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NO PRESSURE Denny Hamlin said Thursday that there's an upside to being ninth in points, 262 behind leader Jeff Gordon: A complete lack of pressure over the final six races in 2007.
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"We don't feel the pressure of being a part of the championship battle, at least not right now until maybe some guys falter," said the second-year Virginia driver. "Our goal is to get back to the top five and if we can do that then we'll still have another very successful year. And that's very feasible for us."
Hamlin said his fourth-place finish at Talladega Superspeedway last Sunday was a step in the right direction. "It just takes runs like we had last week to get the spark back in the race team. Even though you have tough luck for a couple of months, one good run will spark a team to find something deep down inside them that they didn't have before," he said. "The driver needs that every now and then as well. Last week was a big, huge hurdle for us. We've never really ran well at superspeedways and to run as competitive as we did and come away with a good top-five finish, that's what we needed to kind of get our whole end of the season back on track."
MARTIN TO REPEAT IN '08 Mark Martin enjoyed his first season of part-time racing so much that he's repeating it race for race in 2008 – Martin will enter both NASCAR Sprint Cup all-star events and 24 points
"This has been the best year of my life by far. I can't believe that the season is winding down," opined Martin at Lowe's Motor Speedway on Thursday. "It's the first one that I can remember in forever that I have felt that way and it's because I've had a chance to have a break and because I've been so happy. It's certainly been the best year of my life. I've really enjoyed working with the U.S. Army team and making the move to a new group. Working with Chevy, all the changes have been all positive for me."
Of course, it wasn't all fun for Martin this year. The team he began the season with, Ginn Racing, was sold at a fire sale to Dale Earnhardt Inc. midway through the year, so Martin had to adjust to a new organization for the second time in less than a year. "Being able to be a part of Dale Earnhardt, Inc. is a real honor for me. It's a challenge. It opens up a new challenge," he said. "There are things there that I will be able to do probably for a long time based on my amount of experience that I have and all the youth that is there in the company at this time. They have great, fabulous people and talent in all aspects of the company and they welcome me with open arms. The wealth of experience I have, to bring to that. I'm living a dream."
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