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Finally, some breathing room for Martin

By Ed Hinton
ESPN.com

Saturday, September 12, 2009

AP Photo/Tony Ding With four wins so far in 2009, Mark Martin is the No. 1 seed in the Chase for the Cup playoff. Amid the hoopla over Matt Kenseth's tumbling out of the Chase for the first time and Brian Vickers' outracing Kyle Busch for that final berth, the old man rode unobtrusively and consistently to the top seed in NASCAR's playoffs. Mark Martin set himself up for his greatest triumph or his greatest disappointment yet. At 50, he could become the oldest Cup champion e ...

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