Sure looks like Mark Martin intentionally wrecked Regan Smith.

[FenderBumper]

■ 08 September 2011 | 6:45 PM

Mark Martin responds to questions he intentionally wrecked driver at Atlanta

Mark Martin had the opportunity Thursday to respond to Regan Smith’s comments on Twitter suggesting that Martin wrecked him intentionally at Atlanta.

To refresh, Smith wrote on Twitter after the race:

“Wow I just saw the replay, I was wondering if it was intentional at the time … Now there’s no doubt in my mind.’’

Smith then wrote on Twitter: “A driver as talented as Mark doesn’t just take a right turn going in a straight line. … We had contact on a restart 10 laps prior, racing deal each continued on no harm no foul … The wreck following was no racing deal.’’

Asked about Smith’s comments, Martin would only say: “We had an accident.’’

Later, noting Martin’s incident with Dale Earnhardt Jr. at Michigan and the incident with Regan Smith, a reporter asked Martin if he was taking less “crap’’ on the track from drivers. This is what Martin said:

“With the way the racing has become today, the double-file restarts, how equal the cars are, it’s pushed everyone to really a whole different level of driving then it used to. So part of that requires less sportsmanship and more me, more selfishness and less sportsmanship. I’m falling right in there with the gang. The deal with Dale Jr. was a complete and total accident, and I took responsibility for that accident. I thought that I was going to get off the corner ahead of him and he got there sooner than I thought he would. I’ll just say again, these restarts, they’re getting pretty tough.

“I’m not going to be run into. I’m not going to be run into. I don’t run into people and people aren’t going to get away with running into me.’’

 

[Tennessee Racing]

Mark is either going blind or getting very dirty in his older age.

 

[mike honcho]

Hmmmmm Looks like an old dog can learn new tricks.

 

[MOEJOE]

Hmmmmm Looks like an old dog can learn new tricks.

Learning for Kyle B is he. Mmmmmmmmmmm

 

[be9ak7ts16]

After all these years.............. No more Mr. Nice Guy

 

[FenderBumper]

I'm thinking Regan's spotter never got on the radio and smoothed Mark's feathers after the contact on the restart. Regan isn't an aggressive driver and I'm surprised Mark didn't consider that.

I've seen Mark get overly aggressive and careless and wreck people a few times in the past 4 years. But wrecking a guy for a bump on a restart is way out of line.

 

[dpkimmel2001]

Yes..... Mark Martin's mad as he!! and he's not going to take it anymore.

Some recent Mark Martin quotes.....

Smith posted a comment on Twitter saying that he believed Martin had spun him on purpose during the AdvoCare 500.

When asked to respond to that comment, Martin said the incident was an accident. But when asked if he is racing less gentlemanly, the 52-year-old driver with 819 career Cup starts indicated there is less give-and-take on the track.

“With the way the racing has become today – the double-file restarts, how equal the cars are – it’s pushed everyone to really a whole different level of driving than it used to,” Martin said.

“So part of that requires less sportsmanship and more me, more selfishness. And I’m falling right in there with the gang.”

“I just say that these restarts are getting pretty tough, and I’m not going to be run into,” Martin said. “I don’t run into people. And people aren’t going to get away with running into me.”