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By Joe Menzer, NASCAR.com

…While Bowyer was happy with his end result, Martin and his crew chief, Alan Gustafson, were left to ponder what went wrong again in what rapidly is becoming a lost season. Martin started 13th and struggled most of the night before eventually getting as high as eighth at Lap 400 – only to fall back again. More...

By Larry Woody, RacinToday.com

The Chase for the Championship has turned NASCAR upside down. Well, at least in terms of interest in the point standings. With three races left to set the 12-man field, the attention is not focused on the leaders, but on the 12th position. More...

By Terry Blount, ESPN.com

Mark Martin and Clint Bowyer have been here before. So have Ryan Newman, Jamie McMurray, Kasey Kahne and Dale Earnhardt Jr. They’ve all been on the Chase bubble, inside or outside, with three races to go before the 10-race playoff starts. More...

By Jenna Fryer, Associated Press

…The focus on the No. 88 team has clearly hurt Martin’s bunch: A five-race winner and championship contender last season, he’s yet to make it to Victory Lane this year and finds himself trailing Clint Bowyer by 35 points for the final Chase berth. More...

By Bob Pockrass, SceneDaily.com and SPEEDtv.com

Mark Martin got into the wall, got into the back of Scott Speed and got himself on the outside looking in as far as the top 12 of the Sprint Cup Series point standings Sunday afternoon at Michigan International Speedway. More...

By Raygan Swan, NASCAR.com

Mark Martin fell out of Chase position Sunday at Michigan International Speedway because he was too aggressive too soon. Overjoyed to have the Kasey Kahne decision behind him and ready to focus on maintaining his precarious place in the top 12… More...

By Mike Pryson, Jackson Citizen Patriot

Mark Martin will watch his back today at Michigan International Speedway. Martin, the 51-year-old wonder in his fourth decade of racing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, sits on the bubble – in 12th place – in the points race heading into the Carfax 400. More...

By Bob Duff, The Windsor Star

Currently holding down the 12th spot in the NASCAR Sprint Cup point standings – the final place in the Chase for the Sprint Cup – Mark Martin, driver of the No. 5 Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports, isn’t concerned about making the Chase for the Cup as he enters Sunday’s Carfax 400 at Michigan International Speedway. More...

By George Pohly, Macomb Daily/Oakland Press

Smilin’ Mark Martin is back. His status for 2011 clear, his name among the top 12 drivers in the NASCAR Sprint Cup standings, Martin was his happy-go-lucky self at Michigan International Speedway, where he qualified 12th for today’s 400-mile race. More...

By David Caraviello, NASCAR.com

Mark Martin had every right to walk into the media center at Michigan International Speedway and tell everybody he told them so. For months, he insisted that he’d be back in Hendrick Motorsports’ No. 5 car next season, even as speculation swirled to the contrary. More...

By Diego Mejia, Autosport

Mark Martin is glad speculation about his future at Hendrick Motorsports has ended following Kasey Kahne’s Red Bull announcement this week. The NASCAR veteran had been the subject of rumors about whether he would continue in the No. 5 car in 2011… More...

By Dean McNulty, Toronto Sun

All Mark Martin ever wanted during the drawn out negotiations to find Kasey Kahne a seat for the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup season – other than the 51-year-old Martin’s. More...