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NASCAR WCUP: Richmond Post Race Notes and Quotes, Mark Martin

12 September 1999

6 - Mark Martin - Valvoline/Cummins Taurus: (finished 35th)

"We broke something in the engine, a piston or a valve or something and it took us out."

DO YOU THINK IT'S RELATED TO THE CRASH YOU HAD WITH WARD BURTON?

"I don't think so. I'm not sure what broke in it, just a part. Toward the end we started to have a little bit of trouble with the sealer wearing off, but the Valvoline Cummins team did a great job and we were pretty darn strong for two thirds of the race."

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