200 Busch Grand National Series race. Mark, who won 11 Busch races at Rockingham
and captured six poles, will give the command to start engines.Mark holds virtually every record for the 200-mile event of which he competed on 25 occasions, finishing inside the top five 16 times and in the top 10 on 20 occasions, before retiring from the Busch series after the 2000 season.
"It's an honor to be recognized for something that you accomplished in your career," said Mark. "We had a lot of good Busch races at Rockingham over the years and a lot of other people were responsible for that as well. Still I do appreciate the honor and look forward to it on Saturday."
Mark led a total of 1,740 laps in Busch races, winning his first Busch race in Rockingham in 1988 and his final race there in 2000.
Fresh off of a top-five finish in the Daytona 500 last week, Mark will hope to further his Rockingham success in this weekend's Subway 400. Mark finished second in the fall Winston Cup race at Rockingham last season.
In addition to his feats in the Busch car, Mark has tallied two wins, five poles, 11 top-five and 18 top-10 finishes in 33 starts at Rockingham in a Winston Cup car.
Mark's combined record at the track is 13 wins, 11 poles, 27 top-five finishes and 38 top-10 finishes in 58 starts.
Mark Martin - Busch Race Records at Rockingham
Most Wins: 11
Most Poles: 6
Race record: 124.397 mph, 1996 ACDelco 200, 10/19/96
Most Top- 5: 16
Most Top- 10: 20
Widest margin of victory: 13.4 seconds, 1998 Goodwrench 200, 3/5/88
Most Competitive Miles: 4,628
Most Consecutive Pole Postions: 3, Mark Martin, 1999 Kmart 200 (10/22/99) through 2000 Sam's Club 200 (10/20/00)
Most Consecutive Victories: 4, Mark Martin, 1996 Goodwrench Service 200 (2/24/96) through 1997 ACDelco 200 (10/25/97)
Most Races Led, Career: 20, Mark Martin.
Most Times Led, Career: 60, Mark Martin.
Most Laps Led, Career: 1,740, Mark Martin.
