Motorsports
- Team
CARQUEST
CARQUEST Auto Parts is
the Official Auto Parts Supplier of Hendrick
Motorsports, regarded as one of the top organizations
in the world of competitive racing. In 20 years
of competition, Hendrick Motorsports has won
eight NASCAR Sprint Cup championships, three
NASCAR Truck Series titles and one
NASCAR Nationwide Series crown.
Mark Martin, driver
Birthdate:
Jan. 9, 1959
Resides: Daytona Beach, Fla.
Hometown: Batesville, Ark.
Family: Wife Arlene; son Matt
One of NASCAR’s most decorated drivers,
Mark Martin brings an impressive resume to
his new team.
In his first year
with Hendrick Motorsports, Martin will drive
the No. 5 Kellogg’s/CARQUEST
Chevrolet in pursuit of his first NASCAR Sprint
Cup Series championship. He will join forces
with crew chief Alan Gustafson and the No.
5 team, which qualified for the “Chase
for the Sprint Cup” in 2006 and 2007.
Martin, joined with
Hendrick Motorsports and the Kellogg’s/CARQUEST
team, has a newfound desire and enthusiasm
to return to the Chase and battle for the
title.
Alan Gustafson, crew chief
Birthdate: Aug. 5, 1975
Resides: Davidson,
N.C.
Hometown: Ormond Beach,
Fla.
Marital Status: Wife:
Shannon
Children: John Alan
and Austin
Alan Gustafson will mark
his tenth year at Hendrick Motorsports by leading
Mark Martin in his battle for the 2009 NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series championship.
Gustafson started his
career at the young age of 8 just miles from
Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway. A racing
legend, Smokey Yunick, took the young mechanic
under his wing as Gustafson worked in Yunick’s “Best
Darn Garage in Town.”
In the years that followed,
Gustafson grew to be a rising star as a NASCAR
crew chief, earning four Sprint Cup victories
and two berths in the “Chase
for the Sprint Cup” with the No. 5 Kellogg’s/CARQUEST
team. |
