Mark Martin retired from the NASCAR Cup Series in 2013 after a long career that spanned decades, and ended with 40 wins in the Cup Series. He is one of the greatest drivers to have ever graced the sport and was hugely respected. But it was only after retiring that he found the freedom to do something that he had always wanted to do, and it wasn\u2019t speaking nice things about NASCAR.<\/p>\n
In an interview with Chris Weaver, Martin revealed that he had always wanted to call NASCAR out while driving, but couldn\u2019t. But now that he\u2019s not tied to them, he can speak his mind. He doesn\u2019t have to worry about making enemies on the track anymore.<\/p>\n
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Over the past few years, Martin has become increasingly involved with the progress of the sport. He played a central role in the removal of the elimination-style playoff format<\/a> and the reintroduction of the Chase format. Fans have begun believing that he is a voice that takes all their opinions to the table where the decision-makers sit.<\/p>\n Martin said<\/a>, \u201cWhen I raced NASCAR, there were things I couldn\u2019t say, or there were things I shouldn\u2019t say. Tony Stewart, I love him to death. And he said all the things that I thought, you know, and so a lot of people didn\u2019t like him. And I never felt like I was a good enough driver to get away with saying some of the things he said, like about Goodyear or this or that, you know.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cNow I can say I\u2019m beholden to zero,\u201d he continued. \u201cI have no job. I have no endorsements. I have no business. I can say what I want to say.\u201d <\/p>\n The confidence he has found has led him to write a book, which is expected to be released soon. \u201cI\u2019m currently writing a book that will detail all that and insight I\u2019ve never shared. It\u2019s still about a year away,\u201d he wrote in an X post last May.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Martin doesn\u2019t have any hidden agenda behind all this. He is someone who loves the sport just as much as any hardcore fan and wants to see it regain its lost popularity. The best way to do that, he figures, is to express his opinions strongly and get himself a seat at NASCAR\u2019s table whenever possible.<\/p>\n His mindset is best understood in his own words: \u201cI love NASCAR, so I promote NASCAR. If they do something that I think is stupid, I call them stupid. I mean, that\u2019s just it.\u201d<\/p>\n The post How Mark Martin Found His Voice to Criticize NASCAR After He Retired from the Sport<\/a> appeared first on The SportsRush<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mark Martin retired from the NASCAR Cup Series in 2013 after a long career that spanned decades, and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":548489,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[213509,49,48,213508,24807,634,8354,82],"class_list":["post-548488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-auto-club-speedway","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-chris-weaver","tag-mark-martin","tag-nascar","tag-nascar-cup-series","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=548488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548488\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/548489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=548488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=548488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=548488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}