Marty Smith

Marty Smith

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Marty Smith is a contributor to ESPN's NASCAR coverage.

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A change in philosophy means rebirth for McMurray

Marty Smith, ESPN.com

Jamie McMurray is starting to show the kind of results for Roush Fenway Racing that have been expected of him. How is he accomplishing it? A major change in attitude, writes Marty Smith.

Story | Conversation | November 05, 2008

Chat with JD Gibbs

...on Wednesday's episode of NASCAR Now on ESPN2 at 5 p.m. ET. ESPN's Marty Smith will be on-site at JGR's headquarters in Huntersville, N.C., talking with several key...

Chat | August 12, 2008

Chat with Marty Smith

Welcome to The Show! On Monday, ESPN's Marty Smith will drop by to take your questions on all the latest motorsports news. Smith, in addition...

ESPN Insider Chat | July 18, 2008

Chat with Terry Blount

...to another team. Blount started by talking racing, but midway through the chat, ESPN.com's Marty Smith reported sources were telling him thatEarnhardt was headed to Hendrick Motorsports and the chat went crazy...

ESPN Insider Chat | June 11, 2007

Ah, December in Manhattan: Glitz, glamour ... and camouflage pants?

Marty Smith, ESPN.com

Made for Manhattan? Not NASCAR. But the league still has a place in the Big Apple, writes Marty Smith.

Story | Conversation | December 03, 2008

Life in the fast lane? One teen fighting cancer is going to get his chance

Marty Smith, ESPN.com

Matt Krueger is not the kind of 19-year-old to take life sitting down. Fighting a rare form of cancer and looking at surgery and chemotherapy, he will be sitting down at Lowe's Motor Speedway on Thursday ... in the seat of his own Camaro turning laps, writes Marty Smith.

Story | Conversation | November 26, 2008

Chase format is fine -- it's the schedule that needs changing

Marty Smith, ESPN.com

Shake up the Chase? Take out some cookie cutters, add a short track or two, and rethink Dega. Then the Chase is really on, writes Marty Smith.

Story | Conversation | November 19, 2008

Comparing three-peats kind of like comparing Chevy to Ford

Marty Smith, ESPN.com

Not since Cale Yarborough in the 1970s has anyone won three straight Cup titles. Assuming Jimmie Johnson avoids disaster Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway and joins Yarborough in that elite class, whose three-peat is more impressive?

Story | Conversation | November 11, 2008

Longtime RCR exec Hutchens has offer from Stewart Haas, says nothing signed

Marty Smith, ESPN.com

Longtime Richard Childress Racing team executive Bobby Hutchens confirmed Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway that he has a contract offer to become general manager at Stewart Haas Racing.

Story | Conversation | November 02, 2008

Gordon's using 2008 to set the table for another title run in 2009

Marty Smith, ESPN.com

Absolutely nothing. Sure, the new car has given the four-time Cup champ fits at times, but Jeff Gordon is still one of the top drivers in the Cup garage, writes Marty Smith.

Story | Conversation | October 29, 2008

JJ driving for third straight title; Knaus driven to make sure he gets there

Marty Smith, ESPN.com

Jimmie Johnson is driving for his third straight Cup title and a spot alongside Cale Yarborough as the only competitors to achieve the feat. JJ's crew chief Chad Knaus is driven to get him there, and to stand alone among his peers, writes Marty Smith.

Story | Conversation | October 22, 2008

Don't look for Chevy to leave, just do things a little differently

Marty Smith, ESPN.com

The wobbling economy has people wondering how long GM, and Chevy, specifically, will stay in NASCAR. Fear not, writes Marty Smith.

Story | Conversation | October 15, 2008

Tour De Champ

Marty Smith

A broken wrist kept Jimmie Johnson from racing, but it didn't stop him from waving Nascar's flag at the Race of Champions in Paris.

Story | Conversation | October 09, 2008

Edwards, Harvick involved in garage altercation, witnesses say

Marty Smith, ESPN.com

Sprint Cup drivers Carl Edwards and Kevin Harvick were involved in an altercation Thursday in the Nationwide Series garage at Lowe's Motor Speedway, multiple witnesses confirmed.

Story | Conversation | October 09, 2008

NASCAR typically gets it right ... but not this time

Marty Smith, ESPN.com

So how do you win but finish in 18th place? No obscure details or opaque views can justify what NASCAR did to Regan Smith.

Story | Conversation | October 06, 2008