 35th AT SONOMA |
| Mark got caught up in a couple wrecks at Sonoma and finished a disappointing 35th. Story and pictures now ready. |
| 06/14/2009 MARK GRABS FIFTH WIN AT MICHIGAN |
| Being the veteran racer he is, Mark reached into his bag of tricks at Michigan International Speedway and was surprised to pull out a victory in the LifeLock 400. Story and pictures now ready. |
| 06/07/2009 MARK 19th AT POCONO |
| Mark ark started 12th in his No. 5 Kellogg's/CARQUEST Chevrolet and climbed into the top five, where he stayed until the final 30 laps when he started conserving fuel. Story and pictures now ready. |
| 05/31/2009 MARK 10th AT MONSTER MILE |
| Mark, despite a 28th starting position, managed a 10th place finish at the Monster Mile in Dover. Story and pictures now ready. |
| 05/25/2009 MARK 17th AT RAIN-SHORTENED COKE 600 |
| Mother nature shortened the Coca-Cola 600 to 227 laps. Mark was 17th when the race ended. Story and pictures now ready. |
| 05/09/2009 MARK TAMES DARLINGTON |
| The oldest driver in the 43-car field showed the young whippersnappers a thing or two Saturday night at fabled, old Darlington Raceway. He won the race. Story and pictures now ready. |
| 05/02/2009 MARK 5th AT RICHMOND |
| Mark drove his No. 5 Cheez-It/CARQUEST Chevrolet to a fifth-place finish -- his second of the season -- and improved three spots to 15th in the standings. Story and pictures now ready. |
| 04/26/2009 MARK MAKES EARLY EXIT AT TALLADEGA |
| Mark's bad luck at Talladega continued again with an exit on lap 6 because of getting caught up in the "Big One." Story and pictures now ready. |
| 04/18/2009 MARK WINS FROM THE POLE AT PHOENIX |
| After Mark won the Subway Fresh Fit 500 at Phoenix International Raceway Saturday night, it would be easy to say he was due. Story and pictures now ready. |
| 04/05/2009 MARK 6TH AT SAMSUNG 500 |
| Mark drove his No. 5 Cheez-It/CARQUEST Chevrolet from the 23rd starting spot to a sixth-place finish to post his third straight top-10 of the season. Mark topped the charts in the first practice on Friday, but struggled some during qualifying and Saturday's practice sessions. Story and pictures now ready. |
| 03/29/2009 MARK 7TH AT MARTINSVILLE |
| Mark climbed in the driver standings thanks to his solid top-10 run. Mark, who started 31st and drove his No. 5 Kellogg's /CARQUEST Chevrolet to a seventh-place finish, improved four spots to take 27th in the standings. |
| 03/22/2009 MARK BACK IN GROOVE, 6TH AT BRISTOL |
| Mark posted the fasted qualifying time on Friday to earn his second straight pole position. But this time, the NASCAR veteran was able to avoid misfortune in his No. 5 CARQUEST/Kellogg's Chevrolet on race day, and he crossed the finish line in sixth, picking up the team's first top-10 finish of the season. Story and pictures now ready. |
| 03/08/2009 CUT TIRE RUINS A GREAT RUN AT ATLANTA |
| Mark, driver of the No. 5 Kellogg's/CARQUEST Chevrolet, zipped around the 1.54-mile quad oval at 187.045 mph during Friday's qualifying session to post the fastest time and pick up his first pole position in almost eight years. A cut tire ruined any chance for a top 5 finish and now Mark is in danger of dropping out of the top 35 drivers in owners points. Story and pictures now ready. |
| 03/01/2009 ENGINE FAILURE DOOMS MARK AGAIN THIS TIME LAS VEGAS |
| For the second straight race, Mark’s engine failed. He finished 40th and dropped to 34th in the Cup standings. Story and pictures now ready. |
| 02/22/2009 ENGINE FAILURE DOOMS MARK IN CALIFORNIA |
| Mark and Dale Jr. suffer rare engine failures at 2009 Auto Club 500 Story and pictures now ready. |
| 02/15/2009 MARK 16th AT RAIN SHORTENED 2009 DAYTONA 500 |
| Mark finishes 16th at rain-shortened Daytona 500 Story and pictures now ready. |
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I started this website back in the fall of 1999.
I wanted this to be a class site for Mark because he is a class guy. I hope all
that have visited here have noticed that there has never been any wholesale
advertising, obnoxious pop-up banners, ego boosting about all the internet
awards I have earned from this site, irritating amimated .gif's, links to
God knows whatever websites and what a big job it is to keep the guestbook
clean from all the idiots out there that think it is a public forum for all the
crap they try to post there.(It got so bad I had to shut the guestbook down) I have always absorbed the cost of running this site all these years because I wanted a class site to honor Mark. The cost of everything is always going up. My host provider has increased my monthly rate several times and I have always just eaten the cost. But rates are still going up and I had to either do some kind of advertisng or shut the site down. This is a very popular site and I have received many, many fine emails from folks that appreciate the site and I don't want to shut it down. So I decided to try AdSense. I looked hard into this before I decided to do it. I made sure the ads were not gaudy or pop-up. All the ads are only for items related to Mark and they appear quietly on the pages they show up. I receive a stipend everytime someone clicks on the ads. I would appreciate it if you would check out the ads. They will always be related to Mark or Mark merchandise. In this way I may be able to defray some of the cost of this site that I truly enjoy working on and I want to continue a class site for the classiest driver in NASCAR. |