By Cara Cooper, NASCAR.com
Rick Martin never had grand ambitions when it came to racing. After watching his dad compete for 21 years, the sport was just something he wanted to try.
“Me and one of my friends bought a $50 car and went out there,” Martin said. “The other cars went by us so fast, I thought to myself, ‘I ain’t never gonna go that fast, I’m going to just quit now.’
“But I just kept at it, kept at it, and I guess it was the challenge that I enjoyed.”
Martin has kept at it for 50 years and amassed one of the most impressive resumes of any driver in the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series.
In his 50th season last year, he won his eighth championship at Massachusetts’ Seekonk Speedway.
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