- Mark Green (NASCAR)
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Name = Marcus Green
Birthdate = birth date and age|1959|4|8
Birthplace =Owensboro, Kentucky | Busch_Car_Team = #70 -ML Motorsports
Previous_Year = 2006
Prev_Busch_Pos = 45th | Best_Busch_Pos = 11th - 1998 (Busch Series) | Busch_Top_Tens = 14
First_Busch_Race = 1995 Kroger 200 (IRP)
First_Truck_Race = 1997Sears DieHard 200 (Milwaukee)
Last_Truck_Race = 1997Cummins 200 (IRP)
Awards = 1991-1993 Track Champion atBeech Bend Raceway
Updated_On =March 24 ,2008 Marcus Green (born
April 8 ,1959 inOwensboro, Kentucky ) is a veteran of theNASCAR Busch Series and is the brother of fellow NASCAR drivers (and Busch Series champions), Jeff Green and David Green. He currently races the #70Foretravel Motorcoaches Chevrolet Monte Carlo in the Busch Series.Beginnings
Green began his racing career in 1973, racing
go-kart s in theSouthern Indiana Racing Association . During his tenure, he won six consecutive championships. He then moved on to the late model division at several local speedways. Among the tracks he competed on wereNashville Speedway USA ,Beech Bend Raceway andKentucky Motor Speedway . From 1988 to 1991, he also competed in the All-American Challenge Series. In 1993, he won 16 of 20 races at Beech Bend and won the track championships there from 1991 to 1993.1995-2000
Green made his Busch debut in 1995 at
Indianapolis Raceway Park (IRP). He qualified the #41Brewco Motorsports Chevrolet in twenty-eighth spot, and finished eighteenth. He signed to run ten more races in 1996, in the #37Timber Wolf Chevy. He posted his first career top-ten atMyrtle Beach Speedway , where he finished tenth in addition to qualifying on the outside pole. In 1997, Green and Brewco ran the full schedule, posting five top-tens including a career-best fifth-place finish atCharlotte Motor Speedway . He finished 11th in points. Green also ran twoCraftsman Truck Series races that year for Brewco, finishing eleventh at IRP.In 1998, Green continued to drive for Brewco, but only had four top-ten finishes. After his thirteenth-place points finish, Green departed from the team. He joined
Washington-Erving Motorsports , driving the #50Dr Pepper Chevy. His best finish that season was tenth at theYellow Freight 300 and he dropped to 21st in the standings. He exited the ride to a lack of funding and drove the #63Exxon Chevy forHVP Motorsports and had a seventh-place run atTalladega Superspeedway .2001-2005
In 2001, Green was announced as the driver of the #55
Davis & Weight Motorsports Ford Taurus . After two top-twenty finishes early in the season, Davis & Weight announced it was closing its Busch team to run theWinston Cup Series. When that deal failed to materialize, Green ran out the remainder of the schedule for various teams, his best finish a ninth atKansas Speedway forST Motorsports . He also made his first Cup attempt at the NAPA 500 in the #41 forA.J. Foyt Racing , but failed to qualify.Green began 2002 without a full-time ride. He began driving the #38
Deka Batteries Ford forAkins Motorsports , sharing the ride withChristian Elder . He had a second-place qualifying effort atPikes Peak International Raceway , and ten top-twenty finishes before winding up 32nd in the points. In 2003, he lost his ride and drove five Busch races for various teams, his best finish a 20th at theStacker 200 forORTEC Racing . He attempted the Cup race atLowe's Motor Speedway for Foyt again, but did not qualify.Green drove various cars for
Jay Robinson Racing in 2004. His best finish for Robinson was a 21st atNazareth Speedway in the #49Advil Ford. Late in the season, he departed JRR and signed with the fledgingKeith Coleman Racing team, piloting the #26 [http://www.lovefifi.com lovefifi.com] Chevrolet. In five starts with KCR, his best finish came atAtlanta Motor Speedway , where he finished 23rd. He began 2005 in the #7Boudreaux's Butt Paste Chevy forGIC-Mixon Motorsports , but returned to KCR to drive its #23Vassarette Chevy, finishing 11th at Talladega. He was released towards the end of the season.2006-Present
in the 70 car owned by ML Motorsports, and finished the year with the team, his best finish being 19th at Gateway. Still with ML Motorsports, Green as a best finish of 5th at Talledega.
External links
* [http://www.mark-green.com Mark Green.com]
* [http://www.racing-reference.info/driver?id=greenma01 Racing-reference.info Profile]
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