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Don't despair, Mark Martin.
As far as the Nextel Cup championship goes, it might be better to crap out in the Daytona 500 than to win it.
You wouldn't be the first NASCAR driver to go from worst to first after rolling snake eyes in the 500. Tony Stewart pulled it off in 2002, and last year Ryan Newman finished last in the 500 but rose to fourth in points before finishing sixth.
Since you began driving for Roush Racing in 1988, you've had five finishes outside the top 30 in the 500: 41st in 1988; 33rd in 1989; 38th in 1998; 31st in 1999; and 33rd in 2001. But you battled back and finished 15th, third, second, third and 12th in points, and you and ...