EPISODE 190 -- GIL MARTIN PART 1

Published: April 13, 2022, 10 a.m.

b'This week ... host Rick Houston and his sons Jesse and Adam join listener Bill Stripling for a memorable weekend of decidedly Old School and frigid short-track racing at Martinsville Speedway.

In the first of what will be three installments with longtime NASCAR Busch Series and Cup crew chief Gil Martin, he takes us through his very first days in the sport. A buddy of his needed help out at the old Nashville Fairgrounds Raceway \\u2026 and Gil didn\\u2019t particularly want to go. But he went any way, a move that very obviously turned out to change the course of his life.

Gil also remembers Bobby Hamilton and the genesis of Filmar Racing, and the growing pains that Nashville-based operation faced with four very different drivers \\u2026 Bobby Hamilton, David Green, Jeff Burton and finally, Kenny Wallace.

Finally, Gil takes us through his move to Richard Childress Racing.

In our second segment, Rick and co-host Steve Waid leaf through the April 16, 1992 issue of Winston Cup Scene. Davey Allison wins at North Wilkesboro, despite being battered, bruised and sore from an accident the race before in Bristol. Bobby Hillin gets put in lockdown due to a run-in with Kyle Petty \\u2026 and there\\u2019s actually a connection to that incident AND our new NASCAR Technical Institute studio.

Oh \\u2026 but wait \\u2026 there\\u2019s more. Dave Marcis helps pave the way for NASCAR to make its first appearance at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, a young Dale Jarrett tumbles out of his car while trying to leave North Wilkesboro, a Junior Johnson & Associates crew member is unable to go on an important mission? Why? Because he\\u2019s locked in a porta-john. Finally, there\\u2019s an almost unbelievable connection \\u2026 again \\u2026 to our deal with John Dodson at the NASCAR Technical Institute.

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