Tommy Joe Martins rolled his truck off the hauler into first practice where he would put his truck in the 27th. Tommy Joe would bring his truck to the attention of his crew for some adjustments because little did these drivers know these two practices would be so important with rain looming over qualifying. In 2nd practice, Tommy Joe Martins put his truck up to 25th which for a underfunded team like Martins Motorsports is an extreme improvement. Time would come for qualifying but rain would prevail and would place the #44 Diamond Gusset Jeans Chevrolet Silverado in 27th.
Tommy Joe would race his way through a few wrecks and outlast a few red flags and would finish 18th.
Martins previous best finish was a 21st at Chicago in 2009. Seven years later, Tommy Joe Martins would put up a new best finish of 18th. Martins heads to Kentucky in 2 weeks where he will look to continue a season of up and downs and hopefully its just ups from here. (Koelle,2016)
Keep up the great work, you have a good team and good truck. we all know that that this team is on an up hill climb. just remember, the driver need to have faith in his crew and give them the things they need to get the best truck they can ready for you. I know they work hard and so do you, I am sure the praise that you give them makes them feel like they are really a part of your team. I know bigger and better things are coming your way. As you wrote you have 2 guys working on the truck, from ground up, look what they accomplished for you last week. I know you are proud of them, just continue to let them know and they will give you all they got, working together that is what it takes you as the driver gets credit for how you did on the track, your crew and crew chief should get the credit for having the truck where you needed it to be. Good luck next week
ReplyDeleteKeep up the great work, you have a good team and good truck. we all know that that this team is on an up hill climb. just remember, the driver need to have faith in his crew and give them the things they need to get the best truck they can ready for you. I know they work hard and so do you, I am sure the praise that you give them makes them feel like they are really a part of your team. I know bigger and better things are coming your way. As you wrote you have 2 guys working on the truck, from ground up, look what they accomplished for you last week. I know you are proud of them, just continue to let them know and they will give you all they got, working together that is what it takes you as the driver gets credit for how you did on the track, your crew and crew chief should get the credit for having the truck where you needed it to be. Good luck next week
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