Mark Martin Rap Anthem

[Jim Wilke]

MEDIA ALERT

THE OFFICIAL MARK MARTIN RAP ANTHEM, "START YOUR ENGINES" TO DEBUT ALL STAR WEEKEND

What: The debut of the official Mark Martin rap anthem, "Start Your Engines"

When: Friday, May 19, 2006 at 1:00 p.m. ET

Where: Lowe's Motor Speedway media center

As a continuation of the "Salute to You Tour" the official Mark Martin rap anthem, "Start Your Engines", will debut during the NASCAR NEXTEL All-Star weekend. Media will be able to hear, for the first time, the rap song that was inspired by Martin's awe inspiring career and love of rap music. The song is being promoted in conjunction with Roush Racing's diversity initiative. Martin along with Round House Multimedia owners Derrick Garrett and Kevin Dent, who are also the executive producers of the song, will be on hand to answer questions during the brief press conference.

Press Contacts:

Sheri Herrmann
Roush Racing
(704)720-4632
SLHerr@roushracing.com

Kevin Woods
Roush Racing
(704)720-4631
KDWood@roushracing.com

NOTE TO EDITORS: If you are a member of the media and unable to attend the press conference and would like a copy of the song, please contact Roush Racing at (704)720-4600.

[badart]

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[Clefo]

Wow. I think my brain just went BOOM

[Gomer Simpson]

It's really early here and I didn't get a whole lot of sleep last night. I'm hoping this thread is a figmant of my sleep deprived imagination. I'm gonna go back to bed for a couple of hours now and when I wake up, this thread will be nowhere to be found...I hope.

[NIMBUS]

Hey, why not?

[SportscarBruce]

Rollin' in my Ford Fusion, got the Roush Flaps up so my hair can...opps.

Word to your mother.

[midtown]

[Refutation]

I'm with Clefo I think my brain just broke. lol

[numrounofan]

all the signs are there................NASCAR's DOOMED!!!!!!!!!

[CARTer]

Get outta my brain. I was gonna' say that Fonzie is somewhere putting on his skis.

[NIMBUS]

Mark Martin's NNC caree my be jumping the shark but, I'd like a % of the gross of what a "Mark Martin Rap Anthem" CD would make!

[jl]

Mark Martin's NNC career my be jumping the shark but, I'd like a % of the gross of what a "Mark Martin Rap Anthem" CD would make!

I'll send you $.05 then.

This is a joke, right?

This is NASCAR's drive for diversity, a Mark Martin rap song?

This is so stupid and absurd it's funny. Pitiful funny, but funny.

[KevMcNJ]

This is so stupid and absurd it's funny. Pitiful funny, but funny.

Reminds me of that crappy Burt Reynolds NASCAR movie where he has to wear the chicken suit. Shut up and do what we say becuase without us your just another hick running for $500 to win on Saturday night

So tell me please, if Biffle or one of the Busch boys records a rap album, will it create a whole wave of East Coast/West Coast NASCAR driver turned rapper violence? This could make those driver appearences much more interesting

selling your soul does have unintended consequences.

And JMHO, but the whole lot of them jumped the shark before "jumping the shark" was a phrase.

[RSR]

[QUOTE]

. . .Media will be able to hear, for the first time, the rap song that was inspired by Martin's awe inspiring career and love of rap music. . .

Fo' sho'--Mark is an original gangsta'. Seriously, someone at marketing must be busting a gut in hilarious disbelief that they actually got that phrase past the editor and into public circulation.

I don't know who is going down, but surely this is one of the signs of the apocalypse.

[KevMcNJ]

[QUOTE=RSR]

I don't know who is going down, but surely this is one of the signs of the apocalypse.

Shake the money tree long enough and eventually you have to shake it hard enough to get those branches waaaay at the top of the tree.

[Jim Wilke]

I hope Martin's car rolls to the grid this weekend on 20" spinners.

[KevMcNJ]

I hope Martin's car rolls to the grid this weekend on 20" spinners.

Very funny

imagine the die casts!!

spinners could add some time to pit stops however.

[Doc Austin]

[use2know]

. . .Media will be able to hear, for the first time, the rap song that was inspired by Martin's awe inspiring career and love of rap music. . .

Fo' sho'--Mark is an original gangsta'. Seriously, someone at marketing must be busting a gut in hilarious disbelief that they actually got that phrase past the editor and into public circulation.

I don't know who is going down, but surely this is one of the signs of the apocalypse.

You can say what you want, but it was well documented during a "NASCAR 360" segment last year that one Mr. Mark Martin is actually very fond of Rap and Hip-Hop... It is a point of near embarrassment for his son Matt, who can't stand the stuff, btw...

Go ahead and make fun of it... but it is well known throughout the NASCAR garage that Mark Martin is a Rap/Hip-Hop fan. This started making main-stream press last year.

From USA Today (8/25/05):

"In a side note, Labonte's car will feature a cartoonified image of NBA star LeBron James on its hood this weekend. Although we could think of better driver matches for James — Sadler for his basketball skills and Martin for his familiarity with hip-hop culture (Martin listens to rap music. Seriously.)"

Joke all you want... But it's true...

[Jim Wilke]

Who's making fun? I think this is a perfect match. Once Mark is done with NASCAR, he can have a whole new career. Of course, since his initials are MM, his stage name options are limited since he can't go with Eminem. He could bill himself as Mos Boogity Thug 6, though.

[happyscrappy-t]

I remember from way back, close to ten years ago, in an interview, Martin saying he liked rap...

[RSR]

Joke all you want... But it's true...

Ok, now I really know that we are well and truly screwed, and that the apocalypse is indeed near!

[harrington.jack]

Who's making fun? I think this is a perfect match. Once Mark is done with NASCAR, he can have a whole new career. Of course, since his initials are MM, his stage name options are limited since he can't go with Eminem. He could bill himself as Mos Boogity Thug 6, though.

For some reason, I get this vision of Mark Martin, standing in the parking of a club, next to a pastel Fusion, with a purple fedora on his head, a blunt in his mouth, and a half pint of Martel in his hands.....Yoo, Boogity 6, how's it hangin?